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- Yep. That’s me. Apparently I had something to say. Still do from time to time. Not much has changed except they don’t let me bring my squeezy toys with me to meetings. I’m not sure about this blog thing, but I think a lot about writing, about acting, about how to move people. So maybe we can think about some of those things together.
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Apple: What
Thinking about Design LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION I drafted this part deux on Apple a couple of days ago, then set it aside to edit. Now it’s a eulogy. Like everyone else, I was aware of Steve Jobs’ grave illness. But wandering … Continue reading
Posted in Artistry, Design, Expression, I:DEAS, Identity, Our digital culture, Stuff
Tagged Apple, computer, Jobs, Mac, Petaluma, technology
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Apple: Who
Thinking about Design THINK SIMPLE, AGAIN On Saturday, a lark. I attended my first Mac Expo, billed as the largest outside of San Francisco. The info-harvest was bountiful. The subtext, bountifuller. Let’s start with who was there. Not the folks … Continue reading
Posted in Artistry, Design, Expression, I:DEAS, Identity, Our digital culture, Stuff, Uncategorized
Tagged Aging, Apple, computer, Jobs, Mac, Petaluma, technology
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Strange Doors, Moving Loops
Thinking about Writing THE THING-NESS OF THE BOOK “A book is a network.” Great phrase. Evocative. From new-publishing guru Todd Sattersten. I picked it up at a mind-widening webinar he hosted last week via O’Reilly TOC. (I highly recommend him and … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Expression, I:DEAS, Our digital culture, PAGE, Publishing, Writers and Writing
Tagged Appalachia, Blue Ridge Mountains, book, caretaker, family, Going to Solace, Hospice, literary, novel, South, story, women, writing
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Public Art
Thinking about Design A WELCOME CYPHER Budapest. An ordinary subway platform. Folks around me are rushing for the train, fussing about money and time, brains looping with the usual worries. I’m a tourist standing among them, wondering about signage and … Continue reading
The Pants
Thinking about Design A TITAN’S LOWER HALF I’m with Nicolai Ouroussoff. It’s a masterpiece. They call it “The Pants” in Beijing. A five-year-old gets why. From the ground it looks like the bottom half of a Lego Transformer. Those are … Continue reading
Posted in Artistry, Design, Expression, I:DEAS, LIFE, Stuff, Travel
Tagged architecture, China, Koolhaas
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Cornerstone
Thinking about Design BACKYARD ARTISTRY We needed a brain bath. We needed a place to go that is not like our life (which is, by all measures, a fine life, but beleaguered at the moment). We headed for Cornerstone Gardens. … Continue reading
Posted in Artistry, Design, Expression, Home, I:DEAS, LIFE, Small Towns, Stuff, The Little Things
Tagged designers, Garden, Landscape, Napa, outdoor
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