“The parallels continue! McCain is a military man who spent time in a Vietnam prison camp, the character of Col. Tigh is a military man who spent time in a Cylon prison camp. Sarah Palin comes from a family of school teachers, the character of Laura Roslin was school teacher before becoming Secretary of Education (and then later President).”
“Most people know the staff at the local Starbucks better than McCain knows Palin … McCain has made a mockery out of his campaign’s longtime contention that Sen. Obama is dangerously inexperienced to be commander in chief. Now, the Democratic ticket boasts 40 years of national experience (four years for Obama and 36 years for Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware), while the Republican ticket has 26 (McCain’s four yeas in the House and 22 in the Senate.)”
He’s right on this one. There’s a mindset in our culture that venorates the busy. The more you can do at once, the better.
I call bullshit.
Imagine the busy executive. Arms flailing, a phone tucked under his chin, a Blackberry clacking in one hand and a mouse in the other, he’s doing four things at once. What a machine! He is the envy of the working world.
I see a guy who’s doing four jobs poorly. Specifically, he’s giving each project 1/4 the attention it deserves. Now, I know that it’s impossible to remain laser-focued on one task all day long (for instance, I’m eating as I type this), but you can do it 90% of the time.
The middle of the book has become a business/economics class, which isn’t what I was expecting, but I’m going to stick with it.
Oh, it’s still in publication, but Dwell has ceased to be the magazine I grew to love. Once a great source of contemporary Modern Design, Dwell has changed in two important ways.
First, its articles have stupid titles like, “Tip your Eco-Hat to Solar Power!” (Feb. 08), “The Glass House Menagerie” (Feb. ‘08) and “Outback Stacked House” (Aug. ‘08) which belittle the content. Come on, guys. Leave the silly puns to Cosmo.
The other change is worse. A couple of years ago, Dwell featured projects like homemade bookshelves, coffee tables and stenciled walls. Today, it caters to the elite who buy mid-50’s Jaguars and vintage Eames furniture.
They had an editorial change in 2006; perhaps that’s got something to do with it. In any case, it’s disappointing. I’ll keep my stack of back issues, but I won’t by any new ones.
