Interns at GoNOMAD Leave with Good Feelings
I am getting ready to man a booth at an internship fair at UMass on Tuesday night, organized by the folks at Hidden Tech. This is a great group of people who mostly work at home, “hidden” in their home offices, and this fair at the University is a way […]
Prop. 87 Will Show Us the Way Out
Once again I read in the NY Times information that I already knew about from reading Wired Magazine. It was Thomas Friedman’s column about California’s Proposition 87, which taxes oil companies on oil produced in the state and that would generate some $4 billion with which to finance research into […]
How To Write in the Brave New World
Jason Lee Miller writes on Web Pro News about how to write for the web. It’s a new way of looking at the words… “When writing so people can find you better on search engines, keep it simple. Use short words, not complicated ones. Precise words are even better. But […]
Random Musings: Interns and Greenland
Random musings: I’ve been working too hard to find time to post, however shocking that may be to some readers. But here are some of the new things that have been getting attention here: We’ve got a new intern named Daryl Popper who is taking over the Travelreader Blog. Daryl […]
Google is the Next Roman Empire: Shudder
Joe Lewis writes on Web Pro News about the coming of the new Roman, er, Google, era. “You can’t read a blog or visit a technology news site without seeing the company’s name referenced at least once, if not several times, throughout an article. Just last week, media coverage of […]
In Panama, Cough Syrup is the Kiss of Death
After a long day working in the cafe, it is nice to be sitting here in front of a fire, ablaze as I write this blog. I read a story in the NY Times about an outbreak in Panama that is causing consternation. It seems that a government bottled cough […]
Climbing Boulders to the Top of Mt Monadnock
Yesterday we joined friends Ed and Li and eight others for a hike up Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey NH. The day was bright and a fall chill was in the air, and when we reached the state park at the base, we had hundreds of fellow hikers to join us […]
Peter Heller Goes Horseback in Patagonia
Peter Heller has a new story on GoNOMAD, and I love it. He’s got a peculiar talent, nobody I know has his description power and soul searching ways of writing. He makes his points eloquently, and gently, and this is the first story of his we’ve had the privilege of […]