Wing Tang Wong

author: Sheryl Lindsell-Robert Sheryl Lindsell Roberts asin: 0764552074 binding: Paperback list price: $21.99 USD amazon price: $21.99

Do you wish that you could cut your writing time in half and double the impact? Do you worry that your business communications are fuzzy and ineffective? Do your letters get results or just get recycled?  read more »

author: Francois Thomazeau asin: 1892145340 binding: Paperback list price: $16.95 USD amazon price: $11.53 USD

There may be a bistro on every block in Paris, but distinguishing the good from the disappointing isn't so easy: these little neighborhood restaurants look alike—zinc (or wood or pewter) bar, with small dining room, daily specials on the chalkboard, husband in the kitchen, wife up front. But the 51 bistros profiled here stand apart from the others by virtue of their food, often regional dishes native to the owners' home province, and wine, often a short but well-chosen list from small vineyards with which the owner has a longstanding relationship.  read more »

On The Matter of "Cruft"

For those who know me, I have a habit of building out a sizable online footprint, then after a year or so, just retract them back, save for a handful, which I migrate or rebuild. Part of this exercise is due to hosting migrations, but part of it is to clear out "cruft" that builds up on my sites.

By cruft, I mean... posts which really don't add much value to the site, for me, or for people visiting and reading the site.

However, what survives has a tendency to be improved upon, even if it seems worse off at first.

This site is a new site. :) So thankfully, it has no bar by which it is being judged.

However, my other blogging sites do have a history.. and a good deal of "cruft".  read more »