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So close.

On November 14, 2011 By admin

I’ve been reading Steve Jobs biography, and I’ve discovered lots of cool things.

I never knew that Apple got it’s name from an organic orchard outside my (adopted) American hometown of Eugene, Oregon.

Nor was I aware that he used to kick-it with his sister in the (former) offices of my long-term client, The [...]

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Where Books End & Apps Begin

On November 2, 2010 By admin

The New York Times is running an interesting article today discussing the thoughts and concerns of some Brooklyn based developers who are publishing their work as applications for Apple’s iOS.

Adderall Diaries Blurs Books-Apps Line draws attention to a number of issues, including, most interestingly to me, that of the editorial over-sight posed by [...]

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Hello, America.

On June 7, 2010 By admin

On the road this week in the Penguin miniCooper. Details on the state of the nation and it’s technology to follow.

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Publish this, immediately.

On June 3, 2010 By admin

Given my long-standing and more-than-just-professional-though-still-fairly-tangential ties to the publishing industry, I’ve read with interest a number of articles that attempt to deconstruct the challenges and opportunities facing the sector in the post-Kindle paper book market.

Of note is that very few of these articles strive for a measure of journalistic objectivity, though I suppose in [...]

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