[ Essay ] What does an artist do?

  by  faith goble   My definition of art is the chemical reaction between the art(ist) and the audience. Then what does an artist do, after all? She doesn’t set out to create chemistry—that’s a secondary effect. She is out to create...

[ Tech Comm ] Kindle’s Return Key

This is my Amazon Kindle. It has four buttons surrounding the five-way pad. Three of them are intuitive: Home, Menu, and Keyboard (from right to left). One is not: Return (the leftmost one).  Why it isn't intuitive? It looks too similar to the Enter key...

[ Essay ] How to receive a proper massage 2/2

  by  Luke Peterson Photography  The second part of this series talk about another unique aspect of Kibbutz Bardo massage: Going out. Or, I would rather say Going up. The massage bed was set up in the middle of the apartment rooftop (Kibbutz...

[ Tech Comm ] Apple’s Manuals

This is what appears at the first page of the user manual of the iPad. The usual minimalistic Apple style: immaculately clean, simple yet strong, nothing excessive. Or maybe not — especially the last point. What is “For iOS 5.0 Software”? I don’t know. And if I,...