Monthly Archives: August 2011

Amy Plum’s Daily Devoirs: The Shifty Waiter Dev

This one stolen from a question an interviewer asked me.

You’re sitting down to dinner at a fancy restaurant. The waiter arrives with your domed plate, looking shifty. He sets it down and dramatically removes the cover. Everyone in the restaurant gasps. What has he served you?

What’s a Dev? Find out here!

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Amy Plum’s Daily Devoirs: The Mystery Fruit Dev

Take a fruit. Eat it. The describe the experience without giving the name of the fruit. You can use color, smell, taste, sound, texture…but not the word for the fruit itself.

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Amy Plum’s Daily Devoirs: The Modigliani Dev

Amedeo Modigliani "Portrait of a Woman in a Black Tie" 1917

Ignore anything you might know about this painting (place/time)
1. Give the woman an age and name.
2. What does she do? (Career and/or hobby)
3. Who did she love, and who does she love now?
4. How will she die?

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Me Reading DIE FOR ME in Paris (on the Ile St. Louis)

Remember when Vincent took Kate on the Vespa ride across Paris? And then afterward, when he took her to the quay to talk DEEP STUFF? Well, you can see it yourself on this video that I shot last week where I read a little passage from that chapter! READ MORE…

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Amy Plum’s Daily Devoirs: The Name Dev

Find out the first and middle names of your grandmother and her mother. Say each of their names without thinking of the woman, and choose one adjective and noun that comes to mind for each. Then say each of their names while thinking about them and choose another two words.

What’s a Dev? Find out here!

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