Finding The Way To A Man’s Heart

It is often said that “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” but I think I have discovered a new way today to at least one man’s heart, one that doesn’t require any time in the kitchen, though in his case one can use the kitchen, albeit in a novel way.
The man’s [...]

What Will Become of Journalism, And Journalists, In the Internet Age?

The internet is perhaps the greatest disruptor of established businesses in modern times. For example, twenty years ago when I needed to plan a plane trip I would go to the office of the nearest secretary, to borrow a copy of a massive paperbound publication that I would use to plan my itinerary, the [...]

Peter Applebome: Soldiers’ Portraits Make the Costs of War More Visible

This week’s NY Times Metro Section has a piece Soldiers’ Portraits Make the Costs of War More Visible by the columnist Peter Applebome.
It is about Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, a photographer who lives in Putnam Valley, NY, and begins as follows:

On a windless fall day that feels like summer, the boats still as statues outside Timothy [...]

Tikkun Olam: Give Where Giving Is Due

The ethos of open-source can be expressed in a single sentence:
Give credit where credit is due.
As a user of open-source you must honor the intentions of the author(s) of that open-source by meeting the terms and conditions of the license under which they distribute it.
As a developer of open-source you must also give credit where [...]

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Thomas L Friedman: The Taxi Driver « The Wayward Word Press
This one’s for you, James.