Phil Gomes remembers Forbes ASAP, the short-lived, but lovely “big thoughts about the future” magazine that flourished during the dot-com era. I’m jealous; I have only two of the four issues. Phil has them all: They’re on my shelf right…
Writing I Enjoy
Lee Hopkins, who lounges on the Futon of Antipodean Communication here at Desirable Roasted Coffee, podcasts today on signposts, transitions, and summaries: three of the dusky handmaidens of effective communication. One of my seminars — Communicate with Logic…and Passion –…
Shelley Powers’ Burningbird is always a thought-provoking read: I approach her blog with care because she usually hands me a long, thoughtful post that will occupy my frontal lobes the rest of the day, no matter what deadline I might…
“What good are the arts?” asks John Carey. David Lodge reviews John Carey in the Sunday Times Online: “Regular readers will know that John Carey is that rare creature, an academic who writes shrewdly, wittily and economically on a wide…
Many blogs — most blogs I read — are meant to be consumed. Like WaPo or a bag of fried okra from Popeye’s, their posts are crisp enough in the morning, but soggy by night. The next morning, you swear,…
I received an email today from Francine, who attached a fairly funny “Final Four” tournament parody of how awful corporate annual reports would be this year. I am afraid, though, that I was snappish in my reply: “Do I know…
It had to happen. Huh?, the “world’s most dynamic e-business consultancy” is being muscled by Herring-Waffleman “a truly great company, with a truly lengthy mission statement.” Now I remember why I never liked being a client. Via B.L. Ochman and…
While Jay Rosen calls this debate over, it’s not over until the courts decide it is. Christian Science Monitor examines the Apple vs. Apple fan bloggers lawsuit, and asks if bloggers are entitled to press protection: In the small universe…
This weeks Economist is looking for fools and uses James I as an example of the Right Stuff: IT IS not quite clear whether it was Henry IV of France or—more likely—his chief minister, the Duc de Sully, who described…
My local newspaper has a column in which they ask business leaders what they read. What’s on their nightstand, what books most inspired them, which books they had to give up on, what books they would take to a desert…
