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4 CommentsThe first Daily Intellectual discussion went quite well, despite a slow start, so here's another one for you to discuss.
I just published the second one, this one about New Journalism. I picked the topic because it's a literary technique I've always found quite interesting, but I've never really heard of other people talking about it very often.
In fact, the two novels I used as examples (In Cold Blood and Fear and Loathing) were picked because I thought they were well-read, popular novels, but already three people have told me they've read neither.
So go have a read and tell me your thoughts. (Comments on the entry intself are, as always, welcome too.)
Incidentally, I'd also like comments on the general style of the entry. This project is new and I'm still figuring out how to approach each topic. One thing I did different with this one is link to more external sources - always a good idea in a learning situation, I think. But I'd like to know how I could improve. I also implemented a rating mechanism for voting on the interestingness (a word so unwieldly I thought I'd made it up at first, but apparently not) of the entry - so feel free to click on that as well.
bgilham
Written Mar. 21, 2007 / Report /
Thanks for the heads-up, Rich. I neglected to notice that you had started posting on your new project!
Nils
Written Mar. 24, 2007 / Report /
Same here. So, subscribed to feed, to comments, to wiki. Will read now.
Rich
Written Mar. 24, 2007 / Report /
Sorry guys, I've been quite sloppy with DI so far. Call it growing pains - I'm still trying to work out a schedule, and some other details. The upside is this is happening early in its life, so there aren't too many people around to see.
Anyway, consider reading this note if you fancy helping out.
Nils
Written Mar. 24, 2007 / Report /
I won't reply to the New Journalism entry here, I've done that on the site, but I do want to tell you how I like the approach so far. You're absorbing information and trying to remember as much as you can from repeating what you've learnt and trying to explain it to others. That, I think is a good way to study a subject. What I like even more, is that you don't just rehash a number of Wikipedia articles, but that you add your personal, if not opinion, at least your experiences. That makes it rather very interesting to read. The structure: 'this is what I knew, this is what I found out, and this is how I now believe it to be' works well. Keep that up. Meanwhile, I will now go and steal your idea, because with a little fine-tuning, this may well turn out a rather successful formula, somewhat of a Lifehacker for the thinking world perhaps ;-)