Writing Archives

  1. iMania, revisited

    It’s been a couple of years since the iPad was first released. It’s time for a new version; the iPad 3 is reportedly being announced tomorrow. Hey, look at that – everything I asked for (at least explicitly) when the original iPad came out has come to pass. Backgrounding apps (mostly) works; you can run…

  2. Publishing platforms and cross-publishing

    I am currently publishing with WordPress. Entries are cross-posted to various other places, including LJ and DW. This addresses several basic desires I have for a publishing platform: That I can write using one consistent set of tools, and not have to keep three or four or more targets in mind when I’m writing; That…

  3. Happy New Year! Make some mistakes.

    I’m not the first person by a long shot to say that the “good enough” is the enemy of the “at all”. I’m probably not the last to get around to believing it, either. One of these days, I probably will remember it. I’m a perfectionist. I hate doing things wrong, or doing things poorly.…

  4. iMania

    The Apple iPad, like many apple products before it, has polarized people. Some people love it, some people hate it. Some people will use it everywhere, some people honestly can’t imagine a single use. As with many products before, I fall somewhere in the middle. On the plus side: It looks like a beautiful piece…

  5. two haiku

    <ziz> i wrote a haiku <ziz> but it is not very good <ziz> so i won’t share it <Nastard> i wrote one myself <Nastard> it is much better than yours <Nastard> i should write some more