The July issue of Fast Company is online. Once again I find myself being rather apathetic. Lord knows, the selection of articles has decreased from what you'd find a few years back. And the content is permeated with tales of teeth-gritting resolution, of moving forward in the face of uncertainty, etc., etc.
Try as they might to put on the brave face, Fast Company seems to have lost its New Economy swagger, and I find myself missing the gee-whiz optimism, the "can do" tone of old. I know this isn't 1998, but I could use a few words of promise, the idea that cool things await me if I just make the effort to go after them. A little something to pump me up, y'know?
Whatever.
I also got an e-mail letting me know that there are a bunch of new articles up at informIT.com. However, ever since they tweaked their site design a little while back, I can't read any of the goddam articles -- most of the body text shows up on my screen in 4 point type. How frigging annoying.