Category Archives: books

There’s an App for That, but Will You Use It?

This year’s International Festival of Authors features Marisha Pessl, author of Night Film. I haven’t read this book yet, but it’s full of creative extras, including a “Night Film Decoder” app that can be downloaded and used to scan images in the book (print or e-book) that unlock multimedia content. I love innovative stuff likeContinue Reading

Here’s to Landing on Our Feet

I just returned from dropping my daughter off at the local subway station, where she and her fellow Girl Guides are selling cookies. They do this every year, and I was struck by the memory of walking her to the station last year. I tore my ACL last October, and walking was excruciating. The subwayContinue Reading