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- I'm currently working on several projects that each require a good story. So I spent most of today researching, and thinking about, what makes a story good. At first I had this chart with two branches, one for 'information value' and the other for 'entertainment value', but it is now in the recycle bin, since while that may be a valid taxonomy of 'good' stories, it is so subjective that it is not a particularly useful one. It doesn't inform you how to go about crafting a good story. During my brief tenure as moderator of the Association of KnowledgeWork forum last month, we spent some time discussing this issue, guided by Steve Denning, one of the world's justifiably respected authorities on (at least) effective business story-telling. |
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- Theres always shit like that! I downloaded Paranoid by Pantera once and when I listened to it, it was Megadeth. Now Playing: BLS |
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- The Hokey Pokey, by William Shakespeare Thanks to Ian's Messy Desk for a great laugh this afternoon. He's got the Hokey Pokey online - as written by William Shakespeare himself. O proud left foot, that ventures quick withinThen soon upon a backward journey lithe.Anon, once more the gesture, then begin: |
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The F Word (Apr 19 2004 23:15 GMT) - Now that "fascist" is back as everybody's favorite lazy pejorative, Salon's Laura Miller has a review of Robert O. Paxton's The Anatomy of Fascism. A passage on the most popular current piece of gobbledegook, "Islamic Fascism" or "Islamo-Fascism," goes like this: Paxton also eliminates another contemporary contender for the label, Islamist militancy, condemned as the new totalitarian threat by conservatives and some left-leaning American thinkers such as Paul Berman, who endorsed the current Iraq war as a blow against this new danger. Paxton argues that fascism only arises in states where democracy is failing miserably to solve the nation's woes and the public can be persuaded to give up their liberties to regain a sense of power, momentum and purpose. |
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- Jacques Moreillon, durante quince años Secretario General Organización Mundial del Movimiento Scout (OMMS) (el 1 de abril cedió el testigo... |
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- The Straits Times, Pro-government daily of Singapore |
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- The Sydney Morning Herald, Centrist daily of Sydney, Australia |
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- Interfax, Government-owned news agency, Moscow, Russia |
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- Arab News, Pro-government, English-language daily of Jidda, Saudi Arabia |
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- On March 20, 2004, I wrote about the commissioners from Dayton, Tennessee who passed a measure making it illegal to live in Dayton if you are gay. A few days later, after talking with the country attorney, they rescinded their action, saying that it was all a "misunderstanding"..... |
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- Microsoft recently surprised quite a few people by releasing the WiX toolset under an open source license (the Common Public License, to be precise) and hosting its source code on the premier open source community site SourceForge. In this article, Mike Gunderloy gets you started with WiX. |
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- In Jesse Liberty's book Programming ASP.NET, he was unable to begin the discussion of DataGrids without first describing, in some detail, the ADO.NET object model, including DataAdapters, DataTables, DataSets and DataReaders. In this, the first column on Whidbey, he shows how to use Whidbey's new ASP.NET DataGrids. |
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Green ICBMs (Apr 19 2004 23:15 GMT) - In order to comply with EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) regulations, and at a cost of about $5.2 million per ICBM, the rocket motors on 500 Minuteman III missiles will be replaced with new ones. These rockets will emit less toxic chemicals when used. It is yet unconfirmed that the nuclear... |
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- Servers have been seized from a company with a specialized search tool, and free speech advocates are crying foul. The spider crawled for 'uncensored' movies and photos and surprise, surprise -- turned up a fair amount of child porn. |
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- A peregrine falcon who nested at a power plant was killed by another falcon in a battle over the nest. The company's webcam on the nest allowed thousands of birders to observe her for years. |
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- Servers have been seized from a company with a specialized search tool, and free speech advocates are crying foul. The spider crawled for 'uncensored' movies and photos and surprise, surprise -- turned up a fair amount of child porn. |
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- A peregrine falcon who nested at a power plant was killed by another falcon in a battle over the nest. The company's webcam on the nest allowed thousands of birders to observe her for years. |
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- Servers have been seized from a company with a specialized search tool, and free speech advocates are crying foul. The spider crawled for 'uncensored' movies and photos and surprise, surprise -- turned up a fair amount of child porn. |
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- A peregrine falcon who nested at a power plant was killed by another falcon in a battle over the nest. The company's webcam on the nest allowed thousands of birders to observe her for years. |
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- It's a control issue -- tone down the blood or foul language with a new genre of DVD player developed by RCA and ClearPlay. Parents, or those with weak stomachs, may like it, but studios object. |
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- It's a vital tool in the war on terror, says the Prez. If Congress doesn't renew the Patriot Act's hefty law-enforcement powers, he claims the legislators will put the nation at risk of attack. Republicans as well as Dems disagree. |
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- It's a control issue -- tone down the blood or foul language with a new genre of DVD player developed by RCA and ClearPlay. Parents, or those with weak stomachs, may like it, but studios object. |
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- It's a vital tool in the war on terror, says the Prez. If Congress doesn't renew the Patriot Act's hefty law-enforcement powers, he claims the legislators will put the nation at risk of attack. Republicans as well as Dems disagree. |
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- It's a control issue -- tone down the blood or foul language with a new genre of DVD player developed by RCA and ClearPlay. Parents, or those with weak stomachs, may like it, but studios object. |
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- It's a vital tool in the war on terror, says the Prez. If Congress doesn't renew the Patriot Act's hefty law-enforcement powers, he claims the legislators will put the nation at risk of attack. Republicans as well as Dems disagree. |
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- Microsoft is a hotbed of secret Apple fans. Just ask Lenn Pryor, a Microsoft director who transformed his Sony Vaio into a pseudo-PowerBook. By Leander Kahney. |
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- Federal indecency scrutiny does not apply to satellite radio because, like cable TV, it is only available to paid subscribers. So traditional radio's dust-up around Howard Stern has satellite radio execs salivating. |
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- Microsoft is a hotbed of secret Apple fans. Just ask Lenn Pryor, a Microsoft director who transformed his Sony Vaio into a pseudo-PowerBook. By Leander Kahney. |
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- Federal indecency scrutiny does not apply to satellite radio because, like cable TV, it is only available to paid subscribers. So traditional radio's dust-up around Howard Stern has satellite radio execs salivating. |
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- Microsoft is a hotbed of secret Apple fans. Just ask Lenn Pryor, a Microsoft director who transformed his Sony Vaio into a pseudo-PowerBook. By Leander Kahney. |
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- Federal indecency scrutiny does not apply to satellite radio because, like cable TV, it is only available to paid subscribers. So traditional radio's dust-up around Howard Stern has satellite radio execs salivating. |
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- MRIs offer glimpses of the mind's role in sexual stimulation, and findings could spell good news for the disabled and libido-challenged. Randy Dotinga reports from San Diego. |
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- Scientists attempting to unravel the mysteries of our universe must sneak away from seismic interference and cosmic rays that disrupt their delicate measurements. They're seeking a new hide-out, deep below the Earth's surface. By Michelle Delio. |
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- Announcing partnerships with Warner Bros. and DreamWorks, HP unveils software to digitize all aspects of filmmaking -- from storyboards to restoration --and offers computer capacity on demand for complex animations. By Michael Stroud. |
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- MRIs offer glimpses of the mind's role in sexual stimulation, and findings could spell good news for the disabled and libido-challenged. Randy Dotinga reports from San Diego. |
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- Scientists attempting to unravel the mysteries of our universe must sneak away from seismic interference and cosmic rays that disrupt their delicate measurements. They're seeking a new hide-out, deep below the Earth's surface. By Michelle Delio. |
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