Several years ago I visited a large public university to give a talk. At the time my host (who will remain anonymous but some of my readers may guess who it is — I’m not telling) was serving as graduate program director and going through admissions decisions — which are always difficult. I ask him […]
Category Archives: Work(+flow)
Version Control
Here’s a question for any book writers hanging out on this blog (feel free to email if you don’t want to post). I’ve got a versioning issue. The mp3 book is made up of several long chapters. In two cases, which I’m presently about to deal with, I’ve provided condensed, edited, shortened versions for others’ […]
Apple Mail (Snow Leopard), Entourage And Exchange: A Brief Review
And now a post on workflow and email. Non-Mac users will be bored, so please feel free to skip this one. Like you don’t always feel free to skip posts. . . . McGill uses Microsoft’s Exchange Server protocol, which allows people to sync their email, contacts and calendar across platforms, computers, and so forth. […]
Jonathan took the nonexistent facebook quiz
Jonathan Sterne took the quiz WHICH ESOTERIC INDYROCK SUBGENRE MOST RESEMBLES YOUR WRITING STYLE? and the answer was “mathrock.”
How to Write a Book
Last week, I stumbled across a link to this article on how to write a book. Being part of the boing boing technogeek culture, it’s no surprise that there’s a heavy focus on tools. But I have to say that my eyes almost popped out of my head when I saw how many times Johnson […]
Authorial intent, after the fact
A friend just wrote and said “I’m teaching The Audible Past next week. Anything I should tell them about the book?” Here’s a lightly edited version of my reply: It’s hard for me to answer that. I have done a few class visits where students read the book and just talk about how it happened […]
When inspiration strikes
The good news, I just figured out the transitions between chapters 3 and 4, and chapters 5 and 6. The bad news: the final piece in the puzzle that’s been the structure of my book occurred to me as I was falling asleep. Two pages of frenzied writing later, I am wide awake. Time to […]