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Last Year’s Books
The books I read in 2006.
Missing the Bin
An aesthetic experience beloved of writers everywhere will soon fall victim to our environmental concerns.
Rotoscope
Human connections and the isolation of mental illness as elucidated by the act of letter-writing.
Tying Down the Facts
Historical context not only helps us to learn, it provides a valuable set of limits on how much of the intellectual burden we have to carry.
City of Illusions
Fleeting thoughts on Ballard and the shattering of solipsistic illusions.
Too Much and Not Enough
In which I bemoan my failure to read all the books I already own, and my inability to stop buying new ones.
Taking Time
Take the time to do things properly, and make sure that all your work is supported by an appropriate amount of planning and preparation.
To and From
Important differences between letters and emails.
Transmission
We are speakers and listeners and readers and writers, and that gives language—words—power over us.
Explore
A companion piece to ‘Erase’, making the opposite case—knowing who made something is vital to really understanding it.
Erase
Stop looking at artists’ names and just ask, “Is it any good?”
High Water Everywhere
Now, the water, mama, done took Charley’s town.
Memetics
Memes: the bubonic plague of the internet.
Viral Tactility
A few remarks on trends, tactility and taking the long road.
Tricking Myself Into Writing
The new routines I’ve instituted to keep my productivity up, plus a couple of product endorsements.
Moleskine Musings
Are Moleskines really that great? As always, the issue is much more complex than it first appears.
