I like to go back to the past to get the analogies and models for thinking about today.
Here’s a nice little example. A paperback book about speed-reading from the 70s or 80s that is selling itself as the answer to being deluged by information on paper…
You can still buy yourself a copy second-hand on Amazon [...]
Tag Archive: books
Paper overload
Cry havoc: Here comes (Oh) Nine…
So, yes, I shut down for a while.
Literally and virtually. I’ve had some time going with the flow with my family, for a while doing nothing but that. Wonderful.
Then, as Christmas passed, I switched on read-only mode. I read some literature in single sittings, a rare treat that only comes in holidays (The Road and [...]
Tag Archive: books
Paper overload
I like to go back to the past to get the analogies and models for thinking about today.
Here’s a nice little example. A paperback book about speed-reading from the 70s or 80s that is selling itself as the answer to being deluged by information on paper…
You can still buy yourself a copy second-hand on Amazon [...]
Cry havoc: Here comes (Oh) Nine…
So, yes, I shut down for a while.
Literally and virtually. I’ve had some time going with the flow with my family, for a while doing nothing but that. Wonderful.
Then, as Christmas passed, I switched on read-only mode. I read some literature in single sittings, a rare treat that only comes in holidays (The Road and [...]