January 25, 2010
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Apologies to readers for misquoting a Billy Joel song title. And the terrible pun.
My friend, Kate Carruthers has an interesting post about sitting next to an elderly gentleman on a recent flight and hearing his views on the change the Amazon Kindle is bringing to the book publishing industry.
As a Kindle owner of just a [...]
December 6, 2007
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Next Wednesday evening, the Canberra and Sydney web communities are both getting together to celebrate the end of yet another very busy year at their respective WebBlast events. For me, it’s been a year of significant change; I went from working for SMS Management and Technology to starting and running my own company.
As a sponsor [...]
November 19, 2007
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My last post was about books. Specifically, about which books I should give away at WebBlast Canberra 07 in December. I got lots of good ideas and am in the progress of acting on them. So, thanks to everyone that helped.
A couple of days after that, I went along to spend some regular time [...]
I’ve just ordered 12 new books from Amazon, and my Wish List now has 237 212 (some pruning done) items on it. Does this represent a problem?
Maybe I need a wealthy benefactor?
Released the day before my birthday! The girls have promised it to me.
November 20, 2006
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Today, encyclopedias, jetliners, operating systems, mutual funds, and many other items are being created by teams numbering in the thousands or even millions. While some leaders fear the heaving growth of these massive online communities, Wikinomics proves this fear is folly. Smart firms can harness collective capability and genius to spur innovation, growth, and success. [...]
If you’re anything like me, you have the tendency to be tragically disorganized; utterly unable to stay on top of the very many things in your personal and work life which demand your attention. Well, now I think I’m finally getting the better of this personal fault, and it’s all thanks to David Allen’s [...]
September 8, 2005
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I’ve come to China Mieville well after he’s established himself as a big hitter in the "weird fantasy" genre. I picked up Perdido Street Station on the recommendation of my best friend, Edmund, and I wasn’t disappointed.
Weird fantasy hardly begins to describe the world Mieville weaves – mad scientists, corrupt city states, non-humans in [...]