-
Recent Releases
(I write books. Lots of books.)
-
Recent Writings
(Other scribblings of note)
Jargon Watch: Ghost Bike, Ikea effect, Quadrocopter, Narb
Wired UK, January 31, 2012
Jargon Watch: Gazanging, Atrociology, Twitter-mining, Dejabi
Wired UK, December 1, 2011
Jargon Watch: Fibreshed, Butler lie, R2Per, Hijabista
Wired UK, November 1, 2011
-
Recent Reads
(From fascinating to frivolous)
On the Meaning of Life
"Inaction, save as a measure of recuperation between bursts of activity, is painful and dangerous to the healthy organism."
(
Letters of Note)
William Empson
"The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own."
(
Milton's God)
The Death of the Cyberflaneur
Remember when we used to
surf the web? A lament for those bygone days, wrecked by apps and social networking.
(
The New York Times)
-
Recent Words
(Fresh additions to the lexicon)
slacklining
n. A sport that involves walking or balancing on a slack nylon webbing suspended between two points.
Posted: February 8, 2012
cyberflaneur
n. A person who surfs the web with no purpose beyond curiosity and inquisitiveness.
Posted: February 7, 2012
phantom vibration
n. The perception of a cell phone's vibration in the absence of an incoming call or text message.
Posted: February 3, 2012
hardlink
n. A tag, such as a barcode, assigned to an object that, when scanned with a smartphone or reader, displays online data about the object.
Posted: February 2, 2012
Also: Poster of tweets, purveyor of RSS feeds, reader of email
iPod touch Portable Genius
iPhone 4S Portable Genius
MacBook Air Portable Genius, Third Edition
Mac OS X Lion Simplified