December 2010
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David Foster Wallace Commencement Speech Recording...
maxappleton: Can’t believe I hadn’t found this before: the original recording of DFW’s reading of his famous commencement speech in 2005 ay Kenyon College. Worth listening to. Related, this is a video made by Kenyon College that takes a cool part of this reading (about what the liberal arts education achieves - teaching you ‘how to think’) and makes a promotional video of sorts out of...
Dec 30th
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The Best of Open Culture 2010 | Open Culture →
You have probably come across this site before, but they just published a list of their best posts of the year — and I know I’m finding some I missed along the way.
Dec 30th
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Listen to a short story.... →
My good friend, Beth Gourley, who’s here visiting me over the holiday, has gotten me hooked on two podcasts you can subscribe to — where well-known authors read short stories by other well-known authors — and comment on them. Treat yourself…. The New Yorker fiction — Short Story Podcasts The Guardian (UK) — Short Story Podcasts Image via Flickr: Colleen AF...
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 26th
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The Sidney Awards - NYTimes.com →
Once again David Brooks give us links to some of the best essays that have appeared in the past year.  Of course he leads with Michael Lewis on Greeks bearing bonds…. I haven’t read any of the others — which gives me something to look forward to. Update: Dec 29: Here’s a link to his second batch of essays. By the way, I hope you all have signed up for Instapaper - the...
Dec 26th
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The *Santa* Brand Book →
How to market Santa correctly….
Dec 23rd
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Dec 19th
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In PISA Test, Top Scores From Shanghai Stun... →
Ooh, the results are in…. international education in competition…  Not looking good for the US….  and Singapore must be pissed at being beaten to the top…..
Dec 7th
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Dec 1st