What I'm Reading - December 28, 2008
The Hustons by Lawrence Grobel (long but very good. about the director John Huston)
The Age of the Moguls by Stewart H. Holbrook
The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst by Kenneth Whyte (tip from Tyler Cowen. it's on the 3 years that Hearst took over the New York newspaper market. one of the better biographies of those breed of capitalists)
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman (these kinds of books could use some fresh examples - worth having still)
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (better than Blink. he could have called more people out but the whole 'straw man' criticism is obnoxious)
Someone made me a Crunchbase profile. It's blank if anyone wants to edit it. Crunchbase is actually a really good idea, there should be an intermediate service for people not notable enough for Wikipedia but still have verifiable biographies that should be aggregated. I'm not saying I'm one of those people but it's helped me out before when trying to research something.
TheBoxOfficeJunkie is updating again and worth reading. Can you believe Home Alone made $300 million at the box office in 1990?
Pictures of Children Crying is yet unannounced but will be incredibly funny if done right.
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Nice list. I have had Sway on my wish list since it came out. How is it? Yesterday I started Anathem, the new book by Neil Stephenson. Google it and go to his site (3rd one down). Judging from your posts you would love it.
Posted by: Pizzamancer at December 29, 2008 07:44 AM
It's decent. I met Ori at a party a few weeks ago and I had no idea he'd written one of my favorite books, The Starfish and the Spider. I would read that one over Sway anytime.
Posted by: Ryan Holiday at December 29, 2008 01:15 PM
Jeff can edit your Crunchbase profile. I bet he was the one who originally made it (he created one for me, too).
Posted by: Charlie at December 29, 2008 02:44 PM
Hey, Ryan. I know this is late notice, but I just wanted to thank you for sending traffic my way. I really appreciate it, and I love your blog!
Posted by: Grady Smith at January 9, 2009 05:13 PM
the New Scientist magazine calls some of Gladwells thoughts into question, it is a very good article...
Posted by: Anonymous at January 17, 2009 08:56 PM
