Contemplative computing in Sweden
The Swedish publication Biblioteksbladet has a short piece about contemplative computing. Or I assume it's about contemplative computing, since it has the words "contemplative computing" and I see
Apparently I speak French…
...or I do in this interview, anyway! Always a little odd to see your name attached to languages you don't speak.
Explaining Digital Sabbaths
I've been doing a lot of interviews the last couple weeks for the book, and I don't think I've had a single one that hasn't revealed something interesting
Not my computer any more
Apparently I'm spending too much time on my laptop, or the cat can sense that it's got a new terabyte hard drive and she decided it was time
In Publishers’ Weekly: Lady Gaga, Glee, and me
Probably the only time in history I'll be mentioned with Lady Gaga and Glee: Publishers' Weekly's article on what books American publishers are selling at next week's Frankfurt
Reflections on writing for the trades
After a couple months working on it, I've been thinking about the experience of writing a serious non-fiction book. It's been a stretch for me, in quite a
Vanity Fair on The Art of Fielding
I'm very deep in writing, trying to get another chapter finished this week, but this Vanity Fair article about the bestseller "The Art of Fielding" is very much
Murakami on talent, focus, and endurance
I plan to write something soon about what I'm learning about writing these days, but until then, I'll just quote from this Haruki Murakami interview the role of
Words to write by
Alain de Botton: To edit oneself properly, one has to let enough time pass to forget what one was trying to say – so as to see if
Today’s workspace
Upstairs at Peets Coffee and Tea, downtown Palo Alto. via flickr