Recounting his experiences during his reading the Encyclopedia Brittanica for his book The Know-it-all, journalist AJ Jacobs found himself inserting into everyday conversation the numerous obscure factoids he’d discovered. Not surprisingly, he soon earned the nickname ‘the great conversation stopper.’
I’m not so much of a factoid dropper–not so much as AJ in the Brittanica days, at [...]
I just finished reading AJ Jacobs’ latest book, entitled, The Guinea Pig Diaries, in which he recounts how he tried on such experimental lifestyles as radical honesty, George Washington-style civility, and disciplined unitasking.
In the book, Jacobs, an editor for Esquire magazine, talks about his own work-from-home situation quite a bit. In addition to mentioning his love [...]