Year: 2003
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BOOK: Personal History
I went to the library last weekend to (finally) return my three overdue books, and I was able to pick up one more, quickly. It’s Katharine Graham’s Personal History, her Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography written in 1998. Since I read Halberstam’s The Powers That Be earlier this year, I’m interested in another perspective on the rise…
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Isabel here for a visit
Fun for Benjamin, fun for Brooke, fun for me, and fun for Isabel (I hope). For Ben, Aunt Isabel is another active member of his audience. What’s he going to do when he has to share the stage with the new arrival in a few months? Anyway, she’s got him down in the yard weeding.
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Save it for later
I want to read this quick Emerging Technology post later, especially because it has a link to the conference presentations.
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BOOK: Desolation Island
Since reading the O’Brian biography, I’ve been of a mind to get back to the Aubrey-Maturin series. I had stopped with the fourth one, The Mauritius Command, a few years ago, simply because I didn’t have the next one in the series, Desolation Island. I’ve rectified that mistake, and I finished it on Wednesday. I…
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How to tell a story?
At work, the challenge that has grown over the last several weeks is how to tell a story. Well, not only how to tell a story, but what is the story? And who is the audience? We’re trying to take another step forward, and we’re not sure which direction to start moving. With my mixed/confusing…
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Man on a run
It takes a bite out of my normal sleep, but I’m getting out for a run again this morning… that’s always worth it. Especially since I’m meeting my college acquaintance, so I know I don’t have to go it alone. Miles pass much faster with a companion, though the clock doesn’t always agree.
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Corrupting my son, part 1
This morning I got my son to type his name, as well as MOMMY and DADDY, in BBEdit 7.0. I’m a proud parent, but I’m also aware that I’m probably starting something I may not be ready for: more competition for the computer. That will finally push us to be a two-computer family… which wouldn’t…
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More than I ever wanted…
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: read Tim Bray’s ongoing. It’s the only site I’ve found time to add to my links for this site, and it’s worth the text. Another article about Unicode today… a topic I don’t really care much about, but I feel informed, without being knocked about the head…
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Checked a few things off…
I updated my son’s photo page, for the first time since September 2002, and I got in my second run of the weekend, a short, sharp jaunt in Buena Vista park (3 hill repeats). And, yes, I added a few notes here. Maybe this site shouldn’t be on the list, but it is… I only…
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Short iterations are more fun
I need to read more of Johanna Rothman’s product development blog. I forget who pointed me to one of her posts in the first place, but I’ve certainly found her point of view clear and appropriate for my job. I just found this older post, on the value of short iterations, and that rang the…