In this week’s column I write about the joys of modular packing (subscription only, I’m afraid): I’m a journalist. I don’t travel as much as I used to but I do travel. I’ve learned a few tricks over the years. And what has struck me is how, on the surface, not much has changed in… Read More »
I’m always amazed at the inadequacy of Windows Explorer and how most users just seem to accept its limitations. The good news is that you don’t have to. Here’s a list of programs that seek to replace, one way or another, Windows Explorer (not to be confused with Internet Explorer) used not only to view… Read More »
Just got back from a ‘wake’ for the Far Eastern Economic Review, which, after 58 years, went monthly last October under the ownership of my employer, Dow Jones. I won’t get into the politics of that decision, but it did occur to me, listening to some eminent former FEER personnel talking this evening, that three… Read More »
This blog occasionally touches on the border between PR and journalists, usually when PR start approaching blogs and bloggers. But my perspective is on how PR folks connect, or misconnect, with journalists. And I notice that PR folk often misfire on one key issue: how to present their credentials to journalists. It’s like this: Journalists,… Read More »
Either we’re spoilt or something is really changing and others better catch up. Either way, I like it. Software is becoming more integrated. With features like Firefox extensions and other tricks we are able to move material from one program to another, check the spelling of a word, value of an amount in another currency,… Read More »