Why is there a box cutter on my desk?

I love books, I respect what goes into a quality print publication. I didn’t want to do it. but I had to.

Yesterday I took a box cutter to page 175 of Art Kleiner’s terrific book, The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management (amzn). The figure, Fluctuations in a Production-Distribution Cycle in the section on Forrester was slated to appear in the MIT SMR article, Jay Forrester’s Shock to the System. Out came razor, and the the page. Into the scanner and Photoshop it went.

Here’s hoping that Jimmy’s not too upset when he returns from TED.

Cut / Paste

A loooong Friday

No icestorm for Boston but a lot of rain. Some picture from Friday, December 12th.

Day starts wishing I could walk on water. Many hours later I notice that (a) my feet are finally dry and (b) the sun was out and is now setting. Head out the office door to take the sunset pic. A few hours later some crazy people who believe in things like walking on water show up to spread their hate.