figuring out will shortz's enigmatology degree

"Will Shortz is the only person in the world to hold a college degree in Enigmatology, the study of puzzles, which he earned from Indiana University in 1974.

Born in 1952 and raised on an Arabian horse farm in Indiana, Will now lives near New York City in a Tudor-style house filled with books and Arts and Crafts furniture. When he's not at work, he enjoys bicycling, movies, reading, travel, and collecting antique puzzle books and magazines."

playing scrabble online

playing the game of scrabble online might be a good way to get more seniors involved with computers.

unorthodox MIT professor dies at 105

we're all going to miss arthur von hippel.

"Eric von Hippel, who is now a professor of innovation at MIT, said his father's students appreciated his teaching style.

'They thought he was so cool. Instead of a formal exam he would invite them in for a chat with apple pie, ice cream and tea -- and at the end he would give them a grade' he said."

school of rock(y) road?

interactive cinema group weblog

interactive cinema group weblog.

blogs' impact on "emerging social consensus"

"Rare indeed is the legal victory that is not a careful byproduct of an emerging social consensus." Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, in her recent book

school for success - maya angelou public charter school

the maya angelou public charter school, in washington dc, was recently profiled on "the news hour." learn more the school at it's web site. kudos to all at this school who are transforming lives and communities.

nice jewelry

a colleague of mine here in the washington dc area makes way cool jewelry.

be distinct or be extinct

"be distinct or be extinct." - tom peters

pc world article on dirt-cheap isp's

pc world article on dirt-cheap isp's

if the future is ours to invent

if the future is ours to invent, today is a good day for doing some inventing.

my response to mad cow disease

my response to mad cow disease: lettuce pray.

punctuality is respectful

punctuality is respectful. late is rude. choose.

consider the acorn

"Consider the acorn: a small thing. Produced by the millions by uncaring oaks, most rot on the ground. But under the right conditions, dirt and light and water conspire to make the most of the little seed, and it becomes a mighty oak."

CTCNet success stories announced

some inspiring ones this year. i like CTCNet

150 million computers sold in 2003

what does this statistic mean for our communities?

half billion second greeting

about 15 years ago i met many wonderful people. today i sent out a "half billion second" greeting to many of them, wishing them well on the first half billion seconds and wishing them many more half billion seconds.

people don't stop to give thanks for the half billion second mark. maybe we should?

beyond talent lie all the usual words

"Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck -- but, most of all, endurance." James Baldwin

how to get a book deal with your blog

how to get a book deal with your blog.

leaders are by definition restless

Leaders, by definition, are restless. They are constantly envisioning a better organization, a better society, and a better world.

books i'd be reading if i had the time

Weinstein, Arnold. A scream goes through the house : what literature teaches us about life. New York : Random House, c2003.




Why not? : how to use everyday ingenuity to solve problems big and small /
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School, c2003.



Zaid, Gabriel. So many books : reading and publishing in an age of abundance ; translated by Natasha Wimmer. Paul Dry Books ed., 2003



Heffner, Richard D. A conversational history of modern America / Richard D. Heffner ; edited by Marc Jaffe. New York, N.Y. : Carroll & Graf, c2003



If you read any of these, thanks for sending me an email telling me what you think of the book(s). If your comments are revealing, I'll post them to this blog.