Book Worm or Computer Nerd?

Posted by on May 13, 2009 in education, technology | 0 comments

Are we ready to say bye to books was the provocative title of a BBC article last Friday on Kindle DX, an e-reading device nearly as big as an A4 sheet of paper.  After spending some time discussing how it will work and how much it will cost, the article never really gets round to answering its own question. Dawn did a better job in her blog this week of weighing up the pros and cons.  For her,...

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The Kindle is Reborn!

Posted by on May 11, 2009 in learning, technology, writing | 0 comments

Goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg developed the first printing press in Western Europe (circa 1440).  The technology was based on screw-presses that were already being used to press cloth and grapes.  The genius of the Far East had already beaten him to it though, inventing woodblock printing and moveable type (after which a modern weblog management tool is named).  Later developments saw the...

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The Management Consultant Who Changed the World For the Worse

Posted by on Nov 10, 2008 in technology | 2 comments

One of my favourite authors is the communications theorist and cultural critic Neil Postman.  I found his classic book Amusing Ourselves to Death so powerful that I don’t own a TV.  This makes for astonished intakes of breath at parties.  But I find his analysis of contemporary society – that it more closely resembles Huxley’s decedent Brave New World than Orwell’s...

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Jing Jang Jong

Posted by on Feb 21, 2008 in technology | 0 comments

Not only are we incessantly hip (hence the blog post title), we are always on the look-out for new products to increase the quality of the technical writing side of our service to customers. Last weekend, I discovered Jing.  It is a new tool for capturing screenshots (so I captured a shot of the current desktop on my laptop) and video.  I have used Techsmith’s older tool SnagIT for...

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