Time to Hit the Power Button
The basic unit of digital communications is the bit, short for binary digit. By binary, we mean a unit of information that comes in one…
-
-
The Darkness is Editing
Human beings can turn anything into an artform, even our demons. Like those days when you procrastinate. Let’s say you specifically set aside a day…
-
Writing is a New Word
As I write in The Interactive Voice, words themselves are thesis statements. The lawyer Raphael Lemkin first developed and coined the term “genocide” in response…
-
Small Voices Rule the Web
It’s the Fourth of July again. It’s almost a quarter-millennium since the founders built our nation on word and argument. The Internet, our latest test…
-
You Write Your Voice
The Interactive Voice is the name of my first course and book. Choosing a title is always tough, but I’m confident now; I chose the…
-
You Are Not Right-Brained
You are not left-brained either. A creative right half of the brain and an analytical left half don’t exist. The education system didn’t weaken your…
-
The Good Student Changes the Good Course
I call my courses meta-courses. I use the term to help me remember what I want to accomplish as a teacher. When I think of…
-
A Newsletter for All Audiences
There’s nothing like a conversation to get the year started off right. I’m optimistic about 2018 because of the amount of work I’m producing. The…
-
We Think in Drafts
Every summer for most of my life, my father’s side of the family held their reunions at a lake cabin in New Hampshire owned by…
-
Voice is a Chance in the Heavens
The writer Annie Dillard wrote, “Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as…flying in an airplane does to falling…
