What it takes to make a billion from writing.
Why J.K. Rowling is the first author to make a billion dollars from her writing: Leverage.
Field Notes
April 2007
Field Notes
Why journalists misquote everyone.
Penelope Trunk explains why you think reporters are always misquoting you: Why journalists misquote everyone — or do they?
Field Notes
We Are Getting Tired of Prying Your Guns out of Your Cold Dead Hands
Headline of the week: We Are Getting Tired of Prying Your Guns out of Your Cold Dead Hands
Wired
Party in a NASA Hangar Gives a Glimpse of Space Culture
MOFFETT FIELD, California — Twenty-year Jet Propulsion Laboratory veteran Charles White drove 350 miles from Pasadena to attend what amounted
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Kathy Sierra Case: Few Clues, Little Evidence, Much Controversy
In the mountain of commentary that has been published about the Kathy Sierra affair on blogs and in mainstream publications,
Rough Drafts
Office insanity.
Imagine you had a roommate who you’d known for ten years as a somewhat annoying, slightly compulsive, very finicky but
Field Notes
My new favorite word.
“Asshat,” which perfectly combines aspects of stupidity or clownishness and assholism. I say this knowing that Gadget Lab blogger Rob
Wired
Tim O’Reilly: Web 2.0 Is About Controlling Data
It’s not too late to get on the “web 2.0” bandwagon, says publishing magnate Tim O’Reilly, who coined the term.
Wired
What I Learned From Friendster: Jonathan Abrams’ New Startup
Jonathan Abrams’ last startup, Friendster, was one of the first social-networking companies to attract an audience of users numbering in
Wired
The Art of the Pitch: Be Direct
At Microsoft’s Silicon Valley headquarters Monday evening, a couple hundred entrepreneurs and investors gathered to schmooze, eat mashed-potato-and-roast-beef hors-d’oeuvres from