Interviews: 2014
Lightspeed: Art and Technology
Francis Olschafskie wears two big hats: (1) he is a highly regarded fine arts photographer, and (2) he is one of the inventor-pioneers of the computer graphics industry. His latest technological invention, Read and Note (www.readandnote.com), is the world’s most advanced reading, organization, annotation, and collaboration platform. It is cloud-based and works on computers and tablets. Read and Note’s early engagements have been with the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, Cambridge University Press, the Museum of Modern Art, and the...
read moreLiving with Graffiti
Klaus’ sharp blue eyes greet us; he is as fascinating as the walls he lives with. Klaus’ resume is sketchy, to say the least. Born in Germany, he has lived in the United States for over 30 years. At the age of 20, he visited New York City and worked as a mechanic on French automobiles. Later he shipped out as a merchant marine. He jumped a train to Pennsylvania where he worked for a well-known developer and realtor in West Chester, the county seat of Chester County. The developer gave Klaus a job at a bed and breakfast. Klaus...
read moreGastronomically Speaking: A Conversation with Ruth Reichl
If you are not a devotee of eating out or cooking in, you may not be familiar with Ruth Reichl, but for most so-called “Foodies,” Ruth is a shining light. Following a tumultuous coming-of-age, which is thoroughly explored in the four installments of her memoirs, Ruth found her true calling in 1970s Berkeley, at the dawn of the Alice Waters era. Ruth evolved from commune cooking, to restaurant chef, to magazine food critic, to restaurant critic of the LA Times, to the exalted position of restaurant critic of the New York Times. She left the...
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