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Only one thing all successful writers have in common: they write. Get the work done. Find a way to live that makes it come, and keep coming.
It's time for people with Synesthesia to wake up and hear the coffee.
Thanks so much to all at the Isle of Wight Literary Festival for a wonderful morning and welcome today!
It is depressing how much of political reporting is just an account of who is spending more, as in this example http://ow.ly/CRQL1
Fear is at the root of so much bad writing: the fear of not being understood, or—worse for some—of becoming too easily understood.
A wonderful cartoon: "What's your greatest weakness?" "Honesty." "I don't see honesty as a weakness." "I don't give a shit what you think."
Excited to announce we have relaunched as Shift and have a new site. Find out about the changes here: http://www.shiftdesign.org.uk
A very British intellectual apotheosis: off to chat to Melvyn Bragg about technology and the history of ideas for Radio 4. Wish me luck!
An interview with me about games, jargon, etc. http://www.internationalbookreview.com/steven-poole-trigger-happy-thought-showers-and-gaming-adventures/ …
"…to write is human, to edit is divine." Stephen King
Palaeolithic Archaeologist at UCL. What can early human behaviour teach us about modern life? Hunting Neanderthals in the English Channel. Opinions my own.
…perhaps because he makes the business of writing seem at once so possible, plausible, joyful, strange, consuming like a flame…
Of all the authors, of all the books, that simply make me want to put them down when I've finished and *write*, Stephen King does it most…
Just released on Philosophy Bites podcast: @TedHonderich on What it is to be Conscious http://philosophybites.com/2014/10/ted-honderich-on-what-it-is-to-be-conscious.html …
The headline lament "radicalised by the Internet" is as meaningless as "radicalised by telephones." Who, what, how, why? Precision, please.
'EE, Vodafone and Three operate automated systems that hand over customer data “like a cash machine”' http://gu.com/p/42bqx/tw
Delighted to say that on Monday, I will be joining The Guardian as Commissioning Editor on their new Long Reads Section
"Those who think diversity is a good in itself will be required to state... reasons for wanting six fascist parties." http://gu.com/p/42bh4/tw
Notion of disruptive tech in schools. My experience has seen them generally tamed, subdued & enslaved to traditional methodologies @gconole
Using 3D-printed marble runs to teach what programming actually means http://everyonecanprogram.com/?page_id=160 innovation from the excellent @everyonecancode
Can screen-free zones & limits prevent the “complete and utter disaster” of #technology binging for kids? http://bit.ly/1ncJ2gH
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