Comments on: How people describe their relationship to their own work

How people describe their relationship to their own work

iffley — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 05:43:09 -0800

How we work. "The habits, rituals and small (and occasionally big) methods people and teams use to get their work done." Includes Damien Hirst, J.G. Ballard, Pierre Omidyar, Mohamed al-Fayed, Scott McNealy, and Gibson vs Doctorow on the effect of blogging on work.

By: NinjaPirate

NinjaPirate — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 05:48:07 -0800

hahaha, very good!

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:30:24 -0800

Very cool. I'm surpised they didn't include the Gibson quote that stuck in my mind the most when Gibson temporarily abandoned his 'blog to work on a novel, returning to "the Cornellian stage, the frame, of a formal narrative":

I've always known, somehow, that it would get in the way of writing fiction, and that I wouldn't want to be trying to do both [blogging and writing] at once. The image that comes most readily to mind is that of a kettle failing to boil because the lid's been left off.

I like that.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:02:51 -0800

Hah! Scott McNealy banned Powerpoint. He claims they had 12.9 gigs of PPTs before the ban. I always figured I'd do that if I ever ran a corporation.

By: muckster

muckster — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:51:30 -0800

Fascinating. Thank you.

By: 31d1

31d1 — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:18:17 -0800

Excellent post, thanks. (i'm keeping the pens on del.icio.us)

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:15:39 -0800

The banning powerpoint is great. I wonder if StarImpress is also banned ;) But it's true, powerpoint makes for lazy speakers and inattentive listeners. The ability to hold an audience with your words is becoming increasingly rare.