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Twitter Made Me Hate You: People you like and admire can be total idiots in 140 characters or less, July 7, 2010
Where in the World Will Chelsea Wed? And Who's Invited?, June 28, 2010
Reality-TV Casting Director Vinnie Potestivo on Finding Just the Right Amount of Crazy, May 19, 2010
Wisenheimers, Scary People, and Debate-Team Captains: A Taxonomy of Commenting Communities, May 11, 2010
The Siege We Live With: Get ready for another round of unsettling changes you won't even notice six months from now, May 7, 2010
Tweet Tweet Boom Boom: A new generation of tech entrepreneurs in the city is trying to overthrow old media and build a better New York, April 18, 2010 [cover story]
The Warm-Fuzzy Web: The new world of nice netiquette, December 21, 2009
Reasons to Love New York: Because the Stuy Town Nine Are Like a Chicago Seven for Renters, December 21, 2009
Mapping the Future Floodwaters, Sept. 21, 2009
Meet Nick Gray, Thrower of 'Culturally Significant' Williamsburg Parties, Sept. 10, 2009
Visiting Day, Aug. 2, 2009


The Hipster Grifter, April 15, 2009
Want to Improve Your Boyfriend? Break Up with Him, Feb. 10, 2009
The Man Who Plays Pat Kiernan on TV, July 1, 2008
Ivy League Slaves of New York, June 24, 2008
What, Me Host?, May 20, 2008
Freelance Fizzle!, April 1, 2008
Hillary's Bridge-and-Tunnel Bundler, March 11, 2008
It's Diller Time!, Dec. 11, 2007


Mama's Boys, July 27, 2009 [.pdf]


Poor Little Rich Guys, Nov. 2009


Real Housewives' Unlikely Villain, April 6, 2010
The Odd World of Digital Groupies, January 23, 2010
10 Ways to Have a Baby | From embryo adoption to sperm washing, making a baby is easier—and more complicated—than ever, Sept. 13, 2009
Univ. of Martha | Can Martha Stewart's online videos make me organized?, Aug. 3, 2009
Professional Lust and Girl Crushes | Why women have crushes on other women, July 28, 2009
Indie Dream Girls | Zooey Deschanel's character in (500) Days of Summer is just the latest in a long line of indie ciphers, July 20, 2009


Lines of Questioning: Queen Bees, Wannabes & How Technology Has Changed Teens Forever, Oct. 13, 2009
Lines of Questioning: Merrill Markoe on Dave Letterman, Dick Jokes & the Love of a Good Dog, Sept. 9, 2009
Thirtysomething: When the Mommy Wars Wore Shoulder Pads, Aug. 28, 2009
Lines of Questioning: How Gardening Could Save Detroit: Amanda Rosman, Urban Education Pioneer, Aug. 11, 2009
Lines of Questioning: The Impostor's Daughter: How Ashley Judd & A Con Artist Dad Sent Laurie Sandell To Rehab, Aug. 4, 2009


How to Cook a Latke, December 16, 2009
Carroll Gardens, Then and Now, July 28, 2009
Sweet Georgia Brown, Of Arthur's Tavern, July 8, 2009
Hiram S. Thomas, The Troublesome Colored Man of Fort Greene, July 1, 2009


How the Michelle 'Bombshell' McGee Story Got Made, March 25, 2010
The Literary Manboys of New York City, January 28, 2010
How Your Celebrity Sausage Gets Made: The Ka$e of Ke$ha, January 15, 2010
Twinternet Tweaks Out Over Vanity Fair Twilebrity Story, January 8, 2010
The Most Annoying Liberal Arts School In The U.S., July 25, 2007
Bill Keller: "Our Stories Are Too Often Too Long", May 24, 2007
Newspaperfolk Fail To Confront Craig Newmark, May 7, 2007
Georgette Mosbacher Observes Christopher Buckley, April 3, 2007
Janice Min: "Paris Hilton Didn't Start Any Wars", Feb. 26, 2007


And the Winner Is...: The Amazon Breakthrough Novelist Award, February 22, 2010
Women's Lit Chick Lit Gets an Update, Aug. 3, 2009


All Mets Are Off, June 20, 2009


Summary Judgment (Weekly Column), Sept. 2006 - June 2007
Signs From God: The Curious History of Church Signs, May 30, 2007
The No. 1 Fan: Which will keep you coolest?, Aug. 9, 2006

Decked Out: Hollertronix DJ Diplo brings his Philly-influenced Southern gothic beats to the globe's farthest reaches, Jan. 12, 2005