Andrew Miller makes 'Pure' and 1785 Paris relevant to the Arab Spring - Cleveland Plain Dealer
28 May 2012, 5:02 am
I picked up "Pure" casually, wanting to take its measure in a "Blink" Malcolm gladwell way, thinking it might suit our summer reading guide, set for Sunday, June 3. I stayed to relish all 331 pages, caught up in its unforced, stylish sentences ...

Understanding the drama of the Facebook IPO - Management Today
25 May 2012, 12:44 pm
It’s been a hell of a couple of days for Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. On Friday he rang the opening bell on the NASDAQ, crystalized his personal wealth at $19bn, saw $1.8bn wiped off that by the close. Then he got married. As he begins his honeymoon ...

Macho culture at forefront of concussion issue - FOX Sports Kansas City
23 May 2012, 10:55 pm
Author Malcolm gladwell recently suggested that college football be abolished or that its players be paid for their risk. "It's a bit much," he told Slate.com, "both to maim AND exploit college football players." Fair points, all, even if the suits at the ...

Books: Book Review: Ben Fountain: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk - A.V. Club
21 May 2012, 1:46 pm
Writer Ben Fountain was introduced to the world through a 2008 Malcolm gladwell essay about artistic talent. In it, gladwell questions the model of the young prodigy, juxtaposing Fountain—who wrote full-time for 18 years before the publication of his ...

Kragthorpe: Utah prep coach retiring happily, but worried about state of sports - Salt Lake Tribune
21 May 2012, 1:24 pm
Those names help define the coaching life of Lehi High School’s Craig gladwell, who’s retiring this month. So do his age (65) and number of years (43) in the profession, although he hardly looks old and certainly could keep going.

Author gladwell to speak at city event - Winnipeg Free Press
19 May 2012, 1:27 pm
MALCOLM gladwell has a knack for interpreting new ideas exactly at the time our society is most susceptible to thinking about them. That may bode well for Winnipeg's profile, because the New York-based author said Winnipeg makes an appearance -- "and more ...

Facebook IPO: Did Twitter Crowdsourcing Just Give Us the Closing Price? - Mashable.com
18 May 2012, 7:26 pm
Anyone who has read the James Surowiecki business science classic The Wisdom of Crowds, and a host of corroborating authors such as Malcolm gladwell, knows that. So what if you applied that brave new world of expert prediction markets ...

Hilarious 'Tasteful Nudes' Book Trailer Features Authors Dave Hill, Dick Cavett And Malcolm gladwell (VIDEO) - Huffington Post
17 May 2012, 6:20 am
Comedian and musician Dave Hill has written a memoir. Aside from comedy and music, he shares stories on girlfriends, hockey and "Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation." To promote this book, he created this hilariously ...

Pills Still Matter; So Does Biology -- Managing Expectations About Digital Health - Forbes
14 May 2012, 8:03 am
Reviewing “The Myth of The Paperless Office” for the New Yorker in 2002, Malcolm gladwell argued that if the computer had come first, and paper didn’t exist, someone would have had to invent it. Paper, it turns out, is a lot more useful ...

Ban College Football? Breaking Down a Debate - New York Times Blogs
9 May 2012, 5:06 pm
Buzz Bissinger (the author of the high school football book “Friday Night Lights”) and Malcolm gladwell (the best-selling author and New Yorker staff writer who compared football to dogfighting) want to get rid of football on campus.