August 2011

I Write For You, Not For Robots

08.31.2011 blogging

I took a peek at this site’s logs recently and here are the top 10 articles that people have been reading this year. The iPad And Business Travel: What You Need To Stay Connected Divide Your Attention – Say No To Others, Say No To Yourself iPad Satchel Heaven: The Levenger Bomber Jacket Messenger In [...]

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Use The Jefferies Tube: Why Star Trek Is Still Influencing Design and Our Future

08.30.2011 Art

On the wall beside my desk I’ve hung a framed sheet of paper from a three-ring binder. From a few feet away it looks like a piece of abstract art, but up close you can tell it’s a hand drawn design. It’s hand labeled “INT. DINING RM. 071″  and it has all of the signs [...]

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Not Good Enough

08.29.2011 Business

Do you every ask yourself, “Why do I put up with this crap?” Bad food, bad treatment from businesses, bad products? I find it delightful when I discover an inexpensive purchase to have surprisingly good value, but when the opposite happens, I find it unleashes in me an unpleasant level of anger and frustration. I’m [...]

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Writing Assignment: Working With Cliches

08.26.2011 Writing Assignments

This week’s writing assignment is as easy as pie. We all know that idle hands are the devil’s playthings, so pick up your pen and put your shoulder to the grindstone. Yes, today we’re working with cliches. I remember, way back in high school, when I first read Hamlet. As I was working my way [...]

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Things Change, But Not As Much As You’d Suspect

08.25.2011 blogging

The news came, late in the day yesterday, that Steve Jobs had resigned as CEO of Apple. I’ve already said what I wanted to say in my post this last Monday. I refer you to it: The Foundation Of The Future: Isaac Asimov, Steve Jobs, and What’s Next.

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