Required Reading: “Poverty, Ticketing, Success, Typewriters.” Smokler on November 17, 2009 The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings : NPR's All Song Considered (tags: music npr lists 2000s) Am I Still Here? Looking for validation in a wired world: Anthony Doerr in Orion Magazine via Tigerbeat (tags: technology productivity simplicity addiction anthonydoerr) The de-landscaping of the American West: Granta (tags: west america nature development) The Book Design Review: A blog on book jacket design (tags: books publishing design graphicdesign covers typography bookcovers bookdesign) Neighborhood solutions to poverty. The future or wishful thinking? The American Prospect via Book Forum (tags: poverty planning economics neighborhoods localism) Several companies battling for the changing ticket sales industry: NYTimes.com Can't happen soon enough (via Arts Journal) (tags: tickets ticketfly events shows venues web2.0) Amazing Typewriter Sculptures by Jeremy Meyer Stunning… (tags: art sculpture typewriters jeremymeyer) Positive Soundscapes.org: An Urban Planning Project to creat quiet spaces in major urban areas via Place and Space.net (tags: design architecture sound psychology urbanism noise noisepollution) Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success: TED.com via Caterina.net (tags: culture work happiness alaindebotton inspiration ted)