Jennifer Howard

Here’s a question that I want to get out of the way early on: Do I still think that it’s a little too cozy in the blogosphere? Hmm. I still read some of the same blogs I was trawling back in 2003, and I still find many of them annoying in one way or another. But—gross generalization here—they’re not as plagued by narcissism as they were then. Or they’ve just segued into a more confident, less cronyistic, more essayistic sort of narcissism. As people get more comfortable inhabiting a medium or a genre, they have less to prove, and less… Read more...

Welcome to my…blog. (I’ve always felt it’s important to embrace trends at least two years after they peak—stovepipe jeans, for instance.) You won’t find any bloggy triumphalism here, and posting will be sporadic. So why bother? I wanted a little space in which to noodle around, try out an occasional idea, and unburden myself of the odd rant or pointless observation. The website was feeling a little static, if you know what I mean, so what the heck. Expectations are low, and we have the technology…. Read more...