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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="(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px" /></p> <p>For nearly seven years now, I’ve written a post every weekday at <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> <ul> <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> <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 Éric Rohmer: Watch <em>Rohmer in Paris</em></a></li> <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> <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> <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’s Big Boy, Every Single Day, for Seven Straight Years</a></li> <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’s Algorithm Turned an Obscure 1980s Japanese Song Into an Enormously Popular Hit: Discover Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love”</a></li> <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> <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 & After Attending Middlebury’s Immersion Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.openculture.com/2018/12/wes-andersons-breakthrough-film-rushmore-revisited-in-five-video-essays.html">Wes Anderson’s Breakthrough Film, <em>Rushmore</em>, Revisited in Five Video Essays: It Came Out 20 Years Ago Today</a></li> <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> </ul> <p>See also my ten favorite Open Culture posts of <a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=4718">2012</a>, <a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=4721">2013</a>, <a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=4725">2014</a>, <a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=4728">2015</a>, <a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=4577">2016</a>, and <a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=4321">2017</a>.</p> </div> <div class="entry-meta"> This was written by <span class="vcard"><span class="fn n">Colin Marshall</span></span>. 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