This week, I have decided to make another attempt at reading more books. I read stuff all the time, but almost all of it is on the web. A few hundred words at a time. Lots of breadth but not much depth. I have never done much in the way of reading books. Fiction is […]
Are newspapers ready to charge for online content?
Rupert Murdoch’s decision to experiment with charging for content has ruffled a few feathers. Fair play to Murdoch for being brave enough to put his head above the parapet. If anyone can take the risk, it’s Murdoch — and the rest of the media will have him to thank if the gamble pays off and […]
That spinning woman again
A few weeks ago I blogged about a test that purported to tell you whether you are “right brained” or “left brained”. I have just spotted an update to this on the excellent Freakonomics blog. The smart thing is that they’ve actually done a rough and ready study of the results. In my original post […]
Shove your partial feeds up your RSS
(Yes, every post I write about RSS must contain the hilarious “‘RSS’ sounds a little bit like ‘arse’” pun.) I have a request for those people who publish RSS feeds. Make them full feeds! I know there is a supposedly a debate about whether partial or full feeds work best. Well, that is not really […]
Paperback shiter
Do publishers deliberately give paperback re-issues of their books covers that are uglier than the hardback edition? Two books that I have been interested in recently both have really skanky paperback covers, but quite nice hardback customers. Freakonomics hardback cover Freakonomics paperback cover Working the Wheel hardback cover Working the Wheel paperback cover Given that […]