Notes on Culture

A link blog, associated w/ jeffmacintyre.com, addressing recommended reading in art, culture, academia, society and such. I am a NYC-based freelance journalist and interactive media specialist. My writing appears widely. As principal of Predicate, I also consult in interactive content strategy for leading media companies.

The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King

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Jeffrey MacIntyre is principal of Predicate, a content and editorial strategy consultancy for digital publishers. He is based in New York.

With Google (NSDQ: GOOG), many media companies have…

Everything Is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky

Arts & Letters Daily (25 May 2009) →

The cowboy and cactus art hanging in the White House is coming down. Going up in its place: Richard Diebenkorn, Ed Ruscha, and Franz Kline… more

The idea that religion is destined to die out…

Fifth Business (Penguin Classics) by Robertson Davies

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The Moonstone (Modern Library Classics) by Wilkie Collins
New Grub Street (Modern Library Classics) by George Gissing

“Queer theory and its cousins have had more influence outside the academy than anyone might have imagined.”

Who's In the Monkey Bar Mural? [Society] →

Wispily pompadoured Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter’s new midtown venture Monkey Bar is a bar/restaurant for rich people. There’s even a giant mural commemorating some of between-wars…

“When each side wants to believe certain scientific conclusions for extra-scientific reasons, skepticism is the better part of rigor.”

“Wikipedia can no more be completed than can New York City, which O. Henry predicted would be “a great place if they ever finish it.”

“Today, others believe science now addresses the human condition in ways Snow did not anticipate. For the past two decades, the editor and agent John Brockman has promoted the notion of a “third culture” to describe scientists — notably evolutionary biologists, psychologists and neuroscientists — who are “rendering visible the deeper meanings in our lives” and superseding literary artists in their ability to “shape the thoughts of their generation.”

The <em>New York Times</em> Makes Comical Statements About the Internet, 1995-2009 [Standards] →

The New York Times has issued a formal set of standards for their in-house blogs, marking the first time blogs have ever had standards (No “snark”). The latest in a rich history of…