Heaven is not a place guarded by immigration officials interested only in passports and certificates, nor is it the higher class to which we are promoted by passing an examination showing what we have learned in this world. Heaven is this world as it appears to the awakened imagination, and those who try to approach [...]
Categories: Idea
Tagged: Book
I have a book out from the library. It’s a little overdue. Actually, it’s about eight years overdue. I suspect they’ve cancelled my Auckland Public Library membership by now. The book is called ‘The Shoestring Pirates’ by Adrian Blackburn. It’s the true account (more or less) of four men who set sail to establish a [...]
Categories: Radio
Tagged: Auckland, Book, hauraki, New Zealand, Radio
I’ve had a bit of a cold over the weekend, and so of course everyone is claiming that I have swine flu. It’s possible, I guess – but it’s far more likely to be man flu. Swine flu, of course, has already claimed as many victims as Bird flu, the Millennium Bug and the Titanic [...]
Categories: Book
Tagged: Book, Personal, University
A little while back, I was invited to write a piece for a book that was released this week, called ‘After The Crunch’ – about the ways in which creativity might help Britain emerge from the current economic recession. My copy of the book arrived in the post today, but the whole thing is free [...]
Categories: Book
Tagged: Book
After the relatively slow start to 2009, and the lovely, restful Christmas break, I’ve started organising things for the year, and as I start booking things in, it looks like a pretty busy one. In fact… the past week or so has meant a rapid takeoff in the amount of work and travel I’ve been [...]
Categories: Book,Business,Music,New Zealand,Whisky
Tagged: Book, Business, Internet, Music, New Zealand, Seminar, Whisky
I blogged here a couple of days ago that I’ve started a blog for the book I’m writing. I chose the name ‘Now We Are Different’ and added it to the list of blogs I’m running at WordPress.com. These are not the blogs that I host myself, just those scrap-booky ones where I throw stuff [...]
Categories: Book
Remember how I said I was starting to write a book? Well anyway – I said I was going to write a book. Even did a bit of research and mapped out a structure for that book. It’s about how human beings have changed in response to shifts in the media environment. Interesting stuff – [...]
Categories: Book
Tagged: Book
Phase two of the I So Wish website is now complete. I had the idea and Stef made the site in a day (as he explains here). Then I wrote an e-book in a day and we put it up for sale on the site. Writing the e-book was an interesting process. It’s the fastest [...]
