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- the national: mistaken for strangers
This is what the hell is up:
The National performing Mistaken For Strangers. One of the best bands around performing one of their best songs, and flawlessly.
Also featuring some of the finest lyrics I’ve ever read:
Well you wouldn’t want an angel watching over/Surprise, surprise, they wouldn’t wanna watch/Another uninnocent elegant fall/Into the unmagnificent lives of [...] - (not so new) work: new media distribution channels
Digging into the archives for a look at future thinking.
A few years ago my publishers at Oni Press invited me to contribute a column to their website.
While archiving old documents the other day I stumbled upon a piece from May, 2004. In it, I used David Mamet’s Spartan (recently released at the time) to [...] - the power and responsibility of editing
A good editor might make your writing. A bad editor will ruin it.
Raymond Carver has long been one of my favorite writers. His terse, emotionally complex prose isn’t to everyone’s taste, but I’ve found it to mine. Recent revelations about his relationship with his editor, Gordon Lish, make me wonder just who it is I’ve [...] - sprint is on board with tough love
Curious…
I swiped this screencap from the front page of Huffington Post. My best guess is that this is supposed to be a snippet from a longer scroll, something like “Family Basketball Almanac: Dad beats son 21-19 in Game for the Ages.”
But, still.
edit: I should point out that this was a static ad. The “scroll [...] - where you are when you’re not all there
What can you do when it’s just not working?
Take a moment to think about the things you do well. Your job(s), your hobbies, whatever. Then, take another moment to think about how good you are at doing those things when you’re not full-strength.
I’m a sports fan (as you might know), and in that world [...] - the way we were
Not all innovation is progress.
That picture to the right is of a bottle that once held Upper 10 soda (it looked something like this in its younger days). It caught my eye while I was walking Derby through the woods near my house last week, so I brought it home and learned that Upper 10 [...] - what obama vs. clinton means for creative folks
It’s the message and the medium.
As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spar over issues like leadership, the economy, and war, there’s another, less obvious ideological battle taking place. It doesn’t carry the weight of the usual big issues, but it’s arguably more interesting.
Simply put: Obama vs. Clinton represents the first large-scale test of whether or [...] - remember: search isn’t perfect
Google is the leader in search for a reason, but that doesn’t mean they’re perfect.
Try as they might, they can’t overcome human ingenuity. Witness this anecdote from BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nussbaum:
And this PR firm is very successful at manipulating search, he said. All the PR firms are successful at creating “independent” blogs and sites that spin [...] - social media dos and don’ts
There’s no rulebook, and what works for you might not work for me. But it can help to keep a few basic points in mind.
I recently ghost-wrote an article for a client about how businesses in a particular industry can — and should — use social media to enhance their overall marketing and branding efforts. [...] - new work: pressbox
A dispatch from the Slant Six-osphere…
I wrote the cover story for this week’s edition of PressBox, a local all-sports weekly. It’s a profile of Coppin State women’s basketball player Rashida Suber, one of the finest women’s players this area has ever seen.
Click here to read it. - trends for 2008, post three: bob powers
This is the third in a series wherein I solicit thoughts from some of my favorite creative thinkers about what they think 2008 (and beyond) might look like.
This installment comes courtesy of Bob Powers. Bob is the brilliance behind the Girls Are Pretty website and its companion book, Happy Cruelty Day. I recommend both [...] - killer at large
News from just outside the SlantSix-o-sphere…
The This Divided State guys have launched the website for their new film, Killer at Large. Check it out here.
I had a nice lunch with Bryan and Steve while they were working on this, and the discussion was lively and enlightening. My money’s on this one being well worth [...]