Web Nostalgia
Alone in Berlin – Echoes of Twitter
Hans Fallader wrote Alone in Berlin in several months of ill-health before his death in 1947. Living through the Second World War and being imprisoned, the novelist was heavily influenced by the climate of fear he experienced during Nazi rule. A brilliantly uncomfortable book, it shows the effect of the Gestapo on everyday folk in Berlin, where paranoia and distrust
Old School Categories and Tagging
When I worked at Penguin Books in the 1990s, I was fortunate to work with an inspirational person whose job it was (from a darkened office deep in London W8) to manage the publishers’ full fiction and non-fiction stocklists. These chunky A4 booklets were printed on a monthly basis and needed to take into account every single available title and
The Digital Cusp
Early inspirations: One of my first web design books (1996!) Generation Xers – those born between 1965 and 1980. How do we feel about technological progress? We grew up with the heady promise of those blocky beige computers, and started our working lives before the birth of the modern Messiah, the internet. We can compare how it felt before and how it
- Reliable and Professional
- Reasonable Pricing
- Personal, Friendly Service
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