Author Archives: Kat

About Kat

Cat lover, singer, early music addict, reads a lot. Former R&D chemist with an obsessive need for variety. Now active as a freelance technical writer and editor, web designer, photographer, computer coach, and trainer. Owner, MasterWork Consulting (http://www.masterworkconsulting.com/).

Drawn to Read

Ward Sutton, whose cartoons and illustrations I first encountered in the pages of The New Yorker, writes a monthly column for the Barnes & Noble Review. His December column was a series of postcards highlighting the most notable books of 2010 … Continue reading

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Did you learn something today?

On December 31, the last day of 2010, I read an interesting OpEd piece in the New York Times. Oliver Sacks, the neurologist I first encountered through his 1970 book on migraine, wrote a wonderful essay about the plasticity of … Continue reading

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Birthday books

Just discovered BibliOZ.com. Among other neat features, it has a search for Birthday Bestsellers. Just enter a date for a birthday, wedding, or other significant event, and BibliOZ.com returns a list of the NYT bestsellers for that week. (For dates … Continue reading

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Couldn’t Concentrate on Writing

…because the need to fix the colors and header photos and layout was distracting me. So, I put off finishing the blog post and did the tweaking. More to come, but at least now I can concentrate on writing.

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Lost Day

Doncha just HATE IT when interruptions ruin your day? I had it all planned out: Shower and dress Eat a healthy breakfast Drive Andy to work Spend half an hour checking out a simple display glitch on a friend’s computer … Continue reading

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