Chad Aaron Hall

Yes people are busy, but if you try to make an arrangement with someone three times and it doesn’t happen, then that person doesn’t want to be available to you.

Then I sit there and muse about what to write that day . Such moments are pure bliss . To tell the truth , I have never found writing painful . Neither ( thankfully ) have I ever found myself unable to write . What’s the point of writing , anyway , if you’re not enjoying it ? I can’t get my head around the idea of “the suffering writer . ” Basicall... See more

New Media is not limited by the formats, genres, or business lines of the past . It sees the world with fresh eyes, hungering for new means of delivery and form.

But this isn’t really about the software. It’s about what software promises us—that it will help us become who we want to be, living the lives we find most meaningful and fulfilling. The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and inter... See more

More than half of faculty—52 percent—say they're afraid they'll lose their job or reputation over a misunderstanding of something they said or did, or because someone posted something from their past online. While almost three-quarters of conservative faculty expressed this year, 40 percent of even liberal faculty agree. That's staggering: two in f... See more

I’ll close with an interview from Tyler, the Creator that I really like; he’s observing that younger emerging artists are reluctant to promote their work. They post it once on social media, and then it’s gone, and they’re sad people forgot about it. That’s not the right approach; even with the audience and reputation he had, he says, “I’m still pro... See more