The Malcolm Gladwell Blog
Wow! PSFK reports that Malcolm Gladwell now has a blog.
Gladwell is one of my favourite authors and thinkers. Accessing his thoughts and ideas - beyond the New Yorker pieces and books he authors - is obviously going to get readers like me excited. But more than that, I like the fact that he is planning on this being a two-way process.
Writes Gladwell:
In the past year I have often been asked why I don’t have a blog. My answer was always that I write so much, already, that I don’t have time to write anything else. But, as should be obvious, I’ve now changed my mind.
I have come (belatedly) to the conclusion that a blog can be a very valuable supplement to my books and the writing I do for the New Yorker. What I think I’d like to do is to use this forum to elaborate and comment on and correct and amend things that I have already written.
If you look on my website, on the “Blink” page, you’ll see an expanded notes and bibliography, which mostly consists of copies of emails sent to me by readers. Well, I think I’d like to start posting reader comments for everything I write, and this is a perfect place for that.
There are also times when I think I’ve made mistakes, or oversights, and I’d like to use this space to explain myself and set things right.
Every author and writer will have to move towards this line of thought. That readers can and do provide information, insight and even corrections.
That despite a blog being ‘unpaid’ writing it does add value to one’s writing.
And that a blog can be used to ‘test market’ one’s hypotheses or thoughts (until the time it becomes too popular and therefore a direct competition to the mainstream media which pays our bread and butter).
In return, all that an author would ask is that readers provide feedback and criticism in a rational and constructive manner. Whatever the ‘provocation’ or difference in opinion may be.
Surely that’s not asking for too much…
February 25th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
so you were test marketting your thoughts by badmouthing IIMC? huh?
February 25th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
Rashmi, Ordinarily I wouldnt have ever commented on your site; I fail to understand the hoopla behing this chap.
My comments were motivated by the link to “thinkers” website; Bill gates is featured on that! Nothing could be more blasphameous than that! Microsoft is known to purchase people for all this and so did Billy found him with a smiling picture. Enough said.
February 25th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
What a great blog you have going here, Rashmi. Will be sure to visit often.
February 26th, 2006 at 1:39 am
yeah, the high and mighty thinkers have started to blog !
Now even John Hagel and Guy Kawasaki are blogging !
Did I tell you that Kawasaki left a comment on my blog?? Yippeee !!
Gladwell is good and a contrarian ! Always good for his publishers !
ciao,
Gautam
February 26th, 2006 at 4:35 am
Who is Mr. Gladwell? Nice blog BTW.
Rayan Felix Coutinho
http://www.rcoutinho.com
February 26th, 2006 at 5:57 am
Hey thanks for bringing Gladwell’s blog to my notice. He is indeed a great writer, with amazing ideas. Shall be really interesting to see how this blog affects his writings from now on. But I definitely believe that it can give him a huge boost in future sales of his book, especially if he starts including certain comments on the blog in the book, and crediting them.
February 26th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
hey, u ve got ornamental projections of thoughts which are jewel sequenced n studded with diamonds of daily reflections.It really hammers out a stampede of feelings that showers juices of molten gold onto the different layers of mind. gotta kinda inscrutable feeling while readin’ ur blog.plz chk out mine n leave ur comments.
February 27th, 2006 at 6:18 am
an interesting post indeed rashmi. i like how you write.a lovely blog:)
February 27th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
Have been a big fan of Gladwell. Read “Blink” and in the process of finishing “Tipping Point”. Thanks for the link to Gladwell’s blog.
-Pent.
February 28th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Hey Rashmi, thanks for the heads-up! Gladwell is one of my favourites too
March 2nd, 2006 at 6:31 pm
hey thanks for alerting on the gladwell blog! Most useful I hope it wil be.
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