Posts About 'books'
You Are Not A Gadget
Something went wrong around the start of the twenty-first century. The crowd was wise. Social networks replaced individual creativity. There were more places to express ourselves than ever before …
Read The Blurb
A little while ago the nice people at Blurb contacted me, and asked if I would like to create a book of my Photo 366 project. I pointed out that … Continue reading →
On Writing
I’ll preface this essay by stating that I am not, and do not consider myself to be, a writer.
I recently visited the Writing Britain exhibition at the British Library, … Continue reading →
Arthur C. Clarke Invented The iPad
I’m reading 2001: A Space Odyssey at the moment and was struck by this passage in which Arthur C. Clarke essentially describes the iPad, some 40 years before its invention … Continue reading →
Typewriters
I love this image that I just came across on The Well Appointed Desk; it combines my love of old technology with some of my favourite authors.
There is … Continue reading →
Plastic the Colour of Vaseline
My favourite author William Gibson is on Twitter. I love this tweet of his – it’s pure Gibson distilled to 137 characters:
In Paris, I always imagine living in a