DISQUS

Hi Meta-Amy, on a copy of a picture of a Kindle displaying a picture of you!

Not so many high school books, but a few college ones.

Don Quixote: someone (Aubrey Bell, says Google) once said that a person should read Don Quixote as a youth, then in midlife, and finally again in old age.

War and Peace. Seriously. It's an amazing book, and I must admit I skimmed the ending.

I always meant to read Ulysses, but never did: we didn't read that one in college.

Is that a color photo of Cordova?

I would say something like, "These cultural references imply that data analysis skills are not merely a useful set of tools, but a cohesive discipline called analytics."

You have a rowboat!

I'd know that vest anywhere.

Hi Mom!

That double tall soy mocha . . . you know you want it!

Clinton, New York is beautiful in May.

I was thinking about how the middle of generation X (born in the late 60s and early 70s) is a transitional cohort with regard to digital technology. Although we were children in a mostly analog world, and learned many of the obsolete skills in this list, we were exposed to microcomputers as children, too. We're natives of both the digital and pre-digital worlds.

How do you know you're part of this lucky group? Identifying obsolete skills include playing Space Invaders on an Atari 2600, and programming BASIC on a Commodore whose programs load from cassette.

How much is that giant one in the window?

I'm happy to comment on your blog. However, I won't add you as a friend on Facebook. No offense intended: I'm reserving Facebook connections for people whom I've met in person.