February 2009
21 posts
Loved reading all the #WI4 posts. Thanks to everyone who attended!
January 2009
54 posts
QuadAnimator - Art&Mobile →
I think there’s a Veronica Mars disc waiting for me. This is good.
wondering how I missed the prior coverage of Bacon Explosion? So disappointed that I had to learn about from NYT: http://tinyurl.com/akj2f2
Pride and Prejudice first published today in 1813. In honor of this day, I shall take a turn in the garden. (via @PenguinBooks)
Really sad to hear about losing Updike, the first real contemporary lit god at whose temple I worshipped. Must burn incense at his temple.
heading up to Milwaukee for appointments, meetings, meals.
Auditorium - Index →
RT @SarahRettger: And congrats to @halseanderson! You betcha. That’s a perfect choice.
This Shelf Awareness “special issue” on Harper Studio = the first Shelf Awareness Advertising Supplement? Why not just call it what it is?
On my way to Women And Children First this morning to sell the books to the people.
LOVING the first song released from the new Neko Case album. As great as anything on Fox Confessor: http://tinyurl.com/7rvuav
Appointment at Anderson’s Bookshop today - this means lots of good book talk and lots of coffee too!
Looking around the Art Institute for galleries that have reopened ahead of the Modern Wing’s May opening. I found galleries I’ve never seen!
Heading out into the world - appointment today at the Art Institute of Chicago. And now for the rush hour!
So the new U2 single is Get On Your Boots. But what the heck? What made them go and make Zooropa part dos? Stream: http://tinyurl.com/9etoxs
It’s a busy day on Tuesday! We’ve got a new president to swear in, an old president to give the heave-ho to… and I should sell some books.
First Issue Blog » Blog Archive » A Directory of... →
RT @jhiggy: Goldin the man to carry on the Schwartz legacy: 82 years after Harry Schwartz and his partner opened… http://bit.ly/zmeG
The Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops are going to close - so sad! - but two of them will be reopened by Schwartz folks: http://tinyurl.com/7obchy
I’m about to dive back into Spore with daughter.
getting ready to head out into the cold again for another appointment!
100 (Really) Beautiful iPhone Wallpapers |... →
Few products have generated the kind of hype that the iPhone has. Its beautiful design and large multi-touch screen are irresistible. Although its interface is beautifully designed, some of us want…
Futurosity →
pinned down at a Hampton Inn in Michigan under some seriously gusty lake effect snow.
WatchSo that’s how Apple does it!
book-loving folks, add this to your feed: the pretty new, pretty great blog from Daniel @ Harry W. Schwartz: http://tinyurl.com/6u6sr7
spent the day prepping for my 1st sales appointment on Thursday - totes of kids’ book f&gs, journal samples, catalogs, ARCs & sell sheets.
spent the day prepping for my 1st sales appointment on Thursday - totes of kids’ book f&gs, moleskine samples, catalogs, ARCs & sell sheets.
Apropos of the twittering washing machine, I should mention that the washing machine has nearly as many followers as I do.
RT @ColonelTribune: This is, by far, the neatest Twitter-related story of the day: http://bit.ly/WjK6 (via @LATimesTech)
reading in PW about ScrollMotion’s iphone book apps and am a bit disgusted: “Since security and DRM are among our highest priorities…”
Here’s the link to that PW article: http://is.gd/fJSk
iTunes seems to think that I love AC/DC’s Thunderstruck A LOT. It doesn’t matter what playlist I’m listening to, there it is.
RT @ColonelTribune Truck carrying 43,000 pounds of cheese overturns. No word on the type of cheese… http://ff.im/-AIR4 Look out, Indiana!
Watching Gwyneth and Mario stuff themselves in Spain in PBS.
back inside from clearing our drifts of snow off the Incredibly Long Driveway. And yet, it doesn’t seem to be done snowing.
Shufflegazine - Apple Lifestyle Magazine →
Schlage to put your front door lock and other home controls on the web. But with just a 4 digit passcode? DUMB. http://tinyurl.com/8fyu2o
saw what I think is my first-ever Zune in the wild, being used unironically at the gym today.
#palm And this pic from the CES Palm press conference explains why I stopped loving my Palm: http://is.gd/eTp7 (via Engadget)
Ooh, I am taking care of business today!
Publishing friends, can we all just agree to move on past the sales handle of “if you loved Eat, Pray, Love…” (unless you work at Penguin)
Had one of those early-to-bed nights last night where I caught up on the previous few nights’ worth of stay-up-late.
so this workout thing? Doing the cycle AND the elliptical in the same session? The good news is I have no ability to get up from desk now.
RT @mattbucher: Today is Nicholson Baker’s birthday. He’s 52. || Happy birthday, Mr. Baker!
Loving the “Master Legend” article in Rolling Stone! Real life superheroes! Here’s a BB post about it, with link: http://tinyurl.com/8vhpmp
Us: “It’s time to do your homework.” Daughter: “Can’t I get my playing out of the way first?” Us: “Ahhh, no.”
Waiting for my daughter’s dental exam to be finished. No x-rays this time at least!