Groupthink is one hot topic that leaves me cold. I’ve worked at magazines where I had my own office and ones where I sat in the middle of a bunch of cubicles. I think I was at Windowpane No. 4 at Elle. We were on the fifth floor in an open concept and instructed to […]
I vant to be alone
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
Show me the money: Part deux
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
For all you old-school print journalists still wondering how to make a buck from blogging, here’s how it works: Editor sees your McSweeney’s post reposted on Facebook (you’re not even friends … yet), and says, “Oh my God, I own a print of “Poster Making” (a.k.a. the FUCK OFF poster). She purchased it at the […]
In conversation with Royal Art Lodge
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
It can happen to you
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
VIEWERS POUNCE ON CRUNCHY CONTENT For those of you who still haven’t tried letting the internet do your networking for you, here’s an edited list of some of the organizations who came knocking at my door yesterday after I posted this. BTW, I crested at 870 hits and 1,100 pageviews. List courtesy of Google […]
McSweeney’s found me
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
While I was waiting to hear from some of my editors yesterday, I made soup and messed around on the internet. Later that afternoon, I went to the library and pulled a book off the shelf that looked interesting only to discover a painting of me inside its pages (I haven’t sat for anybody). Turning […]
Fotoshop by Adobé
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
And now: James Franco, novelist
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
Smoking frieze
Originally published in January 2012 in Blog
Photo: “Smoking Frieze” taken by my pal Keith Mulvihill, West 19th Street, NYC, January 3, 2012 Why should we use all of our creative power? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulations of [too many] objects and [too much] money. […]
