by David | Jul 16, 2007 | culture, reading & writing
I guess it should come as no surprise that I am now officially on the losing end of my years-long battle against the word, ginormous. Trying to curry favor with the post-literate generation, those old bus drivers Merriam and Webster have officially added ginormous to...
by David | Jul 15, 2007 | culture, media, reading & writing
In Book Club: The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle Picked up just for a bit on the topic of jetlag: Pattern Recognition by William Gibson The best or the worst business book yet, I’m still not sure: the dip by Seth Godin Oddly connected: The Yiddish...
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 | Mar 25, 2007 | culture, media, reading & writing, working
In book club: The Final Solution by Michael Chambon Recommended by Lynne: My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Pointedly displayed at work: Why Businesspeople Speak Like Idiots by Brian Fugere, et. al. Straining to be free of the myspace player: Working As Intended by Speck...
by David | Mar 25, 2007 | reading & writing
Coordination is lacking; let’s all make some time for a confab.
