Author: Vince Kimball

'A Short History of Nearly Everything': Bill Bryson's Universe. Bill Bryson actually fulfills the promise of his title: presenting the basic facts of science with clarity and concision. By Ed Regis. [New York Times: Books]

'God's Secretaries': Blessed Are the Phrasemakers. Adam Nicolson recounts the story of a committee that actually accomplished something: the King James Version. By Christopher Hitchens. [New York Times: Books]

Slayage. The International Journal of Buffy Studies. Issue 8 is now available. [Mark Bernstein]

Six Tips for Improving Your Design Documentation. “If you are a designer or product planner, you probably create documents of some kind to capture your design decisions and solutions. Documentation is a crucial component of successful product planning and implementation, so it's important that it communicates as effectively as possible. Good organization, complete information, and… Continue reading Six Tips for Improving Your Design Documentation

Harry Potter at the Witching Hour. Plan to Potter Around Oak Park Next Month “But you don't have to be a wizard, and you don't have to be in London to pay a visit to that fabled alley. Just go to Oak Park Avenue and Lake Street in west suburban Oak Park on Friday, June… Continue reading Harry Potter at the Witching Hour

NY Times on White House theatrics. They hired people from ABC and Fox to stage events for them. The pic of Bush in front of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt at Mt Rushmore is beautiful, and frightening. [Scripting News]

Weblogs and knowledge management. Weblogs and knowledge management Another stream of recent posts has focused on weblogs as a tool for knowledge management both to capture and share knowledge. They include a mix of posts focusing on individual knowledge workers and on knowledge workers within organizations. [via McGee's Musings] Jim – great job summarizing some… Continue reading Weblogs and knowledge management

American Civil Liberties Union : Press Release – ACLU Releases Report on Suppression of Dissent in a Post 9/11 America . Taking their cue from the Bush Administration, law enforcement officials across the country have interrogated, detained and prosecuted hundreds of people for exercising their First Amendment freedoms of speech and assembly, according to a… Continue reading ACLU Releases Report on Suppression of Dissent in a Post 9/11 America