Add to the to-read pile: Evolution and the Emergent Self
From Salon: The Internet allows us to do all kinds of things we never imagined possible. It lets us communicate with people across the world. We can learn
My life these days, as reflected by my bookshelf
This pretty much covers it. via flickr The hard-to-see book on the left is Susan Greenfield's ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century; on the right, Steven
Geoffrey Nunberg on Google Books, metadata, and scholarship
In the Chronicle of Higher Education, Geoffrey Nunberg (of the Nunberg Error) has a long piece about Google Books' botching of metadata, and what how it affects the
Alan Jacobs on reading
I just came across this City Journal review of Alan Jacobs' new book, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction: “The one prudence in life is
Jobs biography in the SF Chronicle
Dan Zigmond has an excellent, thoughtful review of the new Steve Jobs biography in the San Francisco Chronicle. Clearly there's a history of Zen in Silicon Valley that
From Merton, “Contemplation in a World of Action”
In contemplation, the "doors of perception" are opened [and] all life takes on a completely new meaning: the real sense of our own existence, which is normally veiled
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
No more Waterstone’s 3-for-2
The end of a marketing era! No longer will readers be able to chuck a third free book onto their pile of purchases as they head to the
Quote of the day: Hieronimo Squarciafico
From Hieronimo Squarciafico, Memory and Books, 1477: Abundance of books makes men less studious; it destroys memory and enfeebles the mind by relieving it of too much work.
Contemplative computing book
After two weeks of negotiation, back and forth, nail-biting, and auction that went on a day longer than expected, I've signed with Little, Brown and Company to write