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An entire family walked past me yesterday at my favorite thrift, and they started to pick dresses off the racks and adding commentary. Dropping hints that the stuff was there because it was both ugly and dirty.

In 2019, I finished writing and designing a company history book, which was a project that originally began in 2014. Due to the complexity of the project, I’m going to explain my process here for those that are starting a project like this and need advice. I found little in my journey. The advice below… Read more: I Built an Archive and Wrote a Corporate History. You can, too.

Clarey is a fine writer and is in the tennis hall of fame for his work on the sport. I’m just not sure Roger is that interesting.

I’ve been building content for SharePoint for about a year now, and I want to put some of my thoughts here in the event they are of use for other WordPress folks who get pulled into Microsoft’s realm.  Caching I’ve been using the system to build out some self-serve company resources for the HR team… Read more: SharePoint Tips: Caching, Anchors, and Self-Service Pages

“Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted. He’s making sure you’re fully absorbed. He’s making sure your imagination withers. Until it’s as useful as your… Read more: Attention Always Filled

What was most interesting to me about the book was how Moses viewed NYC in terms of the car and Jacobs in terms of the people affected by the car. New York is always changing, and at the time Moses was building, the car did seem ascendent. His worldview was being reinforced and yet with time, Jacobs’ view would be more in line with the modern mind.

The very first time Jeff and I went to NYC together, we stopped by the World Trade Center. “Do you want to go up?” Nope. I hate heights. That was the first and last time I saw the building until it fell to the ground in September 2001 and took 2,606 people with it. On… Read more: 9-11 Memorial Museum

Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Book review of The Girl in the Green Gown: The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait by Carola Hicks

Blake Gopnik The Maverick’s Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream I read Gopnik’s tome Warhol during the pandemic and really loved it. It’s comprehensive and yet readable, so I was eager to start this shorter volume on the mercurial chemist and his temple of art in Merion. It did not disappoint.  Trained as a… Read more: The Maverick’s Museum