A few weekends ago I came across this article in the Independent on Sunday (thanks to a tweet from Professor Sue Thomas). The article itself trotted out the cliches on ebooks, with John Walsh saying “[ebook] callowness makes you weep” and hence we go back to dead wood fetishes and the boredom of square [...]
State of the Writopshere
on 25 September, 2008 – 4:24 pm
Posted in Blogging, Publishing, read/write culture
Observing Change
on 27 May, 2008 – 4:16 pm
Posted in Blogging, Publishing, eBooks
In Sunday’s Observer it was announced that the long serving literary editor, Robert McCrum, was to stand down. He talks about how publishing has changed, how the clubby atmosphere of yesteryear has given way to the blazing lights of the corporate future. In ten “chapters” he gives us some of the big changes and [...]
Telling Stories
on 4 April, 2008 – 11:14 am
Posted in Blogging, Development, Publishing, read/write culture
Chances are that if your reading this blog you will have come across Penguin’s grands projets, We Tell Stories. In case you haven’t (where have you been?) its six digital stories and an ARG from Penguin UK and Six to Start, a funky start up that builds cool games. Enough has been said, for [...]
the uses of blogging
on 19 March, 2008 – 11:31 am
Posted in Blogging
Michael and I have been talking through ideas for posts on this blog about blogging itself. These discussions range quite widely and you can expect some challenging words from Michael in due course.
I had a strong feeling, however, that I wanted to start the discussion around the theme of the uses of blogging – by [...]
