Technical Essays
Try turning 2 or 3 technical papers into essays.
Candidates:
- Synchronous Interaction Among Hundreds
- Broadcast synchronous messages
- Revisit Kairos essay
Study Sets
Assemble two study sets of 5-10 essays (existing essays, not ones that I have written).
- One set will be of essays on technology X interaction X design.
- The other will be short (<2,500 word) essays.
Ideally, they should be essays that I like; barring that, they should be essays that others have liked. In either case, the point is to help me understand how I can write similar essays) OR convince me that the topic areas/length constraints just don’t work for me.
Tech-Ix-Design Essays that I like
- The Crisp at the Crossroads, Reyner Barnham
Short Essays that I like
- Orangutan, Oliver Sacks (300 words)
- Ice Storm, Nicholson Baker (500 words)
- Water Babies, Oliver Sacks (1,100 words)
- South Kensington , Oliver Sacks (1,600 words)
- Changes of Mind, Nicholson Baker (1,800 words)
Rejections
Collect three rejections.
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