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Gotta Love Numbers
I didn't attend kindergarten so my initial encounter with numbers happened in first grade. One day, we were working on math problems. As we finished, the teacher let each of us choose a stick of modeling clay. The colors were red, green, brown, and gray. I really, really wanted red. Green would have been OK, but definitely not brown and certainly not gray. I urgently scratched numbers on the ruled …
Focus (Part Three)
I've always enjoyed photography. But it wasn't until I came to understand the power of focus that I loved taking pictures. Focus helps you tell the story that you see in the picture. Whether your focus is on what’s close to the camera:
Or what’s in the background:
Or on the minute, microscopic details:
Each aspect gives us a different story in the same picture.
Our careers in …
News You Can Use – April 2, 2013
Plans to Sell Used Digital Music Squashed in Court – May put a damper on rumored plans for Amazon to sell used ebooks.
Goodreads + Amazon – Winners & Losers – Smart reflection from Joe Weikert
How to Become a Password Hacker – This article should scare the living daylights out of you! Rethink your password strategy today!
In 1999 You Could have Bought Google for $750k! – The story …
Amazon Buys Goodreads
by Steve Laube
The big news late last week is that Amazon.com has purchased Goodreads.com. If you happened to read some of the panicked and outraged fans of Goodreads the news was yet another signal that Amazon is an evil empire.
Some are seeing this purchase as the harbinger of a bookocalypse or worse. It is as if everyone is waiting for Amazon to reset the sales rankings of every book to …
Astounding Technology Breakthrough!
The secret of making a video go "viral."
Makes one wonder if this is for real....
Miracle
by Tamela Hancock Murray
This time of year, Christians contemplate the marvel that is the resurrection of Christ. Such an event seems magical, though God is never a genie, ready to grant our every wish. Even Jesus was not granted His plea in the Garden of Gethsemane as He asked the Father to take the cup of death from Him. But was there any other way? No, there was not. How else could have …
The Beauty of Community
As I write this blog, I’m sitting on a bench beneath towering California Redwoods. There’s a gentle breeze blowing, carrying with it the fragrance of evergreens and sunshine. But it carries something else. Something wondrous…
The sound of community.
All around me, people are walking and sitting and standing, and as their voices drift past me I hear a number of things:
Excitement
Shared …
News You Can Use – March 26, 2013
Is Baby Boomer Lit the Next Hot Genre? – Yet another parsing of the genres. What do you think about this one?
The Economics Behind the Big Publishing Mergers – Eoin Purcells explores some of the big picture considerations.
Author Intuition – Roseanna White writes a great article. I appreciate her words “Don’t mistake pride for intuition.” Well said.
An Amazon Bestseller Earns the Author …