An annual part of moving from spring to summer for me is the ritual transition from the beloved warm amber of the single-malt Scotch to the icy clear shimmer of the gin martini, up, dry, with a twist of lime. Which is not to say that I’d decline a Scotch June, July or August, or […]
It was one of those days where you end up wanting to run just a bit further… and a bit further. And then suddenly you have no idea where you are and only a very general sketch of the map in your head. You know you can get back to the start, but you're not […]
Seems plausible … radically reworking existing models seems like something that needs to happen and something Murdoch is willing to do, especially considering the diversified media power he controls. Paul Gillin writes "[…] Murdoch could do some interesting things to leverage economies of scale. And those properties could do a lot worse than to have […]
I love the current flood trade articles that begin by positing they’ve uncovered: “the future of newspapers.” Particularly given the diversity of single magic bullets and the number of futures predicted… one would have to conclude that the newspaper industry exists in a sort of Schrödinger's Cat box of infinite quantum possibility – in which […]
The skin between the matter of the world and the mystery that lies behind it was thin today. So thin that the forests, the ferny, mist-shrouded vales, the high fields that presented mighty views across green Central Massachusetts valleys, all pulsed with it, hummed with life, whispered spirit. It was Father’s Day, and after breakfast […]
Ever since the last race, my runs have felt unusually grueling; totally lacking those occasional moments of fleet-footedness, the mild euphoria, the sense of strength. Topping it off, there’s been a lot to do (I know – who doesn’t have more on their plate than they feel like they can stomach these days!), and for […]
I did not enjoy my run yesterday. It was my long run of the week, and it was intensely humid, even early in the morning. I felt tired before I got off the front porch. Every mile was hard work; some might have even qualified as grueling. Along the way, aches and pains that have […]
Here's a piece I wrote for The Sunday Telegraph pointing out some things that even in these tough times, folks can feel optimistic about in the newspaper business — including an ever deepening market reach and readership and plenty of opportunities. ************* There's good news and bad news for newspapers these days. Media is in […]
Is the way we use search engines and databases changing the way we think? Deep concentration, rich memory being replaced by culling fragments of on-demand data? I think Carr's got a good point. The real danger is the fact that data on demand instead of committed to memory is less available for synthesis… making connections […]