Saturday, January 27, 2007

Blink - written by Sideshow Bob


I just finished reading "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell. He also wrote "The Tipping Point" which was, like, a must-read for any silicon valley resident/employee (like, oh-my-gawd, like).

Anyhoo, Blink is also a very interesting, compelling read. I drew many parallels to my experience as a UI Designer at high tech companies in the valley. But that's not very interesting. What is interesting is that the author, Malcolm Gladwell, looks exactly like Sideshow Bob (see pic above.)

I didn't doctor the pic in photoshop. He intentionally grew his hair out as a sort of social experiment (as explained in the Afterword of Blink) with interesting results. He did not mention however, that he now looks like the Kelsey Grammar-voiced Simpsons character. ("The Bart The") You have to believe somebody told him thought. Hafta.

2 comments:

Kinoko said...

thanks for blogging this comparison. i knew that i could not be alone in recognizing this likeness.
Cheers!
-kinoko

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jerseyjack21 said...

I also after seeing Gladwell on The Colbert Report, could not believe the similarities and plain creepy resemblance. Thank you for pointing it out.
J

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