Kerouac's Belief and Technique for Modern Prose

One of my early inspirations, who was such a free spirit, and a bit of a lost soul. If you ever read 'On The Road', then you would know what I'm talking about. The book was written on a continuous roll of paper over a two or three week period, while on speed I believe, and it's all about 'Dean Moriarity', who was Jack Cassady. He was something else, as was Jack Kerouac. The Beat goes on....


Kerouac's Belief and Technique for Modern Prose

A New Cult for the Info Age

I've just ordered the book. Looks like a system that might just work for me. I'm like most everyone else, overrun by paper and stuff. I just pile them in a box, and maybe someday I'll get to dealing with them.

This system has a simple method for dealing with all this stuff of our lives. I'll keep you posted on how I get on.




Wired News: GTD: A New Cult for the Info Age

The little blank book is a cult hit

I just bought a couple of these, and am really liking the look and feel of them. I like the idea of being able to write in longhand, as opposed to typing at the computer. The act of writing in longhand is much more personal and tactile, and also has something of the old school about it.



The little blank book is a cult hit

The Long Tail: New markets and a New Way of thinking

The editor of Wired magazine wrote a piece on the new way that music, books and dvds were being sold by the new etailers such as Netflix, Amazon and Apple's iTunes. He talks of the traditional bricks and mortar retailer carrying about 7,500 cds or books, and how an etailer has access to hundreds of thousands of titles.

Basically the traditional publisher of material needs to sell a certain minimum number of books in a geographical region in order to justify taking up shelve space with the product. In the world of etailing, small numbers are just as profitable as a large selling product, as shelf space is inifinite, thus the long tail.

It's a fascinating take on what is changing in retailing, and how our lives will be affected by it, all thanks to our access to technology. Pity the Third World countries, who will be left behind, as usual, where just to get food on the table is a struggle. The Western countries have a lot to answer for.

The Long Tail: FAQ