One thing I like to do is make fires. It’s often considered a less socially-acceptable pastime than my other wood-destruction hobbies like writing and woodwork...

This summer marked 15 years since I first started blogging here, and I’m happier than ever that I’ve chosen to live so much of my life in this place, with all...

I don’t usually agree to participate in corporate promo videos, but Microsoft asked me to talk broadly about why writing software is still inspiring to me afte...

While I’ve always liked doing a lot of my notes and writing with pen and ink, I’ve never been particularly well-versed in the latest innovations and trends in...

From this New York Times story on proper use of a semicolon in subway signage: David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam serial killer who taunted police and the p...

I would think there’s some money for unemployed writers in proofing the text of the Nigerian 419 scams. Given how they’re so incomprehensible right now, better...

I thought it might be nice to take some time to commend some personal websites that I enjoy. I put categories on them for the sake of simplicity. This is just...

Discussions about flexible straws, huh? Trivial? Absolutely. But what if there were, say, some larger point? What if I were pleased that my audience could acce...

I support letter-writing campaigns ....

Today marks three years (more or less) that I’ve been updating this site daily (more or less). It’s helped me make friends, learn lots of new things, improve a...

These are the things you must know: Deprecated is not the same word as depreciated. Formerly and formally are not interchangeable. Nobody knows how to spell. R...

Geeks are at their happiest when among those who understand them. One of the pleasant things about my job is being surrounded, to a certain degree, by geeks of...

Sunday afternoon found me speaking to the inestimable Mr. Ford , and I had to note my frustration at his, and other, Brooklyn-based web projects populated wit...

The Morning News has a roundtable on writing for the web . It’s quite good....

I only know how to crudely wave my pencil or slap at the keyboard to describe the world I live in. It’s a source of constant frustration and inspiration to me...

I think I just need to change the style of writing that I do on this site. sugamami has the right idea: Bitch madd cause every guy she try to holla at do...

I know, I know, let’s move on. I’m feeling better, some time has passed, talk about something else. I have been, really. Trying to live as much as possible. My...

Umm, it’s a bit uncharacteristic of me to write something like this, but please… everyone who’s emailed recently, bear with me, I promise I’ll write back soo...

God damn Dean is a good writer. I just discovered Cardigan Industries and Textism and I feel almost angry that no one brought them to my attention sooner....

Reading it again, I realize that Bryan wrote what I didn’t know I wanted to write about what classy really means....

I am quite occupied writing emails to people I met in Texas, because I am trying to be sincere without sounding like an ass-kisser. Interestingly, I keep findi...

I can’t express in words how excited I was a few weeks ago when World New York came back. I’m still getting used to the new layout and discussion features, a...

My October 12 ’99 peeve was a short, ineloquent attempt at conveying the message conveyed by this essay . And though I already emailed her to compliment on...

Brig says: my attention span is getting seriously shortened. i’m sure it’s not a good thing. this statement is, of course, prompted by another long artic...

I’ve been remiss in not mentioning that Dan has been on a roll for days. Content coming out of his ears, all of it engaging, intelligent, well-written. I wis...

I like what Annie writes. I know that self-oriented writing by an undergrad is supposed to be unbearably precious and inane , but she’s very talented, and f...

Seems to me the web is the medium which marks the return of the aside to public discourse. Traditional media, dating back to the dawn of writing and speech,...