by David | Sep 29, 2007 | reading & writing, technology
Tagging is all the rage. It’s the marquee feature of WordPress 2.3, and it ties into all kinds of cool trends in information organization and visualization. Just to make sure everybody’s on the same page, Wikipedia defines the particular kind of tagging of...
by David | Aug 16, 2007 | culture, photo, reading & writing, travel
The Italian word of the moment is campanilismo. Translated by BabelFish as “parochialism,” campanilismo refers to local pride or patriotism, sometimes very local. If you ask somebody where she’s from and she says “Boston” or “New...
by David | Aug 9, 2007 | reading & writing, travel
Not too long ago, a buddy mentioned in passing that William Gibson had a theory of jet lag postulating that your soul can’t go as fast as a jet and takes some time to catch up with you, causing much discombobulation. I traced this to Gibson’s 2002 novel,...
by David | Aug 1, 2007 | reading & writing
This is the 100th post.
by David | Jul 25, 2007 | reading & writing, working
How many slides must a man present before he must stop and vent? Lately, I’ve become bored with creating and giving presentations. (I know, you’re thinking, “what took you so long?”) People in the office say I’m good at it, and I’ve...
by David | Jul 18, 2007 | eating, reading & writing
All truth goes through three steps: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Lucky numbers 9, 37, 12, 44, 5, 18
