I had the good fortune of attending a presentation by Professor Gershenfeld while I was at Amazon.com. I quickly followed up by reading his book “When Things Start to Think.” It’s one of the few books I have read in the last 5 years that I have actually taken large quotations from (I keep the citings in virtual sticky notes on my computer.) I didn’t realize that he had another book out (“Fab”), so it’s going to leap to the top of my reading list.

This December is going to be great: Gerschenfeld’s “Fab” and the New York Times Magazine Year in Ideas issue. Who needs Christmas?