Common knowledge (lite)
Are cultural reference points once provided by books and films (complex narratives consumed in one sitting) being replaced by reference points provided by shorter bursts of information: blogs, celebrity gossip, […]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Nothing lost in translation
I’m back from three days of dancing at the Saratoga Dance Flurry in a very good mood. That’s what lots of oxygen will do for your cells. I kept up […]
Up in the air
Many years ago, I trained and managed fundraising volunteers for United Way. This contract work ran on an annual (campaign) cycle, and there was a point in the spring when […]
Our bad
Book editor and reviewer Pat Holt is blunt about the “10 mistakes writers don’t see (but can easily fix when they do).” I think some of her comments verge on […]
Another grand master
One of the most magical and powerful forms of writing is songwriting; that may be why so many contemporary fiction writers pay royalty fees to be able to quote popular […]
It’s be-good-to-your-Mac month
My colleagues at TidBITS and Take Control Ebooks have designated February as the “Month of Apple Sales.” They’re bundling some of their best-selling Mac titles and offering the bundles at […]
Molly Ivins – Give ’em hell up there
I hope they’re laughing in heaven, because we’re crying down here. Texas’ journalistic tornado, Molly Ivins, is dead of cancer at 62. Ivins, whose hundreds of newspaper and web columns […]
