Monthly Archives: July 2008

Collective Guilt

A colleague of mine recently wrote to me that that members of her American family are debating the issue of that nation’s collective guilt over the Iraqi war. In Canada, federal politicians apologized last month on behalf of our collective … Continue reading

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Mashups and Plotting a Story

I find mashups on the web are like plotting a story. You could take different dynamic webpages, cut and rearrange them into a brand new master web page that refreshes continuosly as its components change and update. Similarly, I could … Continue reading

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Are Writers closet Politicians or vice versa?

Many exiting political leaders, whether through retirement or being voted out of office ( or deposed, exiled, overthrown – as extreme forms of replacement) tend to write their memoirs soon afterwards, as if trying to capture that lost glory of … Continue reading

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There are more writers than readers

With all the material available in blogs, self-publishing, memoirs, e-mail, instant messenger and other formats – there appears to be more writers than readers. Shrinking leisure hours due to the 24×7 work week restricts time for reading even further; and … Continue reading

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