Over-optimization
Ford's Assembly Line Any Type A who has experienced perfect optimization—whether it be military, sports, video gaming, or business—longs for its repetition. We Type As love efficiency, and therefore squeeze as much as possible into a moment or event. Such multi-tasking can lead us down a wayward path of over-optimization as we try to accomplish too many th

The Coming of Age of GUI
The Android GUI I can’t remember whether my fascination with graphical user interfaces (GUI) began with Pong or the Mac SE, but somewhere along my long journey down the

The West Coast Tour
11/12 Books Inc. Reading Announcement Last Thursday  I began my west coast book tour for latest novel, Ere I Saw Elba. An hour later, the tour was over. This one and only reading was hosted by the

Paper or Porcelain?
Rebecca McCracken & her grandaughter Tessa A week ago I started my Saturday morning with coffee and a pastry at Destination Bakery. After taking my order, the attendant asked, “Paper or porcelain?” It was a rare morning, one in which I could afford to choose porcelain. I

Falling Back to Spring Forward
  Morgan ManifacierYesterday we fell back, ending six months of daylight savings time. For many, this signals the time for rest and rejuvenation. For entrepreneurs, it is the opposite. We hunker down and innovate. Could be we’re born night owls or maybe the reason is more biological in nature—the quickening of dusk triggers in us some primordial urge to create. One data point tha