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  • Changing culture

    I've been reading a lot of things lately about performance on the web. Much of the writing being done has been spurred by the release of Facebook Instant. And while I agree with what is being said by many smart people, I can't help but wonder something.

  • Experiences as ideas

    Two months ago on this site I wrote a bit about the way I think about work and life. This has been an ongoing evolution for me, pushed by a lot of what I've read on the subject of work life balance.

  • All the Old Knives

    Over the weekend I needed a bit of a get away from it all read, and, as it worked out, my turn came up at the library to read the latest Olen Steinhauer spy novel, <em>All the Old Knives</em>.

  • Hello Fictive Kin

    Today I'm happy to announce that I'm leaving the freelancing life for full time work with Fictive Kin. There is a lot that has gone into this decision, but let me say that I have been looking at and thinking about full time work for most of this year.

  • The Crossroads of Should and Must

    Several weeks ago I picked up Elle Luna's new book, <em>The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion</em>, and I started it and then set it aside for a while. I'm participating in The 100 Day Project and have been using my time to keep that going and some travel, but today I got back to and finished the book.

  • FreakAngels

    I know, I know, I know! More Warren Ellis, but I did say in the last post that I'm on a bit of kick with his comics, so I'm reading all I can get my hands on.

  • Global Frequency

    Last night was a rainy spring evening in Portland, so I settled in with a glass of wine and <em>Global Frequency</em> by Warren Ellis.

  • Amy and Isabelle

    I finished up a novel the other night by an author I'd never read before, Elizabeth Strout. A different novel of hers made its way onto my wish list for library loans some time ago and when I looked into it more deeply, I decided to read her first novel first.

  • The Sculptor

    Last weekend my turn finally came up on the library hold list to check out <em>The Sculptor</em> by Scott McCloud.

  • Trees

    I finished the first volume of <em>Trees</em> last weekend and it is now one of my favorite comics.

  • The 100 Day Project

    So now I'm going to add in another thing to my days to help me slow down and also get back in the habit of regular sketching. For my 100 Day Project I'm going to do a daily sketch journal.

  • Work and life

    I’ve spent the last several years thinking about work. It all began when I read <em>The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work</em> by Joanne B. Ciulla. A book that still has me thinking about what it means to work in the current US culture, along with how work has changed over history. Since Ciulla traces work from hundreds of years ago to modern times, it’s a look at many different ways of thinking about work.

  • Anatomy of a Misfit

    I keep a rather long list of books in both my library wish list as well as Amazon's wish list. They get on the list through a variety of means, maybe I read about them in the New York Times book section, maybe someone tweeted about them, maybe I saw them mentioned in an article I read&mdash;but no matter how they get there, I usually don't get to them until I've long forgotten how or the source.

  • Daily jottings

    I started a new intention back in January, and since I'm still doing it fairly regularly, I guess you could say it's a habit now. I began what I've called my Daily Jottings.

  • Fun home

    I read Alison Bechdel's <em>Fun Home</em> based on several recommendations. It was my first graphic novel with serious subject matter since I read <em>Maus</em> many years ago.