The most enjoyable books are those that change my life. I do not require total turnabouts, but I like texts that open new doors and windows in the gritty walls of reality.
April 2, 2007
PL 15/07: Geography of Germany
May 1, 2006
Books and beginnings
More and more, I discover, I am concerned with voice. The way things sound. The way things are said.
As blogs and other communication channels develop, the gap between official gobbledygook - and the personal and unpremeditated human voice - becomes wider.
November 27, 2005
Words for nerds
Men who read are more attractive, I said yesterday. But they should not visibly read Harry Potter or similar stuff.
Today I found a list of top "geek novels" compiled by Jack Schofield, journalist and Guardian blogger, on the basis of reader recommendations. My source: Lorcan Dempsey' s great blog on library innovation:
May 13, 2005
Complexity, nostalgia and open source.
Interesting article on self-organizing productive networks in the May issue of First Monday.
