Lessons learned
We ponder what we want to leave behind.
explanation
Unimportant history
Obscure biography
A book about someone we’d never heard of turns out to be unexpectedly interesting.
The student’s load
Getting quieter
A small triumph
We note an important advance in technology that has happened without fanfare.
The right textbook
The photographer’s intention
Photographs and images
Technology can make images much more expressive and creative than even a decade or two ago. Mostly, it hasn’t.
Getting the stars right
Octopus arithmetic
Language change
Responsibility
The passive voice
Sometimes it’s hard to work out who is responsible. It’s only going to get harder.