Malcolm Gladwell Battles SecretPenguin
When Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer with The New Yorker magazine and author of “The Tipping Point,” “Blink,” and “Outliers,” stopped by our studio yesterday we had only one thing in mind: Paddle Battle. Sure, we could have bombarded him with questions about his books (I’ve read all three) or bored him with our take on why extraordinary people succeed regardless of their surroundings. But no, we wanted to battle - and battle him we did. Here’s a couple of photos from the event. Be watching for the video of the full battle which will be featured on PaddleBattle.com next week.
Malcolm practicing his game with the frog paddle.
From Left: Malcolm, me, and Dave getting ready to start the battle.
Many thanks to Malcolm for taking the time to battle us! We hope he enjoyed his time in Omaha and was able to see what a great city this is.
March 6th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Hey Matt -
He really enjoyed battling with you guys! I was joking around with him saying I couldn’t believe you guys didn’t let him win and he said that he really really tried to win!
Thanks again for being so accommodating!
March 6th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Shhhh. Don’t give away who won, LaReesa
I’m glad he had fun. It was a pleasure having him!
March 6th, 2009 at 9:39 am
That’s EPIC.
March 6th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Amazing!
You guys are pushing the limits of what’s possible!
I can’t wait to see the full clip next week!
Keep up the great work!
March 6th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
WOW! Totally awesome.