Print is Dead, Long Live Print
I wonder if 2010 will be the year that mainstream marketing starts to understand the reach of online publishing. A recent exchange I had doesn’t bode well for it: “Hi...
An Open Letter…
An open letter to everyone who has asked me to sign a petition registering my disagreement with Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time. Dear Friends, I appreciate and understand your...
Education, Education, Education…
I was in the last batch of students to enjoy a free education. Graduating in 1989 from my first degree, I received a full, means tested grant with my tuition...
Stephen Hawking Lives
“People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical...
MS Office goes Online. Sort of.
Microsoft are beta testing a document sharing and viewing service that integrates directly with your desktop version of Office. Office Live Workspace is sort of like Google Docs, except you have to...
Star Trek:Phase II – The First Professional Fan Film?
Fan produced Star Trek series Phase II may not be as fannish as it first seemed. A statement issued by director Marc Zicree suggests a level of professional involvement in...
OMG! FUTURESHOCK!
We develop a shorthand bag of semantic tricks over the years, don’t we? The one liners you keep coming back to ‘cos they worked well the first and second time....
Notes on Media Imperialism
Saw “Babel” last night – which is kind of like Crash, in that it’s a cinematic attempt to show that our difference makes us the same; we all suffer, grieve,...
Bête Noire
An eighth of England is currently still under water – this coming just a month after a different eighth of it had been temporarily transformed into a boating lake by...
Create Your Own Positive Reality
Coke have redesigned their cans for the Japanese market. If anything, it’s a simple reduction of a slick and overstated 80s style; a more classic approach. Not according to Coke’s...