Tag: lists

In the beginning were lists

Umberto Eco has been invited by the Louvre in Paris to curate an exhibition. He has chosen lists as his organising principle.
Making lists is often derided as a cop-out: something that we do instead of actually creating or making something. Lists have recently been called a degenerate case of essay.
It seems that Umberto Eco [...]

Top 5 books for 2007

I’m a little late with my “best of” 2007 lists. It think technically you’re supposed to write these before the end of the year. Oh well, I’ve never really been one for following convention anyway. This is a list of the books that I read during 2007 that I enjoyed most. [...]

Four Things

Several lists of four things, including things to do before I die; jobs I’ve had; favourite movies; favourite food; favourite websites and more.

10 Films for Bluish Days

When I’m down and weary, these are the films that make me happy.

An Imperfect List of Fantastic Books

It was tempting to title this post “A Long Time Coming,” but that’s far too similar to the title of the first post in this blog.
At the time that New Media was coming to an abrupt end, Wendy asked for a list of my top ten books. I actually did start putting a list [...]