BILL KEAGGY

collector, maker and breaker of things

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this is an index of selected projects and press / updated dec 2008

SELECTED WEB SITES

the main repository for my multitudinous online projects / since 1999

the world's largest online collection of found grocery lists / since 1997

promo site for my book about found grocery lists / since 2007

a little site for my book about discarded chairs / since 2008

where i work / since 1999-2004 and 2007-present

visual thinking linking for designers, artists, photographers and web geeks / since 1999

topical rotating wunderkammeresque distractions and delights / (on hold) since 2007

an occasional blog about the historic reddy kilowatt character / since 2007

cool photography by a kid (my son, Liam Keaggy) / coming 2009?

SELECTED PRESS

a profile of me and my grocery list collection / in the new york times magazine, 2004

cover story on me and my projects / in the riverfront times, 2008

advertising age (and the new york sun) called me an "oddball/genius" / in advertising age, 2007

q&a about my "50 sad chairs" book / in the st. louis post-dispatch, 2008

i was interviewed about weblogs back in '01 / in the washington post, 2001

my book was mentioned in a story about lists / in the wall street journal, 2006

the grocery list collection was a pick of the year / on yahoo!, 2003

milk, eggs, vodka and me / in the tampa tribune, 2007

oh my, i was featured the "cool" issue / in st. louis magazine

and the at home magazine did a short feature on me featuring my 50 sad chairs book / in st. louis at home magazine, 2008

glc linked up in the usat web guide / in usa today, 2003

this was a site we built for an xplane client / forbes magazine in 2000

a preview for my junk science exhibit / in the riverfront times, 2006

a review of a book i contributed to / in the baltimore city paper, 2006

an article about the weblogs i publish at xplane / in the st. louis business journal, 2003

the rft selected keaggy.com as st. louis' best local website in its 2008 "best of" issue / in the riverfront times, 2008

i was given the email interview treatment / in the morning news, 2004

SELECTED BOOKS

i wrote this — the book version of grocerylists.org / from how books, 2007

the very best of the very saddest chairs / from blueq, 2008

the sad chairs project was also featured in this book that includes other artists such as edward burtynsky / from mit press, 2006

teaches writers to respond a variety of visual and verbal inspirations (features the NYT article about me) / from bedford/st. martin's, 2008

totally strange stuff, like my photo of brain sandwich / from sterling, 2008

freestylin' magazine published my recollections of being an early bmx 'zine-maker / from nike/wizard, 2008

jpg published one of my photos in issue #4 ("no theme") / from 8020 publishing, 2005/2007

an infographic xplane did for wired magazine won us an award / from rockport publishers, 2004

profiles my early work on xblog / from north light books, 2001

maggie mason used one of my found grocery lists as the basis for a chapter / from peachpit press, 2006

one of several books that mentions xblog / from st. martin's griffin, 2004

another book that quickly mentions xblog / from st. martin's griffin, 2004

shows examples of my work on xplane.com / from rotovision, 2003

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