How do we define design?
but.if.and.that starts a new chapter of exploration by adding design to the world of the English language. Read More
Embracing the Community: Journalist/Entrepreneur David Cohn
Journalist and tech entrepreneur "DigiDave" Cohn looks at some of the lessons learned and gained with his community-based journalism project: Spot.Us Read More
Sherlock Holmes offending the Mormons?
Sherlock Holmes has been banned from a Virginia middle school on behalf of an offended Mormon parent. Read More
30,000 books make up “Tower of Babel”
The "Torre de Babel" is an 80-foot tower made with 30,000 books from different cultures and languages. Read More
London rioters loot everything … except books
The youth and gangs of the London riots stole everything from plasma TVs to clothes, but they didn't steal books. Some bookstores even remained open. Read More
#Follow Friday 006
This #Follow Friday we look at Edward Champion's Reluctant Habits and the Bat Segundo Show, English Major's Junk Food, and Syd Gill's e-book design aspirations. Read More
Employee embezzles $1 million from Mark Twain House
We reported yesterday that Edgar Allan Poe's house is in danger of being shuttered. Now we find that an employee pilfered one mil from the Mark Twain estate. Read More
I regret extremely: schizophrenic writer Colin Barrass Brough
Take a look at the documented mind of Colin Barrass-Brough, a diarist, blogger, writer, and schizophrenic who chronicles his fight against the health system and his illness. Read More
Poor economy forcing closure of Poe’s house
Beset to tragedy all the way into the 21st century, Poe's Baltimore house is in danger of being shuttered again, thanks to the economy and unfriendly locale of the house. Read More
Word choice might act like “fingerprint”
Your choice of words might reveal more about you than you think, including lies, love, and leadership styles - so says psychologist Pennebaker. Read More