I was talking with a literary agent friend in New York yesterday. He was lamenting that the publishing industry “is flat.” Talking about Kindel, etc. Also, since he’s a news hound, and reads the Times, WSJ, Financial Times, et al, he was worried about where the great journalists are going to be in a few years. How will we get in-depth coverage when the mainstream newspapers die? “I don’t care what happens as long as Beezos (of amazon.com) isn’t running everything,” he said. Obviously, Jeff has taken a bite out of the publishing industry.

When I got off the phone, a fellow employee in our digital agency/software company said that half of the popular novels in Japan today are written on cell phones, in SMS.

I know it’s a gesture, but I got up this morning and wrote a haiku on the bathroom mirror in toothpaste. One small step for man.