Inspiration Board May 27 2011 is a post from: PurpleCar

Moving Away

I don’t feel like promoting this post much. I wrote it in newsletter format. You are welcome to read it, but it is more a personal note to myself. I’ve reached a time of put up or shut up in my life, and this is my line in the sand.

As always, you are welcome to make remarks in the comment section.

Not Working, by PurpleCar

Social Media: Not Working is a post from: PurpleCar

I went to BCNIPHILLY11 this weekend. Here are my raves and rants about the event. It’s in newsletter shape in pdf. It’s totally safe to download, I promise. No malware, just ranty goodness (turned to badness)… Enjoy. If you went to BCNI and want to chime in, the comment section is all yours!

http://www.purplecar.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/PURPLECARbcnireview.pdf

BARCAMP NEWS INNOVATION REVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS is a post from: PurpleCar

Slang: All about all | The Economist.

Click over to see we-all’s conversation about all and all.

Slang: All about all | The Economist is a post from: PurpleCar

by llleahhh

THRALL

The grass is dense with perspective,
but I don’t paint.
The lattice of green and brown reaches
to a forever point on the horizon,
lit perfectly for capture,
but my easel sits undisturbed.
Today I noticed stalks growing up its legs;
My own feet have become so enmeshed
in the network of roots
that I cannot walk.
Years pass like this.
I sit in the tall reeds and hide
from the field mice that are known
to carry plague.
I search the dirt for traces of gold
left behind by worthier pioneers.
I watch the wind toss the blade clusters
as if they were schools of fish
caught in the tides.
Eventually,
Night will rise; The light will fade.
And I will have my excuse
for yet another
blank canvas.

-Christine Cavalier

Thrall is a post from: PurpleCar

Ideas spread like pollen

Wordless Wednesday: Pollinate is a post from: PurpleCar

Many, many implications for our lives as data, our own personal memories, and what it means to learn.

TED video: Deb Roy, The Birth of a Word is a post from: PurpleCar

Hideous fonts may boost reading comprehension – Laura Miller – Salon.com.

Hideous fonts may boost reading comprehension – Laura Miller – Salon.com is a post from: PurpleCar

As much as I hate to link to a site that doesn’t pay its writers, I saw this link via Books, Inc. this morning and I felt like I had to share. The author has some harsh words about the suckage that is the publishing industry. The lesson, like Gaping Void’s Ignore Everybody, is to return to your basic state of writer, be natural, and abhor the vacuum that kills creativity.

Anis Shivani: New Rules For Writers: Ignore Publicity, Shun Crowds, Refuse Recognition And More.

Writers: Be Natural, Abhor the Vacuum. is a post from: PurpleCar

Does Practice Make Pro? Ask a Chinese Mother or Steven Pressfield. | Thoughtwrestling | Thoughtwrestling.

Does Practice Make Pro? Ask a Chinese Mother or Steven Pressfield. | Thoughtwrestling | Thoughtwrestling is a post from: PurpleCar