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Process debt: the hidden challenge in digital transformation A different kind of check-in A few weeks ago, I stayed at a large hotel that’s part of a well-known international chain. Before I arrived, I’d been encouraged to check in using...
Q, The #Fediverse seams to kinda be on autopilot at the moment – I miss the days when the community was more focused….A. I’d say it’s growing and changing. From my window, there’s a LOT happening. Many people are excited by the new stuff...
How do you choose between two very different worlds? Two very different loves? (Tofino and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; spanning forty years, and endless time): The Wild Beneath is an extrasensory literary storm. One of the most...
(Archival, November 10, 2025)Release us as two balloons at the ends of the earth and I’ll come find youWe’ll meet again somewhere between the seagulls and trash firesIf we were cloudsLet’s hover over to your worst enemy’s houseAnd we’ll...
Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems and Poemsby Mary OliverGenres: Non-fiction, Poetry Pages: 109 Synopsis: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, her most personal book yet "What good company Mary Oliver is!"...
John Wyver writes: ‘This Temple of the Arts and Muses’ is the opening phrase of the dedication, displayed in Latin and supposedly written by John Reith, at the entrance to Broadcasting House. Sited on an irregular plot in Portland Place,...
When you come up with a submission for the Killer Shorts one-page horror script competition, another idea for a short script is sure to follow within hours. True story. It happened to me. Luckily, they accept multiple entries! So here's...
No, not really. I’ve never seen a screen delaminate in that way before — this is a 2012 era Sony Vaio 2-in-1 “slider” laptop that I found in the attic today. (The screen is supposed to be all-white, in case you wondered.) It’s just...
Ershui Public Hall (二水公會堂) is located in Ershui, a small town at the very southern edge of Changhua, on the border with both Yunlin (to the south) and Nantou (to the east). It is one of approximately 70 public halls built all around...
The whole video (17.5 mins) is available on Peertube and now legacy media (Youtube). Small enough for a TED talk even… I was reading through the Quantified Self newsletter and had a shock when I saw my talk about machine readable wishes...
Inspired by the timeless tradition of masks and masquerades, where identity shifts and every appearance tells a new tale, the Ferris Wheel Press (FWP) Limited Edition Twilight Symphony Masque fountain pen and ink invites you to step into...
18:32 - I feel like I should clarify. There was a picture of said "malaga" in which the dried fruit appeared to be really large, which is why I believed they were dates.
This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit, Discord, and bulletin board, and in-person meetups around the world. Most content is free, some is...
Virginia Woolf. Moments of Being: A Collection of Autobiographical Writing. 2nd ed. Harcourt, 1985. The earliest of the five pieces in Moments of Being is “Reminiscences,” begun in 1907. Written when Woolf was just a fledgling writer, it...
If you want to tour the MIT campus in less than 30 minutes like a wild turkey, wandering everywhere like you have nowhere to go, but you actually have a plan, this is your detailed guide to do exactly so. Wild turkeys are apparently...