How people describe their relationship to their own work

March 14, 2005 5:43 AM

How we work. "The habits, rituals and small (and occasionally big) methods people and teams use to get their work done." Includes Damien Hirst, J.G. Ballard, Pierre Omidyar, Mohamed al-Fayed, Scott McNealy, and Gibson vs Doctorow on the effect of blogging on work.
posted by iffley (6 comments total)

hahaha, very good!
posted by NinjaPirate at 5:48 AM on March 14, 2005

Very cool. I'm surpised they didn't include the Gibson quote that stuck in my mind the most when Gibson temporarily abandoned his 'blog to work on a novel, returning to "the Cornellian stage, the frame, of a formal narrative":

I’ve always known, somehow, that it would get in the way of writing fiction, and that I wouldn’t want to be trying to do both [blogging and writing] at once. The image that comes most readily to mind is that of a kettle failing to boil because the lid’s been left off.

I like that.
posted by Shane at 6:30 AM on March 14, 2005

Hah! Scott McNealy banned Powerpoint. He claims they had 12.9 gigs of PPTs before the ban.

I always figured I'd do that if I ever ran a corporation.
posted by delmoi at 7:02 AM on March 14, 2005

Fascinating. Thank you.
posted by muckster at 8:51 AM on March 14, 2005

Excellent post, thanks.
(i'm keeping the pens on del.icio.us)
posted by 31d1 at 12:18 PM on March 14, 2005

The banning powerpoint is great. I wonder if StarImpress is also banned ;)

But it's true, powerpoint makes for lazy speakers and inattentive listeners. The ability to hold an audience with your words is becoming increasingly rare.
posted by Space Coyote at 9:15 PM on March 14, 2005