I just finished reading the best newspaper article I’ve read all year. Gene Weingarten profiles children’s entertainer and compulsive gambler, The Great Zucchini, with a sensitivity and honesty that floored me. The Great Zucchini actually does magic tricks, but they are mostly dime-store novelty gags — false thumbs to hide a handkerchief, magic dust that […]
Joel Spolsky, author of Joel on Software and CEO of Fog Creek Software is writing a series of articles on “Great Design.” The most recent installment, Great Design: What is Design? (First Draft), contains some good insights. First, for all of my graphic artist friends: You know those gorgeous old brownstones in New York City?
A funny article for you to peruse as I leave for my cruise. Five days on a boat eating and drinking with abandon. Be jealous. Boozie emailed me Miss Doxie’s Law Students, You Are Asking For Trouble, And I Am Now Forced To Bring It, because “it reminded me of you.” She was right, especially