From the category archives:
I’ve been participating in the Infinite Summer project since it began back in June. The project brought together tons of people around the world to read Infinite Jest throughout the summer and then more recently read Dracula during the month of October. I’ve been hosting bi-weekly Seattle area meetups throughout the online reading projects and [...]
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Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land has a candid and lengthy interview with Eric Schmidt on the future of newspapers and journalism, along with clarification of Google’s interest in the discussion. It’s a really well-done and thoughtful interview that is well worth your time and may surprise you on many fronts. I was especially intrigued [...]
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As some of you know, I own a piece of mountain property in the hills above Walla Walla that we use for camping. The property overlooks the Walla Walla valley and consists of an excavated flat spot, driveway, shed and fire pit – that’s it. The remoteness of the property and the fact that we [...]
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Lately, in strident conversations with friends, I’ve noticed myself returning to a particular viewpoint. For ease of use, let’s call it the “imagine everyone lived that way” view. When my friends discuss locavorism or transportation one of the first things I try to do do is scale the conversation to infinite participants and see where [...]
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How meta can you get? The New York Times is reporting that big-screen e-readers are coming to the aid of beleaguered newspaper and print publications and that Amazon will be the first to the party, as early as this week: An Amazon spokesman would not comment, but some news organizations, including The New York Times, [...]
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China Miéville’s new book is coming out on May 26, 2009. If you’re a fan of heady and monstrously grotesque fiction (I mean that in the nicest way possible), I recommend pre-ordering it and the seeing him when he hits his book tour. He’s a hoot in person and his fans are always equally entertaining [...]
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I had a fascinating literature course in college which really turned me on to the notion that cities are living and breathing organisms – at least they are up until they die. The inherent challenges of urban design, architecture, and changing patterns of social migration and technology had never really occurred to me. Now, I’m [...]
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XKCD, online bastion of geek comics, has gone a bit more literary today. [via LitKicks]
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The Mission “The Puget News” is an ongoing exploration of the intersection between art and the everyday. It’s the way that we experience art, its serendipity and relevance to our lives – told from the points of view of those who write the posts. At its best, TPN is a means for appreciative art fans [...]
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