Seven Days of Conferences and Workshops
I spent seven days, from last Sunday through Friday, at three different conferences and workshops, beginning with the American Independent Writers Annual Conference in Washington, D.C, on June 13, the …
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Final Day at the 100th Annual SLA Conference
My four days at the 100th annual conference of the Special Libraries Association/SLA, in Washington, D.C are over. As I mentioned in earlier posts, I met many new people, reconnected …
The 14th Special Libraries Symposium
The highlight of my time Monday at the 100th annual conference of the Special Libraries Association/SLA, in Washington, D.C. – besides meeting many interesting new people and reconnecting with friends …
One Hundred Years of Drucker and SLA
It’s appropriate that this week I am at the 100th annual conference of the Special Libraries Association/SLA, in Washington, D.C., and also carrying around the galleys of my book, Living …
When Art and Literature are Cut From the Same Cloth
I’ve been fascinated by Top 10, Top 40, Top 100 etc. lists since childhood, going back to local rock radio stations and their Top 40 lists, and the singles and …
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On the Road Less Traveled to Education and Careers
Current, former or prospective students – and students of life in general — can learn a lot from A cheaper, smarter road to college, and career, a triple book review …
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Jorge Luis Borges and Harvard: Encountering Your Younger Self
I have been a big fan of the Argentine short story writer/essayist/poet Jorge Luis Borges since his fiction was assigned by Professor Charles Larson for an undergrad literature course in …
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Edward de Bono in the Telegraph’s Culture Clinic
I’m always fascinated by the ability of British newspapers (and their websites) to come up with brief, clever columns based on Q&As. I’ve just discovered the Telegraph.co.uk’s Culture Clinic feature, …
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Nightly Business Report: 30 Years of TV Financial News
I’ve been a longtime viewer of the Nightly Business Report on PBS, which went on the air 30 years ago. In 1994, I visited the studio in Miami where it …
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Finding and Losing Religion Online and in Print
Coverage of religion and spirituality has been downsized or eliminated by many newspapers in recent years. But there still is a lot of writing and reporting about these topics online, …