National Theatre’s back row beats every other back row ever. Othello
Author: ruebeckc
Ideation
What I like about the final step is that it’s potentially never-ending. Malcolm Cowley on the Four Stages of Writing (Brain Pickings) “Revision, revision, revision” and revision, revision, … until you have it good enough. There is no perfect. It’s also illuminating to…
How many books in a Book?
George R. R. Martin has been a prolific writer, but—like many readers—I’ve only read his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series known more popularly by the first book’s title “A Game of Thrones” and I’m only a little ways…
Goat words
This week’s A.W.A.D. entries promise to be entertaining. A.Word.A.Day –tragus The picture (okay, with the caption) says it all.
Does the platform matter?
In Edinborough, Kevin Spacey Goes All House-of-Cards on engaging with content. Previously (and similarly), on Colbert Not a TV Show but funnier.
Watterson on maximization
We’ve heard it before, but it’s still a good review A cartoonist’s advice of the choices that people (can, if not should) make.
Education’s Diversity
“first and second generation immigrants are, on average, better educated than the native population” Non-native English Speakers in Primary Schools in England “The study finds a modest negative correlation in the raw data between the educational attainment of native English…
Levitt, Porter, and Detroit
No explicit cite of Michael Porter, but it’s always good to see Levitt part of the story and more. Sometimes the best that a company can hope for is death (Financial Times) “Levitt did not recognise that competitive advantage, rather…
Let Children Learn
It’s a video Laat Kinderen Leren from The Netherlands.
Taking pictures, the way everybody does
I hear that some huge majority of pics are taken by cellphones (cough, iPhones). Here’s some help for all of us. Focus, Bless You (Glog) No, that’s not the direct link, but it’s a good intro to the piece.