My Dots for Thursday, March 29, 2007

Sarah Vowell will be performing at The Moore tomorrow night (3/31/2007) at 8PM. Cheap seats are $30 if you get them at the box office, otherwise, you’ll pay nearly 10 bones, and I do mean bones, in additional ticketmaster fees.

I’ll be there with a friend. Is anybody else going? Wanna grab a drink before or after?

Quoted: From wikipedia: Sarah Jane Vowell (born December 27, 1969) is an American author, journalist, humorist, and commentator. Often referred to as a “social observer”, Vowell has authored several books and is a regular contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International. She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles.

A very intriguing piece in today’s BusinessWeek Online about whether or not Google is too powerful.

Quoted: As the Web giant tears through media, software, and telecom, rivals fear its growing influence. Now they’re fighting back.

A list of 10 famous literary bars from around the world. Sounds like a fun trip.

Quoted: …its most famous patron might be Dylan Thomas, who reportedly drank himself to death after imbibing eighteen straight whiskies in one sitting.

PBS is doing a show on the Amercian Novel debuing on April 4th. For you bookish sorts, might be time to set the DVR.

The webpage has a trailer for the show.

You can now read the entire “Getting Real” book from the folks at 37signals online for free. This is my favorite book on building webapps.