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more about #valleywag snugbug: The aforementioned Harvard guy who reviewed Gladwell's latest book for the NYT described him perfectly: He's a dilettante who bamboozles the masses be... more » Shadowlayer: I dont see why google has to buy this half-assed company thats only relevant to a few parts of the US and not that popular at all. A google version, ... more » youngmarblegiant: I'm a Yelp elite, and let me tell you it is really all about the free booze at the parties. You review a certain number of establishments and you get... more » orangecatlover: It's unfortunate the backlash is gaining steam just when Gladwell produced something substantial and important--his piece comparing football to dogfi... more » GlasgowRose: btw, the NY Times' rival reviews of Outliers are worth rereading: Michiko Kakutani vs. David Leonhardt. more » GlasgowRose: Gladwell's fortune (and the seething envy of 10,000 wannabes) was made with 3 little words: the + tipping + point. It became a bible at many companies... more » contradicto: What's with the tiny Business Insider link at the bottom of this post? more » sfBirdie: Yelp is useful, but you have to read reviews with an open mind - especially in the Bay Area. Many of the 'Yelp Elite' reviewers take the title way to... more » DennyCrane: Boutros, Boutros, golly! more » raincoaster: The older Yelp gets, the more closely it resembles a cheesy freebie newspaper, the kind with 50-year-old jokes to keep the ad columns apart. The longe... more » resipsaloquacious: Henry Blodget? Really? more » MissNormaDesmond: I look forward to his book on confirmation bias. Oh, wait, that's all of them. more » Tremonius: A former associate of mine explained how you could unsettle an opponent in the gentlest way possible. You praise him for a backhand, ask, admiringly, ... more » hilikusopus: That pretty much sums up Gladwell. I don't get why hipsters love him, and jump down the throats of the "freakanomics" guy. These literary gimmicks, wh... more » theysaidwhat: So Malcolm Gladwell is the Glenn Beck of Science? more » forwardmotion: He is successful because his writing fits well on Starbucks cups. more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: What's with this absolutist kind of analysis; either Ekman is 100% right and therefore so is Gladwell, or Ekman is 100% wrong, etc.? It's entirely po... more » shostakobitch: Of course he's wrong I can tell by just looking at him! A face like that was built to sell nonsense to fools. Fuckin science bro. Seriously though ... more » Maloon-Rouge: Last I checked Gladwell has never claimed to be a scientist, psychologist, etc. The thing is, he’s a great writer whose thoughts are compelling and ... more » evan.forbes: I am currently reading Malcom Gladwell's book "Outliers", do you know of any unsupported claims that he makes in that book? more » -
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Google Co-Founder Kind of a Jerk in Person, Says Fellow Billionaire
It's so fun to see the media wars play out in actual tiffs between actual human beings in actual rooms together. Take this passive-aggressive clash between Google's Larry Page, programmer, and IAC's Barry Diller, onetime movie mogul. More » -
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Condé Nast's Grumpy East Coast-West Coast Feud
Big Ideas Author Malcolm Gladwell, a Manhattanite of the New Yorker, has issued a smackdown review of Free, the book from Big Ideas Author Chris Anderson, a Berkeleyan of San Francisco's Wired. If that's not provocative enough, Gladwell sounds downright grumpy. More » -
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The New Yorker Embraces Modern Technology
"Jorge Colombo drew this week's cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Times Square." [New Yorker] More » -
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The Twitterati Refuse to Sell a Horse for an Aeron Chair
These tweets are made for venting. Joanna Pearlstein, Susan Orlean, Jim Louderback, and other media twits found plenty to complain about on Twitter: More » -
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New Yorkerers in Scandalous Twitter Brawl
Our dreams have come true! New Yorker contributor and Twitterati regular Susan Orlean is whaling away on whiny, blogorrheic ex-staff writer Dan Baum on Twitter. Grab some popcorn, follow @susanorlean and @danielsbaum, and enjoy! More » -
#thewaywelivenow
Dan Baum Still Twittering Away, Calls New Yorker Office 'Creepy'
Yesterday we told you about ex-New Yorker scribe Dan Baum using Twitter to tell the story of his hiring and firing at the magazine. On Monday he filed the second chapter of his Tweet-narrative. More » -
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Dan Baum Details New Yorker Hiring and Firing on Twitter
On Friday ex-New Yorker scribe Dan Baum began telling the story of his employment at the magazine through a medium rarely synonymous with narrative storytelling—-Twitter. As of this writing he's up to 1399 words! More » -
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The Twitterati Use an iPhone App to Prove Something
Julia Allison thinks she has something to prove, Zillow CEO Rich Barton thinks he personally brought down AT&T, and MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall think she's a neutral vessel for news. Other delusions of the Twitterati: More » -
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The Twitterati Are Humbled by a Bollywood Martini
A proud lot, journalists — and yet so often they drown their sorrows in PB&J martinis. Or the sweet liqueur of Twitter. Jason Pontin, Ana Marie Cox, Susan Orlean and others shared their secret shames: More » -
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Sarah Palin Lets the Twitterati Sleep in the Same Room
Twitter, the ideal medium for feigning emotion! Bonnie Fuller pretended to be shocked, Erick Schonfeld and Kara Swisher pretended to fight, and Sasha Frere-Jones pretended to function. Today's real fake tweets: More » -
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The Twitterati Will Have Painkillers, Two CDs, and a Martini
A Today anchorlady thinks her cohost is higher than a kite, a New Yorker aims to get drunk, Alex Balk perks up his ears, and everyone else pretends to work. The latest from Twitteronia: More » -
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Facebook's Redesign Drives Twitterati to Drink
Who knew New Yorker writers used Facebook enough to hate its new look, as Susan Orlean does? In other trivia, Tricia Romano got sauced, Olivier Knox developed a crush, and Jon Fine revealed his ignorance: More » -
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Guns, Profanity, Paranoia, and Fear on Twitter
Twitteronia is a scary place to be. A Googler got violent, an NBC TV host swore, and we frightened a top AP editor — while Michelle Malkin had a breakdown. Today's twittiest tweets: More » -
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John McCain Doesn't Know How to Manage a Beaver
Oh, Twitter! Even senators say the darnedest things on the dynamic compendium of Internet users' stupidest thoughts. "How does one manage a beaver?" asked John McCain mid-pork tirade. More tweets that left us speechless: More » -
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The Day the Twitterati Ate Their Own
Careful what you Twitter! Blogger Ben Leventhal savaged Julia Allison for a brainless tweet. George Stephanopoulos denied inhaling at a White House dinner. And Kurt Andersen just shouldn't have typed anything. Today's 140-character mistakes: More »
