Read The Craftsman by Richard Sennett — one of my favourite thinkers. This book gets right to the heart of things. From the publisher’s description: Defining craftsmanship far more broadly than “skilled manual labor,” Richard Sennett maintains that the computer programmer, the doctor, the artist, and even the parent and citizen engage in a craftsman’s work. Craftsmanship [...]
the wire
I have other things I should be working on but it’s impossible to resist getting into this discussion. The catalyst of the conversation is CTVglobemedia’s decision to cancel the A Morning show from the lineups of A Channels nationwide. In London that decision carried with it 48 jobs from the station (and this comes hot on the [...]
Just going to post a brief update and drop a few ideas (continued from I’m Retiring). My posts will likely be way down this month compared to last. September and October (and the last part of August) were big blogging months for me because of all the news — the financial crisis, two elections — starting with [...]
So I finally started watching The Wire. Went out and rented the first three DVD’s on Monday. I’m about to watch the tenth episode now. I’m ridiculous-addicted — living in Wire World. This is why I’m not writing as much as last week — which is maybe a good thing: one obsession displaces another. I’m normally cynical about almost [...]
