Writing The Hits

sadguysontradingfloors: Trader Cat will devour your soul.

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:58:57 -0400

Trader Cat will devour your soul.

When you are growing up, you are always anxious to get away...

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:13:46 -0400

When you are growing up, you are always anxious to get away from your hometown, travel and see the world…

It’s not until you do that you realize how special the place you couldn’t wait to get away from actually is.

I’m home from the Delta for a few days of rest & relaxation in the Great Lakes State. As I walked around my neighborhood this evening, taking pictures of all of the sights I used to take for granted, I started to feel like a child again. Who knew Michigan summers were this beautiful?

Bon Daver

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:17:32 -0400

Instructions for writing a successful lesson plan

Put on Bon Iver’s “Bon Iver”
Write lesson plan
Revise
Repeat

3rd of July, Cleveland (Mississippi)

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

There’s a whole world beneath these fireworks.

M is for Mississippi

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:29:51 -0400

I don’t live in DC anymore. Heck, I don’t even live in Eastern Standard Time anymore. Boys and girls, I now live in the great state of Mississippi. More on this later.

I will be making some big changes to this page soon. In the meantime, take comfort in the picture below. This are only a small slice of the wonderful things that Mississippi has to offer.

A Requiem for Detroit

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:21:00 -0400

A Requiem for Detroit:

A once-great American city today repels people of talent and ambition.

New York

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:09:51 -0400

New York

I liked to liberally use this phrase when I lived down in...

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:59:07 -0500

I liked to liberally use this phrase when I lived down in Sydney. As a matter of fact, I am working to bring it back.

Happy Valentine’s Day.

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:56:30 -0500

Happy Valentine’s Day.

This is the Motor City…and this is what we do.

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:16:00 -0500

This is the Motor City…and this is what we do.

http://twelvesouth.com/products/bookbook/ Okay, now I kind of...

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:22:06 -0500

http://twelvesouth.com/products/bookbook/

Okay, now I kind of want one to go with my 13” MBP.

"There’s a Zen story that Yoko once told me: A king sent his messenger to an artist to request..."

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:40:47 -0500

“There’s a Zen story that Yoko once told me: A king sent his messenger to an artist to request a painting, he paid the artist the money, and the painter said, “OK, come back.” So a year goes by, and the messenger comes back and tells him, “The king’s waiting for his painting,” and the painter says, “Oh, hold on,” and whips it off right in front of him and says, “Here.” And the messenger says, “What’s this? The king paid you 20,000 bucks for this shit, and you knock it off in five minutes?” And the painter replies, “Yeah, but I spent 10 years thinking about it.””

- John Lennon

The calm after the storm - part II

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:06:16 -0500

The calm after the storm - part II

"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel..."

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:30:15 -0500

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”

- Happy new year from lab! May everyone have an inspired 2011.

Steve Jobs (via scfk)

Something to keep in mind for the new year…

Farewell, Detroit. I’ll see you again in the spring.

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:44:39 -0500

Farewell, Detroit. I’ll see you again in the spring.

Merry Christmas from Michigan

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:42:23 -0500

Merry Christmas from Michigan

Lazy Sunday in NYC - view of Manhattan from Greenpoint,...

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:55:59 -0500

Lazy Sunday in NYC - view of Manhattan from Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

First snow of the season - Washington, DC I could get used to...

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:37:18 -0500

First snow of the season - Washington, DC

I could get used to this view from my office

one forty plus: The One Week Digital Cleanse

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:42:37 -0500

one forty plus: The One Week Digital Cleanse:

I am very much looking forward to starting my 2011 this way. In fact, I have been thinking about the one week digital cleanse since I decided not to participate last year (I figured it would be best to be as reachable as possible when searching for a job).

But this year, I already have my next move planned out. Let’s see what I can rediscover about myself in just one week.

Mention to anyone with computer savvy that your laptop has somehow gotten slower over recent months and they’ll ask you the same thing: “have you defragmented your hard drive?” Defragmenting works by taking small slivers of information stored in various locations and consolidating them so that…

My pre-order copy of Ryan Adams & The Cardinals new album...

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:32:18 -0500

My pre-order copy of Ryan Adams & The Cardinals new album “III/IV” arrived in my mailbox yesterday, December 4. It doesn’t officially hit record stores until December 14.

I tip my hat to Pax-Am Records for getting this in fans’ hands early. This is all that a pre-order should be — something special for fans to partake in, without the pain of jacked-up shipping costs for a delivery that usually doesn’t even happen on the actual release day.