by David | Apr 11, 2007 | economics, technology, transportation
Back when I lived in San Francisco, I lived near Van Ness Avenue, a wide boulevard from which it was very difficult to make a left turn. People trying to make left turns on or off of Van Ness would often cause traffic to back up. I complained that these people should...
by David | Apr 11, 2007 | culture, media, reading & writing
The need for… screed? Sometimes you need a good cathartic rant and nothing else will do. Brevity is for poncey haiku-writers. But seriously, in this political season in this bloggy time, there’s really no shortage of ponced-up screed. There must be some...
by David | Apr 9, 2007 | reading & writing, working
Yes, I’m blogging myself again. It’s easy, it’s meta, and I hear it helps prevent prostate cancer. On The Ipswitch Blog, I admonished people not to write like humorless robots. I figured it might be a bit much on the corporate blog, so I’ll...
by David | Apr 9, 2007 | culture, economics, working
I did it again. I sent an article around to a bunch of people at work. Some of them work for me an probably feel obligated to read it or maybe even act upon it. I’ve become one of Those Managers – the ones who pass along trendy thought pieces to people who...
by David | Apr 8, 2007 | photo, travel
…just outside the usual frame of attention.