I always have been and will remain someone who loves real, 3D, substantial books. And I don't believe that it's a wistful, nostalgic interest like vinyl collectors. It's not the same thing.

Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk.

Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn't meant to convince anybody of anything.

With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.

GaGa is a digital baby - that's how they communicate. There cant be any layers between the artists and their fans.

Working alone on a poem, a poet is of all artists the most free. The poem can be written with a modicum of technology, and can be published, in most cases, quite cheaply.

Sometimes an ethnographic inquiry will lead to new ways to use an existing technology or will generate new technologies.

While everyone would love to have that perfect portfolio of stocks that can be bought and held forever, it usually does not work out that way. Markets, technology, and businesses change too quickly to put portfolios on autopilot.