Tag: book
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Is The World Getting Better, Not Worse?
Whatup, world. Hasn’t it been looking like our shit’s pretty doomed? It’s not, says Matt Ridley: “Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down all across the globe. Africa is following Asia out of poverty; the internet, the mobile phone, and container shitpping are enriching people’s lives…
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Jonathan Safran Foer’s TREE OF CODES
All year, I’ve been studying car manufacturing processes (complicated) and the history of soda bottling (simpler but with more bullies), so it’s refreshing to come across a short film on the manufacturing of my friend Foer’s ambitious little book, TREE OF CODES. Published last year, TREE OF CODES required a painstaking process in which chunks…
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Reading Demetri Martin’s New Book
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Walt “Clyde” Frazier Killin’ It Last Night On MSG
God bless Walt “Clyde” Frazier for keepin’ on keepin’ it real, yo — on TV, bitches! (And thanks to Dan Beers for the photo and the heads up.) Clyde’s book, Rockin’ Steady: A Guide To Basketball & Cool, is one of my all time favorites. It’s the definitive “how to” for stylin, groomin’ and generally…
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Never Interrupt A Kid Who Is Reading
Me: Dash? Dash: What. Me: I love you. Dash: Why’d you tell me that? I’m in the middle of reading! Jesus!
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Buying Shitloads Of “Zilch” by Nancy Lublin
Super lavish party last night for Nancy Lublin’s new book, ZILCH. I walked in with the new Justin Bieber special issue of SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE, under my arm, which Seventeen’s Editor-In-Chief Ann Shoket had given me in the car on the way to the party. (Ann grabbed it back to give to a very cool 8…
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Improv Everywhere Still Causing Scenes At Wendy’s
Just bought Improv Everywhere’s book, CAUSING A SCENE. Here’s a classic Improv Everywhere prank. I honestly think if I were Wendy’s I would have paid them to do this…
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“How To Be Inappropriate” Presents: Grizzly Bear, Michael MacDonald & Daniel Nester
On a boring conference call at work and don’t know what to do? Try this: 1) Listen to Michael McDonald, 2) …who sings on this track by Grizzly Bear (courtesy of Daniel Nester)… 3) …while you purchase copies of Nester’s “How To Be Inappropriate” from indie bookstores for all your friends.
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Chris Brogan’s “Trust Agents” Is Worth The Read
…and it just became a New York Times Bestseller. Check out Chris Brogan‘s new book here, and pick up a copy. People pay Chris lots of money for some of the insights you can find right here in this book. Totally worth the read.