Holly Hughes
Holly Hughes, editor of the popular Best Food Writing annual book series, discussed how she got involved with the project and her thoughts on modern food writing.
Below is a chapter from The New Media Cocktail e-book I released last week. Over the course of this holiday week, I will be releasing excerpts of that e-book on this blog. Feel free to download the e-book in its entirety, if you prefer. The web has already begun to break down the barriers erected by previous…
Ah, the first day of spring is upon us. It doesn’t quite feel that way here in New Hampshire where it is about 19 degrees with lots of ice and snow on the ground (and more ice reportedly on the way). Nevertheless, Brian Oberkirch got me in the springtime mood with his post today that…
The latest in blog in this continuing series of posts is Feld Thoughts by entrepreneur/venture capitalist/angel investor/runner/reader Brad Feld. I include all of those descriptors because that’s what you can expect to see from his blog. The emphasis is on technology innovation and entrepreneurship, but he includes enough of the other topics to make it…
Shel Israel’s post over on Global Neighborhoods a couple of days ago got me to thinking. The thrust of his posting was that a lot of "recovering publicists" (his words) were now taking to providing PR services in the blogging/new media space. "We all see huge opportunities and expect to be joined by many other…
I have developed a bad habit. I snack too much. No, I’m not talking about in real life (though that’s probably true, too). I’m talking about in my information consumption habits. The Snacking Concept A popular meme the past few months, popularized in part by a Wired magazine story, has been that consumers want information…
New York University Professor Pedro Noguera discusses his recent book “The Trouble with Black Boys … And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education”