Lady Gaga, Glee, and me
Probably the only time in history I'll be mentioned with Lady Gaga and Glee: Publishers' Weekly's article on what books American publishers are selling at next week's Frankfurt
AHA: Non-academic careers shouldn’t be a “plan B”
Inside Higher Ed reports that the American Historical Association has just released a position paper, co-authored by AHA president Anthony Grafton and AGA executive director James Grossman, arguing
The live version of the Marseille talk
The video for my Marseille talk went live today. I was getting kind of impatient, but I must admit, they did a nice job editing it!
Reflections on writing for the trades
After a couple months working on it, I've been thinking about the experience of writing a serious non-fiction book. It's been a stretch for me, in quite a
Experimental test of Heidegger’s concept of ready-to-hand
Trust me, this is important. (And out just in time for me to pillage for my chapter on extended minds and bodies!) The ideas of continental philosopher Martin
“Every 2 minutes today we snap as many photos as the whole of humanity took in the 1800s”
Via Gizmodo, I came across these estimates on 1000 memories about the number of digital photos in existence: Digital cameras are now ubiquitous - it is estimated that 2.5
Vanity Fair on The Art of Fielding
I'm very deep in writing, trying to get another chapter finished this week, but this Vanity Fair article about the bestseller "The Art of Fielding" is very much
“the transaction cost to procrastination has become zero”
Lifehacker recently had a piece on technology "crippling" as a strategy for boosting productivity: Every advance in productivity afforded by technology has been quickly swallowed by a corresponding
Murakami on talent, focus, and endurance
I plan to write something soon about what I'm learning about writing these days, but until then, I'll just quote from this Haruki Murakami interview the role of
No more Waterstone’s 3-for-2
The end of a marketing era! No longer will readers be able to chuck a third free book onto their pile of purchases as they head to the