![The New York Times has proven to be very, VERY good at interactive stories and this one by Ben Adler is one of them. The piece, “Brooklyn the Remix: A Hip Hop Tour,” combines three loves of mine—hip hop, urban planning/development and historical context. Great read. [Photo Credit: David Burns/Associated Press]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/9750367c00da985a17cf481b52da9026/tumblr_mmr7qyq9AW1qcthpqo1_500.jpg)
The New York Times has proven to be very, VERY good at interactive stories and this one by Ben Adler is one of them. The piece, “Brooklyn the Remix: A Hip Hop Tour,” combines three loves of mine—hip hop, urban planning/development and historical context. Great read. [Photo Credit: David Burns/Associated Press]
Would you let your interviewee tape your raw interview and post it on YouTube?
Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, and Other Great Procrastinators
A lot of the great writers were also great procrastinators. There’s hope for us!
A New Yorker Interactive
This is brilliant. Slow clap for the @NewYorker!
“David Sedaris tests pre-publication material by regularly reading works in progress to live audiences, a practice that has become an integral part of his writing process.” -Co.Create
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
—Joseph Chilton Pearce
I’m not a big fan of modern furniture (give me those classic silhouettes any day of the week), but this right here? Yes.
(via writersrelief)
Gawker published THEE best take-down of that awful WSJ piece by a high school senior whining about not getting into her dream colleges. It might seem harsh for grown-ups to take down a teenager’s essay, but believe me when I say that little girl’s piece was “special.” I agree with every word of Gawker’s response.
