The durability of print

This is not a pitting of print versus digital format, just musings on the future of information.  I recently wanted to dust off my Curriculum Vitae and make sure it was up-to-date, and remembered that I no longer had the most recent version.  As I recall, that version was on a floppy disk – the [...]

The importance of telling people what you want and the merits of paying attention

A scant 6 weeks ago, author David Niall Wilson posted on his blog that he had a strong desire to turn some of his books into audio books.  The universe heard him. Two audiobook narrators left comments at the blog and the result is that several of Wilson’s titles are now available from his new audiobook publishing [...]

FiRe Field Recorder by Audiofile Engineering

I don’t own an iPhone – yet – I’m waiting for Verizon to release one.  But if I had one the first thing I would do is download this field recorder app from Audiofile Engineering.  I have an H4 Zoom recorder which I use primarily for recording promos on TV so I can study them [...]

Restaurant trailer

A few weeks ago I wrote about my enduring enchantment with book trailers.  Now I read at Serious Eats that a restaurant (Next) and bar (Aviary) opening in the fall in Chicago have a trailer too!  And why not?  The trailer medium is intended to help build excitement for coming attractions, and these public houses [...]