RECENT BLOGS
Free is Not a Living: Journalism in 2013
The disruption of the Internet is not being evenly distributed or experienced across the board. Something has to give.
“Newdiary” – a Writer’s Shell Script
This is the simplest useful program I could come up with, and I use it almost every day. It’s also a good example of how useful a tiny shell script can be.
San Francisco Public Press Rebranding Project
Last year I worked with the public-interest news startup the San Francisco Public Press to re-brand the project and create a new visual identity for the paper.
Three Types of Reading
While I’m always craving immersion in the third kind of reading, if I don’t get enough of type two, I find myself distracted by my own lack of knowledge about so many things which I know so little about.
You Have to Live in the City for Years to Really Appreciate the Country
If all you’ve known is the enormity of a country day, have never known the tightness of constricted, scarce space, have never spent years without walking a dirt road or seeing a naked hillside at dawn, you can’t appreciate what you have.
How Starting a Literary Magazine Made Me More Optimistic About Rejection
I have a different reaction these days when I get a submission rejected from somewhere I have sent it: it still doesn’t feel good, but I take it less seriously than I used to.
Manzanita Rei: Sketches
My daughter, Manzanita Rei Allen, was born May 10th, 2012 in San Francisco. Instead of a coherent essay, for now, here’s some pictures, a video, and a couple sketches.
Clouds Animation 1
An animation made on my iPhone with the “Animation Creator” app.