Dispatches from Elsewhere
The Half-Naked Man in Laos
I was in Vientiane, Laos. I’d woken up early one morning and was sitting outside a small coffee shop, facing a single-lane road. It was early, quiet, cool—that time of...
The Half-Naked Man in Laos
I was in Vientiane, Laos. I’d woken up early one morning and was sitting outside a small coffee shop, facing a single-lane road. It was early, quiet, cool—that time of...
The Most Dangerous People Are the Ones You Trust
When I was a kid, I hated going to the dentist. Not because I had cavities. But because my dentist didn’t believe in numbing. I’m not kidding. He would just...
The Most Dangerous People Are the Ones You Trust
When I was a kid, I hated going to the dentist. Not because I had cavities. But because my dentist didn’t believe in numbing. I’m not kidding. He would just...
A Terrible Place to Wake Up
The engine was off, and the car wasn’t moving. I lifted my head and looked out the window. We weren’t at a temple. We were parked in the driveway of...
A Terrible Place to Wake Up
The engine was off, and the car wasn’t moving. I lifted my head and looked out the window. We weren’t at a temple. We were parked in the driveway of...
The Night I Tried to Use a Book to Get a Girl
When I was in college, I once tried to impress a girl I had somehow convinced to come back to my bedroom. I was pumped. I figured all I had...
The Night I Tried to Use a Book to Get a Girl
When I was in college, I once tried to impress a girl I had somehow convinced to come back to my bedroom. I was pumped. I figured all I had...
Part IV – Amazon Is the Author
If readers don’t care who writes the books, Amazon will fill the store with its own. They won’t kick authors off the platform. They won’t ban indies. They won’t make...
Part IV – Amazon Is the Author
If readers don’t care who writes the books, Amazon will fill the store with its own. They won’t kick authors off the platform. They won’t ban indies. They won’t make...
Part III - The Kindle Becomes a Live Book Club
Reading has always been treated as a private act. That’s about to change. Imagine being able to see how many people are reading the same book as you or how...
Part III - The Kindle Becomes a Live Book Club
Reading has always been treated as a private act. That’s about to change. Imagine being able to see how many people are reading the same book as you or how...