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Filed under: Looked Into Tagged: Malcolm Gladwell
In any case, by God, it's Gladwell's. Thanks to BookLust for the earliest tip. Do you think the current design and presentation is a little like those sites that are supposed to look like personal blogs, but are really placeholders for a pyramid scheme or something? I'm familiar with one of those because someone with my name (one of many such, alas) has one of them, and it's all jaunty and confidence-sharing but not a real blog at all. I assume Gladwell is going for a bare-bones, old-skool, casual-diversion feel. I'm no web designer, as you can see [or as you could see; professional designers have since gotten their hands on me, thank goodness], but this is Malcolm Gladwell—as you may know, the man has resources. MG, if you want inspiration, a number of your colleagues and compatriots have the right idea, especially the artistes. To be fair, Gladwell's original site is totally spiffy. In any case, the blog will be a fun spot to read the letters to the editor the magazine doesn't print, and to thrill, for those inclined, at the phrase "Adam Gopnik just emailed me." I'm pleased he's blogging—let's hope he has fun with it and gives as much space to his still-forming ideas as he does to making sure he credits everyone who ended up on the cutting-room floor. It'll be interesting to see what (ideas, books, products, holiday destinations) he endorses, offhandedly or passionately; those words will be gold, so they're best chosen carefully.
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- Interview: Designer Eleanor Grosch (for Print)
- Review: Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life by Linda H. Davis (for Newsday)
- Review: The King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game by Paul Hoffman (for Newsday)
- Review: Does The New Republic's recent redesign mean a change of tune? (for Print)
- Proposal: A more attractive MetroCard (for A Brief Message)
- Interview: James Surowiecki on what's next for the wisdom of crowds (for Assignment Zero)
- Report: Eustace Tilley spruces up for The New Yorker's website redesign (for Print)
- Feature: Muslim immigration iconography in the Netherlands (for Print)
- Review: books about various New Yorker cartoonists by Liza Donnelly and Iain Topliss (for Newsday)
- Profile: screenwriter and novelist Joe Keenan (for Newsday)
- Review: The Complete New Yorker (for Print)
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Comments
So it's back! this post was offline for a minute. Came back to look for it, and poof! Thanks Emdashes, for the great ref. I'll just have to keep reading your blog to be able to pretend I know all the TNY stuff I really oughtta know.Loved Gladwell's blog. Also loved the "photo" of Gladwell (the photoshopped Colin Powell with the afro). Kidding.