100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!) In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. Below, the 2013 edition of the 100 websites to put on your radar and in your browser. To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH. Infographic: Get More Out Of Google. 102 Spectacular Nonfiction Stories from 2012 | Byliner Anthologies.
Each year, I track the most exceptional stories I encounter while assembling my twice-weekly newsletter, The Best of Journalism, as well as acting as an editor-at-large for Byliner. These projects afford me the opportunity to read as much impressive nonfiction journalism as any single person possibly can. The result is my annual Best of Journalism List, now in its fifth year. If you’re feeling nostalgic, here’s the 2011 edition. There are, of course, worthy pieces of writing and reporting that escaped my attention in 2012, but I can assure you that all of the 102 stories listed below deserve wider attention—as do the authors of these stories. The featured bylines are linked to the authors’ Byliner writer pages, which makes it easy to discover and read more of their excellent work.
The stories are listed alphabetically by writer. No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 "Four hundred feet long. No. 5 No. 6 "In five hours Walker will take the court for the Idaho Stampedes. No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12 No. 13. Nearly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalism - Conor Friedersdorf. These must-reads are my personal picks for the best nonfiction of 2010 Awards season in journalism is almost over: David Brooks has long since handed out the Sidneys, the Pulitzer Prizes have been issued, and the National Magazine Award finalists find out who won next week. Throughout 2010, I kept my own running list of exceptional nonfiction for the Best of Journalism newsletter I publish. The result is my third annual Best Of Journalism Awards - America's only nonfiction writing prize judged entirely by me.
I couldn't read every worthy piece published last year. But everything that follows is worthy of wider attention. It was put together before I began my current gig at The Atlantic. The Art Of Storytelling WASHINGTON MONTHLYDirty Medicine by Mariah Blake Thomas Shaw invents breakthrough medical devices. THE TEXAS MONTHLYLast Days Of The Comanches by S.C. "By the autumn of 1871, the Western frontier was rolling backward, retreating in the face of savage Indian attacks. GQHope. Longform. Cormac McCarthy's Apocalypse. The acclaimed author's dark vision - and the scientists who inspire him. The world's most unlikely genius club meets in a sprawling adobe retreat amid the piñon scrub and juniper trees in the hills above Santa Fe. The lean physicist in baggy shorts and sandals sitting at a long table designed the first wearable computer, which he used to beat roulette in Vegas.
The older scientist across from him, with curly white hair and the turquoise jeweled bolo tie, won a Nobel for discovering the quark. The attractive blond neuroscientist nibbling enchiladas nearby studies the modulation patterns of pigtailed macaques. Down the hall, a gangly Brit scrawls equations in squeaky orange magic marker on a windowpane. Even the fat tabby cat meowing for scraps has scientific cred; Dr. Zen, they call him, Director of Feline Affairs. But among this rarefied gathering of leading intellects, none is more respected than the spry old cowboy dipping his tortillas in beans at the lunch table. Brains churn. ProPublica.