Month: December 2008

  • The Boys by Ennis & Robertson

    The Boys has a great pedigree with Garth Ennis of Preacher and Punisher fame. I am a fan of modern comic books, particularly writers like Alan Moore that reinvigorate the genres or take things in new directions. Garth Ennis new series The Boys reinterprets the whole superhero canon of comic books. In the traditional canon,…

  • Essentials for travelling

    Old Barrett wrote about his essentials for travelling, so I thought with this in mind I thought I would start my own list: The North Face Denali vest or jacket – planes tend to get overly air-conditioned and you can wake up half-way through a flight pretty damn cold. It also has a decent amout…

  • 2009 in PR

    Stephen Waddington wrote up his predictions for 2009 in PR. He felt that digital campaigns, government spending and marketing directors looking for a cost effective alternative to ther marketing techniques would be the three most likely bright spots in a challenging economic climate. My view of 2009 in PR is sober by contrast. I think…

  • Optoelectronics + more news

    Optoelectronics H.P.’s Hunk of Burning Light – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com – interesting update on optoelectronics in computing. This is an area that has been talked about since I worked in a technology lab at Corning’s old Optical Fibre business in Deeside in the mid-90s. That site is now a greenfield inside the fence of…

  • Netbooks + other news

    Netbooks Microsoft Executive: Netbooks Risk Cannibalizing Windows – netbooks are considered to be part of a wider consumer trend on downshifting technology. Consequently netbooks affects a business that relies on the consumer believing that continual innovation is a good thing. ASUS’ iconic eeePC netbooks even ran a Linux desktop application. Netbooks were a realisation that…

  • Twist + other news

    Twist Twist – see trends in twitter – like Google Trends but for Twitter. Twist looks more like a feature than a product for me. I am surprised that Twist has managed to survive, given the volume of social listening tools available. Finally, Twitter could look at Twist’s functionality and find a way to build…