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The Story Story

One reason for the continuing popularity of more traditional means of storytelling is their lack of explicitness, and reliance on the imagination.

March 29, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Virtual books, virtual ownership, real profits

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When a publisher shuts, physical books don’t lock themselves, erase their pages, or crumble into dust. eBooks do.

March 19, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Still scratching the surface: on the transience of computer ‘culture’

How many books about computing can compare with Aristotle’s Poetics, or the writing of Steven Pinker or Stephen Hawking?

March 15, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Telling the story: narrative across media

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From cave paintings to on-demand movies, narrative is one of the most pervasive and persistent features of humans.

January 18, 2016 General, Language, Life, Painting, Technology

Don’t ditch the index(es)

Is it just me, or are printed books increasingly being published without any index(es)?

December 8, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

The making of “From silk to canvas”

When writing for this blog is far tougher than performing a tracheotomy.

August 17, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Knowledge to rely on?

On 18 January 2012, (English) Wikipedia shut us out in protest at proposed US legislation. I was deeply upset, and wrote this in response.

June 14, 2015 Macs, Technology

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