Weekend 255.0 (Content Outline)
On the heels of a rather brutal week at work, two industry-affirming articles from the journal: (1a) Bordellos for the Brain: The ups and (mostly) downs of conference mania (1b) Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Books
Weekend 254.0 (Evening Shadow)
A couple of gems in the journal this weekend. (1) When Business Is All Fun and Games by Julia Flynn Siler “After buying the rights to a game, Mr. Hautemont Continue Reading →
Weekend 253.2
Compare & Contrast “This is an awareness that a student cannot really get from listening, however attentively, to lectures, no matter how skilled and sympathetic the lecturer. Nor is he Continue Reading →
Weekend 253.0 (Campo dei Fiori)
(1) David Gelernter has an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal (When Modern Art Came to America) behind the paywall that warrants closer scrutiny over a cup of coffee Continue Reading →
The Eternal City
“First, the color, which was not like the color of other cities I had been in. Not concrete color, not cold glass color, not the color of overburned brick or Continue Reading →
Weekend 251.0
“Like everything else at Imagineering, ideas never die; they just get put away for a while.” — It’s Kind of a Cute Story by Rolly Crump (1) It’s the same Continue Reading →
Holiday Week(end) 2012
A couple of random links as we amble towards 2013: (1) Samland: Latest Selections For A Disney Fan’s Library (Mice Chat) (2) New Year’s Resolutions From 10 Top Minds and Continue Reading →
The Possible Present
“The EPCOT system features trains consisting of four attached cars, with each car seating up to four guests. The trains are much larger than either the Disneyland or Magic Kingdom Continue Reading →
Weekend 244.0
(1) Writing in Darkness and Light (WSJ) “In his reply, he introduces her to epiphanies—”instances of intense revelation (through love or a glimpse of transcendental beauty in the natural world) Continue Reading →
Weekend 243.0
(1) The art of riding in New York City (2) The Quixotic World of Connecticut’s Boutique Bike-Makers: Zen and the Art of Bicycle Building (3) When the Party’s Over (WSJ) Continue Reading →