the rugs don't work » Books http://john.theobriens.ca Music, mix tapes, films, things on the web and more... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:18:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 I knew that http://john.theobriens.ca/2006/03/08/i-knew-that/ http://john.theobriens.ca/2006/03/08/i-knew-that/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:18:20 +0000 Johnny http://john.theobriens.ca/2006/03/08/i-knew-that/ Malcolm Gladwell would deliver. On his blog and at ESPN, he tackles drafting players for the NBA and why players raise the level of their game in the final year of their contracts. Well worth reading. Part one is here and part two is here. Enjoy.

]]> http://john.theobriens.ca/2006/03/08/i-knew-that/feed/ 0 Malcolm Gladwell starts a blog http://john.theobriens.ca/2006/02/24/malcolm-gladwell-starts-a-blog/ http://john.theobriens.ca/2006/02/24/malcolm-gladwell-starts-a-blog/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:39:38 +0000 Johnny http://john.theobriens.ca/2006/02/24/malcolm-gladwell-starts-a-blog/ The New Yorker magazine writer and author of two books that I enjoyed – The Tipping Point and Blink – has just started up his own blog. He describes his change of heart on blogging with a posting called “mea culpa”. You can read it here.

 I’m looking forward to reading what he has to say. 

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