Interview with Howard Rheingold

interviewed by John Hammond

Originally published on June 1, 2003

John Hammond talks with Howard Rheingold about Smart Mobs, what technology won’t do for us and why the U.S. is currently behind Asia and Europe in the development and use of some of these technologies.

Smart Mobs

reviewed by John Hammond

Originally published on June 1, 2003

This is a must read for anyone curious about how technology is changing the way we relate to each other.

Back When We Were Grownups

reviewed by John Hammond

Originally published on January 20, 2002

Wondering about the lives we might have led must be a universal preoccupation, for we know the plot of our lives could have gone in many other directions just as easily. As Robert Frost’s famous “The Road Not Taken” reminds us, one key choice can make “all the difference.” Anne Tyler launches her latest novel, [...]

Sailing Alone Around the Room

reviewed by John Hammond

Originally published on November 1, 2001

The publication of Billy Collins’ new and selected poems comes only about a month after his appointment as Poet Laureate of the U.S. for 2001-2002 and a little more than a decade since the publication of The Apple That Astonished Paris, the first of four books represented here along with 20 new and uncollected poems. [...]