Here's a look behind the scenes on the development of the Tiptree Award nominated short story "Live Fire" by Deborah Teramis Christian. [Continue]

I hit a wall with my writing, which is why I haven’t posted here for a while. I’m torn between plot dilemmas which need to be resolved so I can conclude my book, and the need to do more freelance work to take care of mundane things like [Continue]

Newspapers are vanishing from the print media landscape. A history of consolidation and breakdowns in journalistic quality were the precursors, now the digitial information shift is the driving force. As we lose journalistic outlets the burning [Continue]

TED talks ('technology, entertainment, design') introduce visionary ideas to a broad audience. I criticize their new Fellow program for its built-in ageism. On a different topic, there is the astounding breakthrough made by one TED Fellow, Dr. Sean [Continue]

Searching for feed reader reviews, I find an opinion poll about what's the "best" reader. This is silliness. "Best" is subjective, and to get a valid recommendation we need to define our needs and criteria for meeting them. [Continue]

Pdfs are a vestige of analog thinking in a digital world. This persistance of the outmoded is a common pattern when pervasive technological change happens, but the blogosphere and altered information habits is forcing a change. [Continue]

Traditional means of rating employee satisfaction focus on surveys and interviews. I suggest an alternative method: to let employees critique management. By identifying who and what is problematic in a company, employees reveal not only their [Continue]