Why I fear the iPad will disappoint.
There is a lot of hype about the iPad. I am skeptical for many reasons, but all of my fancy arguments were just trumped by an email Apple just sent me. At the very top was this:
After reading this sentence I have become afraid for Apple. It smacks of sales-ly desperation. Because if that’s the [...]
The Reason to Practice an Art
It occurs to me, how much of my life I have spent in the practice of an art. As I write it, the word ‘art’ seems ladened with incorrect connotations. It seems more correct to describe the process as a craft. There is, to be certain, an art of writing. But to get to the [...]
Fifteen Kinds of Snow It Would Be Useful to Have Names for
There is a popular story that says that Eskimos have many different words to describe many different kinds of snow. It is a total hoax. Which is a shame, because the idea has a certain magic to it.
Fifteen Kinds of Snow that It Would Be Useful to Have Names for:
The damp, back-killing snow that’s a [...]
What’s in this coffee?
Take a Class.
Patrick's Tweets
- RT @SVAllie: Come and join us at http://bit.ly/df9kBy for @PatrickEMcLean's reading at 9:30 pm EST #dragoncant
- Getting ready for a reading on #dragoncant at 9:30 -- first few chapters of Unkillable
- @KatCutler Thanks for your kind words. Make those little kids into readers will ya ;-)
- Rule of Creation No. 5 -- The middle of everything is hard. #creating
- @Cianmm Safe travels my friend. You'll have a blast. Sadly, I will be unable to attend. But enjoy it to the hilt for me.