This is so astute. We crave the culling of information in a one clear place. A la your book Longing for Less, I not only gravitate to aggregation but editing down to a single idea -- i.e. podcasts like The Daily that just offer one longer-format story. (Read by voices that don't grate.) I remember The Squidlist (non-commerical to boot) from San Francisco in the early 2000s which was a sort of local SF zocalo of in this aggregation theory -- it came in your email and you suddenly had tons of plans for the weekend.
I've never really found crossword puzzles that interesting. Word searches are more fun, and not necessarily easier, It's like checkers to chess.
Edit: Ok, most crossword puzzles are harder because the word isn't spelled out.
But if the NYT will put its headlines within the puzzle, they could call it "Newsle."
Headlines like "Stock Market S _ _ _ _ (Sinks) or (Soars)- you choose your own news! ;)
integrate the news with the games!!
Kyle 4eva
This is so astute. We crave the culling of information in a one clear place. A la your book Longing for Less, I not only gravitate to aggregation but editing down to a single idea -- i.e. podcasts like The Daily that just offer one longer-format story. (Read by voices that don't grate.) I remember The Squidlist (non-commerical to boot) from San Francisco in the early 2000s which was a sort of local SF zocalo of in this aggregation theory -- it came in your email and you suddenly had tons of plans for the weekend.