I woke up today thinking it was Thursday. But clearly, this day is a misplaced Monday.
Author: coffeehousejunkie
yet another generalization
three kinds of people in the world:
- the ones who read the manual first.
- the ones who just start using it.
- the ones who go directly to settings/preferences.
i fall into category number 3
i’m somewhere between 2 and 3. if it’s a MAC, i’m a solid 3. anything else i’m a 2.
Poetry reading at Malaprops
Poetry reading at Malaprop’s Bookstore this Sunday, Oct. 19, 3 PM. The advance poetry class that I am attending will present their work with a public, free reading.
This marks my return to Malaprop’s. It has been over two years since I read my work in that place. A lot has happened in three years. I trust that will show when I read my new work.
// Brain brownout… flux capacitor needs more power… less internet connectivity.
Asheville Brewing tonight? We’ll be at the Coxe Ave one with some friends to watch the debate. Maybe we’ll see you there.
Sorry, not tonight. Lost my bus pass and need to finish revisions and cover design for a book to be published soon.
Making yourself priceless
From How magazine’s blog (link):
“If you’re a designer, one of the things you can do right now is taking steps to improve (and prove) your value to your clients and employer…”
Obviously written by someone who is trying to keep their job at How magazine.
Poetry reading at Malaprops
Poetry reading at Malaprop’s Bookstore this Sunday, Oct. 19, 3 PM. The advance poetry class that I am attending will present their work with a public, free reading.
This marks my return to Malaprop’s. It has been over two years since I read my work in that place (http://1000blacklines.blogspot.com/2006/06/blind-date-with-poetry.html). A lot has happened in three years. I trust that will show when I read my new work.
Making yourself priceless
From How magazine’s blog (http://blog.howdesign.com/In+These+Uncertain+Times.aspx): “If you’re a designer, one of the things you can do right now is taking steps to improve (and prove) your value to your clients and employer…”
Obviously written by someone who is trying to keep their job at How magazine.
RE: Magazines Turn In Soft Third-Quarter Ad-Page Counts
From Ad Age (link): “The New Yorker… ad pages sank 22.3%; Blender… drop[s] 24.6%… SmartMoney, which fell 25.7%; Country Weekly, itself 26.8% lower… Coastal Living, down 27.9%; and U.S. News & World Report, down 28.2%. “Gainers included Men’s Journal, up 10.8%; In Touch, up 12.7%; House Beautiful, up 13.2%, Fast Company, up 31.1%; and OK, up 34.4%.”
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Brain brownout… flux capacitor needs more power… less internet connectivity.
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Looking for a downtown dive with food and wifi.
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Off to a meeting about a Moog catalog design project.
Twitter, Pandora and Skype’s Futures Look Dim
According to Rafe Needleman in an Ad Age (http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=131655) article.
For me (who became a Twitter user less than a month ago), Needleman may be correct. Regarding Twitter, it is merely an info aggragater; at least that’s the way I use it. Inversely, I rarely visit Twitter except to follow the news of a few people (which is pointless because most of the people I follow supply the same info using other services like Facebook).
Edgy Mama recently mused about it on Twitter (http://twitter.com/edgymama/statuses/959014214): “Wondering why folks want to follow me here when I hardly ever Twitter?” There are other, more efficient services to keep up to date with people in your social networks, but Twitter isn’t one of them.
RE: Multitasking: A Human Delusion?
From NPR (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95256794): “Switching from task to task, you think you’re actually paying attention to everything around you at the same time. But you’re actually not,” [neuroscientist Earl] Miller said.
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Did I mention I’ll be reading poetry @ Malaprops this Sunday, Oct. 19 @ 3 PM? I’ll be reading my work along with other local poets.
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Which would you chose? A book of poetry by Randall Jarrell? The Savage Sword of Conan, Vol. 1? Or a book titled, Pagan Christianity?
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Automating one’s social networking status is easy. Automating one’s cash flow is more challenging.
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Three cups of Velvet Hammer. Three hours of fist pumping metal music. A vendor who can’t follow the !@#$ instructions. I lurve Mondays.
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OK, I’m really getting tired of the office doorbell.
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Enjoying Clawhammer (Oktoberfest Lager by Highland Brewing Company) as celebration for finishing design work on the weekend.
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Finished reading a Randall Jarrell book.
thirsty?
// Thinking about marketing… wondering about Wall Street… considering poetry… for some reason this all makes me very thirsty.
Downtown Asheville, Early Autumn
Coffee and poetry
This morning I was working at The Dripolator.
why am i taking this class?
Last night the teacher told me I should check out the writings of Randall Jarrell based on a poem draft I read for class. Other comments included the words “authoritative” and “tender.”
Another classmate came up to me and asked if I had studied poetry. That make a total of three classmates who have asked how it is I know so much about poetry and poetic techniques. The answer is simple: No, I didn’t go to school and study poetry. I just read books.
Coffeehouse Junkie 