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Introducing the Groucho-gram
I’m not sure that I can make a meaningful connection between Groucho and Elvis (apart from the fact that they both died 25 years ago this year) but if there…
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A shrinking Europe?
The Economist’s cover story this week is a blockbuster (you may need to subscribe to see the story). The message is simple: the population of Europe is – almost everywhere…
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Hilary’s thirteen years war
I tried to date Hilary Rosen’s battle with the demons of high-tech. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised to find this Usenet reference to her 1989 opposition to Digital Audio…
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Bamber Gascoigne and me
For people of my generation (I’ll be 40 next birthday) Bamber Gascoigne is a creature of myth. He was the cocksure big brain who grilled those terrifyingly egg-headed University students…
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Not whining but drowning
Hard copy from March’s PC Forum makes compelling reading (how do you blog hard copy?). The pace of change in the real world adds melancholy footnotes to the proceedings. Joe…
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an obvious money-spinner Introducing the
an obvious money-spinner — Introducing the Cage-o-Gram — Today’s silly idea is to sell thousands of copies of this astounding recording of John Cage’s diaries and thus bring the planet…
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industry awards Strike a medal,
industry awards — Strike a medal, hire a band — New media awards come and go ? these days mostly go. Most of them are thinly disguised promotions ? wobbly…
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Now this is a good idea
According to the FT, a new DTI report on speeding broadband adoption is not very optimistic. It concludes that wider availability and falling prices will not be enough to persuade…