Notebook Entries on {category_name}
March 30, 2010
Vonnegut at the Blackboard •
Kurt Vonnegut illustrates storytelling archetypes.
March 18, 2010
The Future of Publishing •
DK’s video “The Future of Publishing” uses creative copywriting to drive home the ad’s message. Clever.
June 29, 2009
Malcolm Gladwell reviews Free by Chris Anderson •
With typical precision and prose, Malcolm Gladwell disassembles Chris Anderson’s thesis that free is the future of commerce in the New Yorker’s review of Anderson’s newest title.
October 16, 2008
Fair Exchange •
An admirer once wrote to Rudyard Kipling: “I see you get a dollar a word for your writing. I enclose a check for one dollar. Please send me a sample.”
Kipling responded: “Thanks.”
That’s what I call efficient writing.
September 12, 2008
TED: Redefining the Dictionary •
Erin McKean refocuses our fascination with language at TED.
I wish I had such a command of the English language.
August 25, 2008
Fourteen Ways to Use Twitter Politely •
From The Morning News, because even if your writing is limited to 140 characters, you should still use decorum.
August 21, 2008
The Vexed Question of Punctuation •
Artemy Lebedev speaks to some common typographical issues surrounding punctuation. Required reading for typophiles, designers, writers and even desktop publishers.
August 4, 2008
The Economist Style Guide •
The replete style book given to all writers at The Economist — in online form.