by Steve Skojec | Dec 13, 2011 | Family
My dear Grandmother passed away today. There wasn’t any doubt that this was coming. She was sick, and we all knew it, but I never had a sense of how much time she had. The cancer was spreading, I was told, but I didn’t get to see her and I kept forgetting...
by Steve Skojec | Nov 30, 2011 | Tech, The Future Is Now
I was recently doing some research on a story idea I had, and I came across this list of the “top 10” lost technologies. Number 10 on the list is the world-famous Stradivari violin, the secret of which died with the Stradivari family in the 18th century....
by Steve Skojec | Nov 29, 2011 | Insights, Productivity, The Big Questions
This morning when I got in the car, I noticed that my phone was dead. It had been on the charger all night, but something had obviously malfunctioned, and so I was stuck with a two-hour commute and no access to the audiobook I’m currently listening to, China...
by Steve Skojec | Nov 15, 2011 | Family, Insights, Writing
It was our turn. They counted on the porch, eyes closed, squinting, their voices louder than they needed to be. I grabbed Alex, hefted him under one arm, and sprinted as quietly as I could across the nearly grassless expanse of lawn toward the tree line....
by Steve Skojec | Nov 1, 2011 | Writing
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m taking a crack this month for the first time ever at the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) competition. I’ve written fiction for a very, very long time. I’ve never finished anything longer than a...
