“Do you take notes on the computer?”, Ann Patchet asks Rowling. “Do you have like old disks?” She answers with slight hesitation,”Hmm, it sounds like a product placement but still I’m going to say it.. Hmm.. The MacBook Air changed my life. (claps from the audience) It did! It changed my life. I used to…
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The Franzenstein Effect: Jonathan Franzen on the ‘Eternal’ Battle of PC versus Mac
As he was reading his own essay on the Kraus Project, the contemporary renowned American author Jonathan Franzen showcased his bitter, cynical view towards the latest progress of the world of technology. And that makes him so much intelligently ‘sexier’ than any other authors, in my view. I’m glad that he spoke about it with…
Who Do You Think You Are? I’m … (Insert any Nouns Here)
After watching BBC’s documentary series “Who Do You Think You Are?”, I decided that it must be cool to know my family history. I saw the episodes of J. K. Rowling, Stephen Fry, Kim Catrall, Emilia Fox. And I felt like, “Wow, I really really wish I could trace my roots back like that.” But…
Write Freely, Edit Cruelly
“I find that discussing an idea before I’ve written it is often the best way to kill it stone-dead.” – J. K. Rowling Doesn’t it sound too obvious? I’ve known this since like… forever? Discussing about an idea with anybody else prior to writing it and push the wildest imagination to the point of exhaustion…
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