January 2012
1 post
Salman Rushdie: Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair,... →
salmanrushdie1:
On June 8th, 2010, I was “in conversation” with Christopher Hitchens at the 92nd Street Y in New York in front of his customary sellout audience, to launch his memoir, Hitch-22. Christopher turned in a bravura performance that night, never sharper, never funnier, and afterwards at a small,…
November 2011
1 post
Washington Post →
Brainstorming is no short cut to great, original ideas. Sorry, but there’s no substitute to locking yourself away and sweating it out.
October 2011
1 post
September 2011
2 posts
Stop the Conspiracy Theories, Al Qaeda Tells... →
Not sure what’s funnier: Al Qaeda bickering with Iran or that they publish an English-language magazine. Named “Inspire”.
August 2011
2 posts
Face The Music Together: Sit with your friends... →
The Butterfly Effect vs. The Tsunami Effect →
June 2011
2 posts
May 2011
1 post
April 2011
5 posts
The aptly named David Hobby is empowering amateur... →
Is the cross about to be nailed to the cross? →
March 2011
9 posts
Did the headline writer even read the story? →
180 degrees from the truth.
Oh, Canada →
4.3 magnitude earthquake in western Quebec. The only damage was to the government’s earthquake information website.
Know nukes; reason over reaction. →
Nuclear Overreactors
Let’s cool the political meltdown over Japan’s damaged nuclear power plants.
By William Saletan #tsunami
My company does a viral sex tape. Sort of. →
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/945842--provinc... →
I’ve never used calculus outside of the classroom but I could have used this.
February 2011
4 posts
Conan discovers that performing now means engaging →
January 2011
13 posts
“Tom Peters: Look at [former National Football League coach] John Madden. As a...”
– http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/exit/john-warrillow/tom-peters-sees-your-blind-spots/article1864178/
Apparently, minivans rock. →
Man in a snowstorm. Was not me. →
Thought I might go to NYC over the holiday. Didn’t. But thanks to this film, I didn’t miss this perfectly shot storm.
December 2010
7 posts
“In an online world, there are many more of us to watch them than there were of...”
– http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/just-watch-us-the-utopian-dream-of-total-openness/article1843238/page3/
“Digital media expands. It’s not like paper, it can get bigger.”
– The inevitable decline due to clutter.
Digital media expands. It’s not like paper, it can get bigger.
As digital marketers seek to increase profits, they almost always make the same mistake. They continue to add more clutter, messaging and offers, because, hey, it’s free.
One more...
U.K. study links finger length to prostate cancer... →
I could more readily accept a correlation between the condition and the length of physician’s finger.
November 2010
7 posts
Ever get the feeling you're being watched at work? →
SID LEE DAY.
