At home, where he writes, he no longer has internet access. A four-month stint with wi-fi proved “deadly” for his productivity and having no access at all ensures that he is not tempted to “look at Kajagoogoo videos and old ads for Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum” on YouTube. “Writing is a deep-sea dive. You need hours just to get into it: down, down, down. If you’re called back to the surface every couple of minutes by an email, you can’t ever get back down. I have a great friend who became a Twitterer and he says he hasn’t written anything for a year.
— From a great interview with Dave Eggers (via jhnbrssndn) (via shaneguiter) (via tarts) (via buyhercandy) (via semisetadrift) (via unicornology)
How early should “early birthday presents” be allowed?
(This one’s bday is 7 months away :) The nerve.)
Eileen Fisher, this morning — I want to embrace you. Love the idea of your clothes. But every few years I try again and go to your store— and I can barely stay for 3 minutes before I feel allergic and itchy and have to run for the hills. It’s old lady chic and I’m just not ready to go there.
Wow. Now THAT is the Batman that brings back warm and fuzzy childhood memories for me.
madadmen:
nevver:
“Right again, Robin!” Duo (ver. 1.0)
I’ve seen this video of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor at least 10 times. Maybe more. It moves me every time I see it.
If you’re watching for the first time, it starts to get intense at about 6:30….and by 13 mins in you won’t believe what a profound and awesome woman she is.
When I think about the kind of public speaker I’d like to be, SHE IS IT. Heart and soul in spades.
If it sounds to good to be true…..
The New York Times had a piece yesterday on ebook pricing, which I have written about before. Interestingly, the piece simply states and doesn’t question that an ebook retailer such as Apple should be entitled to a 30% fee.
What will Apple provide? There would seem to be four separate…
