Thinking about it, these new subcomputers called ‘netbooks’ share a lot with digital point-and-shoot cameras. I was taking a look at the latter, the other day. Digital compact cameras all have a small footprint so that they can easily be pocketed and carried around. They’re lighter and cheaper (some much cheaper) than their DSLR counterparts. [...]
Archive for April, 2009
The point-and-shoot computer.
Posted in apparatus criticus on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 140 characters or less
Posted in apparatus criticus on April 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Writing about Twitter has passed the point of redundancy.
For me, it’s routine
Posted in apparatus criticus on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Source: Inbox Zero: Delete, delete, delete (or, “Fail faster”) | 43 Folders.
Merlin Mann:
Kill junk, kill pseudo-junk, and then kill all the stuff you won’t ever respond to. Whatever’s left is yours to return.
This is the core of my personal email management. I do this everyday, effortlessly, and in the worst case scenario I’m left with [...]
The pirate’s identikit
Posted in apparatus criticus on April 18, 2009 | Comments Off
Source: BBC NEWS | Technology | Court jails Pirate Bay founders.
Speaking to the BBC, the chairman of industry body the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) John Kennedy said the verdict sent out a clear message. [...] “There has been a perception that piracy is OK and that the music industry should just have [...]
A quick note on my relationship with Neal Stephenson’s work
Posted in Literature, Writing on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps two years ago, I bought Quicksilver, the first of the three volumes of Stephenson’s The Baroque Cycle, and considering the vastness of the world I was entering (more than 900 pages per volume), I decided for a calm and slow approach. No method planned, though. I am ever so often stymied by method(s) when [...]
