{"id":4571,"date":"2018-12-31T17:35:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T01:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2019-05-24T03:59:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T10:59:15","slug":"my-ten-favorite-open-culture-posts-of-2018-malcolm-gladwell-in-cafes-eric-rohmer-in-paris-david-lynch-at-bobs-big-boy-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4571","title":{"rendered":"My ten favorite Open Culture posts of 2018: Malcolm Gladwell in caf\u00e9s, \u00c9ric Rohmer in Paris, David Lynch at Bob&#8217;s Big Boy, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4589\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Rohmer-in-Paris.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Rohmer-in-Paris.jpg 940w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Rohmer-in-Paris-300x147.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Rohmer-in-Paris-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For nearly seven years now, I\u2019ve written a post every weekday at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/\">Open Culture<\/a>, usually to do with literature, film, music, art, television, radio, or language. The total comes to more than 1800 so far, and here are ten of my favorites from the more than 250 I wrote in 2018:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/03\/the-case-for-writing-in-coffee-shops.html\">The Case for Writing in Coffee Shops: Why Malcolm Gladwell Does It, and You Should Too<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/04\/a-cinematic-journey-through-paris.html\">A Cinematic Journey Through Paris, As Seen Through the Lens of Legendary Filmmaker \u00c9ric Rohmer: Watch <em>Rohmer in Paris<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/03\/david-sedaris-creates-a-list-of-his-10-favorite-jazz-tracks-stream-them-online.html\">David Sedaris Creates a List of His 10 Favorite Jazz Tracks: Stream Them Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/11\/exhilarating-filmmaking-robert-bresson-explored-eight-video-essays.html\">The Exhilarating Filmmaking of Robert Bresson Explored in Eight Video Essays<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/08\/how-david-lynch-got-creative-inspiration.html\">How David Lynch Got Creative Inspiration? By Drinking a Milkshake at Bob\u2019s Big Boy, Every Single Day, for Seven Straight Years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/10\/youtubes-algorithm-turned-obscure-1980s-japanese-song-enormously-popular-hit-discover-mariya-takeuchis-plastic-love.html\">How Youtube\u2019s Algorithm Turned an Obscure 1980s Japanese Song Into an Enormously Popular Hit: Discover Mariya Takeuchi\u2019s \u201cPlastic Love\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/07\/steely-dan-creates-the-deadhead-danfan-conversion-chart.html\">Steely Dan Creates the Deadhead\/Danfan Conversion Chart: A Witty Guide Explaining How You Can Go From Loving the Dead to Idolizing Steely Dan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/03\/watch-ta-nehisi-coates-speak-french-before-after-attending-middleburys-immersion-program.html\">Watch Ta-Nehisi Coates Speak French Before &amp; After Attending Middlebury\u2019s Immersion Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/12\/wes-andersons-breakthrough-film-rushmore-revisited-in-five-video-essays.html\">Wes Anderson\u2019s Breakthrough Film, <em>Rushmore<\/em>, Revisited in Five Video Essays: It Came Out 20 Years Ago Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/09\/steve-jobs-taught-andy-warhol-make-art-first-macintosh-1984.html\">When Steve Jobs Taught Andy Warhol to Make Art on the Very First Macintosh (1984)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See also\u00a0my ten favorite Open Culture posts of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4718\">2012<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4721\">2013<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4725\">2014<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4728\">2015<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4577\">2016<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4321\">2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For nearly seven years now, I\u2019ve written a post every weekday at\u00a0Open Culture, usually to do with literature, film, music, art, television, radio, or language. 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