This coming Monday and Tuesday (November 15 & 16), The Economist will host a free online MBA fair, giving business school candidates the chance to chat with admissions officers and current students from over 20 international b‑schools. Schools participating in the online forum include Brandeis, Cornell, Pepperdine, Queens University, the University of Toronto, and the Copenhagen Business School, just to name a few. The two-day event is free and open to the public. Once participants register, they will find videos and podcasts on pressing MBA questions, and also join chat sessions about MBA networking, career services, and international curriculum choices. You can register for The Economist Global MBA Forum right here (or simply click on the image above), and then get started with the forum itself right here on Monday.
The Economist Presents the Global Online MBA Forum
Books Savored in Stop Motion Film
This wonderful stop motion film makes you pine for the good old fashioned printed book, perhaps because we all realize that Gutenberg’s gift will eventually give way to the Kindle and other devices. The three minute film (officially entitled This is Where We Live) was shot over three weeks in autumn 2008 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 4th Estate Publishers. No less than 20 animators took part in the project, and no less than 1000 books were put to use.
Designrelated.com takes a little closer look at the making of the nostalgia-inducing film. Big thanks to Mike for the good find…
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Writing Studio Floating in Foliage
When asked to design a writing studio in the woods of New York, architect Andrew Berman began work on his dream project. And here’s what he delivered. If only we could all write in such luxury…
Out My Window: An Interactive Documentary
Out My Window — it’s a new interactive documentary, a film unlike any you have seen before. Katerina Cizek, the director, put it together over the course of years, and the award-winning film uses its novel approach to explore life, as it goes on, within highrises — the most commonly built structures during the past century. Created with 360º video and high end web technology, Out My Window brings you to 13 different locations across the globe, moving from Chicago to São Paulo, to Bangalore and Johannesburg. And the story doesn’t unfold linearly. You choose where and when you want the stories (49 in total) to begin and end. The film is better experienced than described. So my recommendation: Watch the trailer, or just jump into the interactive documentary and see for yourself.
Paul Auster Reads from New Novel, Sunset Park
This week, Paul Auster releases his 16th novel, Sunset Park, which gives literary expression to the economic misfortunes weighing on the country. The foreclosures. The unemployment. The recession and depression. The novel starts to paint the desperate picture quickly. Above, we have Paul Auster reading the beginning pages, and you can follow along with this transcript posted online by American Public Media.
Auster also happens to narrate the entire audio version of Sunset Park, and, as previously mentioned here, you can download a free audio copy of the novel (or pretty much any other book of your choice) if you register for a 14-day free trial of Audible.com. Once the trial is over, you can continue your Audible subscription, or cancel it. It’s up to you. But, either way, you keep the book.
Thanks to Mike for spotting the Auster reading…
Time Piece: Jim Henson’s Short, Oscar-Nominated Film (1965)
Back in 1965, Jim Henson, the great puppeteer, wrote, directed and starred in a short experimental film, Time Piece, which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Running a short nine minutes, the film takes a surreal look at the passing of time. And, despite veering off into rather strange territory, the film struck a chord with critics and the film community. Time Piece would be nominated for an Academy Award.
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Welcome to the Plutocracy! Bill Moyers Presents the First Howard Zinn Lecture
Howard Zinn, the People’s historian, taught at Boston University for 24 years, until he died earlier this year. In late October, Bill Moyers delivered the first Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture during which, appropriately enough, he focuses on the challenges facing our democracy, and particularly America’s long drift toward plutocracy, where the rich get richer at the expense of the average citizen. The talk (followed by a Q&A session) runs a good two hours, and Moyers himself starts speaking at the 6:40 minute mark. You can watch the video here, or read the transcript here.
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A‑List Authors, Artists & Thinkers Draw Self Portraits
Over the years, Burt Britton convinced A‑list writers and artists to draw self-portraits of themselves. He first enticed Norman Mailer long ago, while working as a bartender at the Village Vanguard in NYC. Then came Miles Davis, Jorge Luis Borges (who was already blind), Margaret Atwood, Frank Gehry, Saul Bellow, David Hockney, Allen Ginsberg, Cormac McCarthy (see above) and a parade of others. The doodled portraits were later collected in a now out-of-print book, Self-Portrait: Book People Picture Themselves. You can still find a smaller collection online at The Daily Beast. The New York Times gives you more of the backstory on this collection here.
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