by Tom | Mar 31, 2011 | Business, Reading
Killer quote from a fascinating article about the growing potential in self-publishing from an authour who turned down a $500k advance. I believe they’ve gotten their business model mixed-up. They should be connecting readers with the written word. Instead,...
by Tom | Mar 30, 2011 | Business, Hong Kong / China, Reading
Modern engineering (including but not limited to nuclear) came through the Japan earthquake and tsunami pretty well. Loss of life due to infrastructure collapse was surprisingly low. I don’t mean to downplay the loss of life, home and security or the ongoing...
by Tom | Mar 24, 2011 | Business, Reading
In the middle of some excellent chart unjunking comes some slightly surprising data: iPhones have a substantially higher market share than any competitor in the over 55s. The same is true for Android in the under 25s. Not earth shattering, but not what I would have...
by Tom | Mar 23, 2011 | Business, Reading
I find myself wondering what the NYT is playing at in its new pricing model (kudos for the Times reporting on it): it is cheaper to have hard copy delivered direct to a recycling plant and use your linked online subscription than it is to subscribe on multiple...
by Tom | Mar 23, 2011 | Business, Tech
Amazon revokes Lendle’s API access is a regularly updating summary of an Amazon spat with one of its “who’d have thought of that” ecosystem companies. Amazon allows you to lend Kindle books to other Kindle owners for 14 days. During that time...
