"Unfollow" — Conversion Via Twitter
Friday, November 27, 2015
Incredible story.
A Eulogy for Rdio
Sunday, November 22, 2015
I’ve been a happy subscriber and many-hours-a-day listener for years. Bummed they couldn’t make it work.
Kjartansson in Central Park
Friday, May 15, 2015
Watching Ragnar Kjartansson’s “S.S. Hangover,” part of “Drifting in Daylight: Art in Central Park” from Creative Time.
Year in Review: 2014
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Back before Tamara and I had our son in the summer of 2013, I used to keep regular lists of my “Annual Favorites” of the year — the best books, movies, TV shows, podcasts, exhibitions and so on that I’d consumed that year. To say my rate of cultural digestion changed with fatherhood would be an understatement; that said, I still have an interest in logging the great stuff (if only for myself).
Launched: TheGassInterviews.org
Saturday, June 7, 2014
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Leo @ 1
Monday, May 19, 2014
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"In Prison, Preparing for Home"
Monday, December 2, 2013
In my first post on Medium, I write briefly about attending a performance of Prison Performing Arts, whose Board I’m on.
"On Becoming a Father"
Friday, September 6, 2013
A lovely short essay by Alexis C. Madrigal.
Life News: I'm Joining Forest Park Forever
Sunday, September 1, 2013
This is an exciting week for me: I’m joining the staff of Forest Park Forever as the organization’s Strategic Communications Director. For those unfamiliar with St. Louis, Forest Park is my hometown’s larger-than-Central-Park gem that’s home to the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Saint Louis Zoo, the Missouri History Museum, and several other terrific organizations; there’s also tennis, golf, running paths, paddle boats, fishing, you name it. FPF is the private nonprofit, created in 1986, whose mission is to “restore, maintain and sustain Forest Park as one of America’s great urban public parks, for the enjoyment of all now and forever.
Leo Visits Mama at Her Pulitzer Office
Friday, August 30, 2013
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Seamus Heaney: 1939 – 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Sad news: The great Irish poet Seamus Heaney has died at age 74. When I was a freshman in college in the early 1990s, I was fortunate enough to take an upper-level English class with Dr. Ed Duffy, who dedicated a few months of the semester just to Heaney’s work. It was a remarkable immersion, and I felt incredibly engaged and grown-up. We serially read Heaney’s Station Island, a quest for both the book’s narrator and the course’s students.
The Unauthorized Marissa Mayer Biography
Sunday, August 25, 2013
22,000 words. A very interesting read.
Ramón Lobo Interviews David Remnick
Monday, August 19, 2013
From the lengthy Q&A: Coming back to the first topic of our conversation, how can we convince people that Internet is not enough to be informed? I don’t agree with you. I think the Internet is just a tool, a means of distribution. And it’s a radically more efficient means of distribution than print. But some people may have the impression they can know everything what is happening only with a click.
My Father-in-Law, Profiled
Thursday, August 8, 2013
“Artist’s wire trees free the mind, shape the future,” written by Doug Moore and published in this past Sunday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch. With some nice photos to boot. To view (and buy?) his work, visit H-Omer.com.
Gass at 89
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
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Q&A: GE Managing Editor Tomas Kellner
Monday, July 29, 2013
From this interesting interview at The Content Strategist: GE is one of the brands out there that’s done content really well. Do you think that’s because the topics are inherently interesting, or is it an internal attitude that allows the content to shine? What do you think? What GE does is interesting – that helps. But the culture inside the company is becoming hugely focused on storytelling. We have a CMO and CCO who have pushed us to focus on creating strong content and finding interesting ways to tell our story.
"The stage directions were lucid... and the color of the binder: Good choice."
Monday, July 29, 2013
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With Leo, Two Months In
Monday, July 22, 2013
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"Content Over Keywords" (or, SSO over SEO)
Saturday, July 13, 2013
I wrote this post for the TOKY blog.
The TOKY Friday Review
Friday, June 21, 2013
Today I published the second in a new series on the TOKY Blog — notable highlights from what the firm’s been reading, watching, and talking about.