October 2012

Archive

Working in Public: Reading is Fundamental

Dan Mall is going to take the working in public idea and go big. He’s working with Reading is Fundamental and an assembled dream-team, to redesign the RIF website. Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing updates about this project: the good and the not-so-good, the failures and the victories. So great. This is […]

I need a life manager

My last five phone bills were: $339.93, $217.32, $219.20, $217.09, $217.09. I knew it was too high but I just kept putting off dealing with it. I found out that there was some additional $99.99 and $5.99 international feature tied to the account that I didn’t need. I added it, but was told it was […]

Walter from Fringe on Music

From the season opener of Season 5 of Fringe. Observer: You miss music? Walter: There’s not a lot of it here. Observer: We tolerate it. But it’s merely tones, rhythms, and harmonic vibrations. Walter: Mostly it amazes me. Music helps me shift perspective. To see things differently if you need to. Observer: See things like, […]