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Author: Geoff

Cover creation gone weird

November 3, 2019 Geoff Fun

This seems appropriate after yesterday’s Isaac Asimov quote since Asimov cut his teeth writing for pulp magazines with covers like[…]

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Quote: Isaac Asimov

November 3, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Quotes

“From my close observation of writers … they fall into two groups: those who bleed copiously and visibly at any[…]

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Why do people buy books?

October 10, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Publishing

Back in 2010, a survey of book buying behaviour in the US returned the following figures: Author reputation 52% Personal[…]

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Browsing with a Badger

October 7, 2019 Geoff For Writers

Just like fingerprints at a crime scene, your browser leaves its fingerprints on every website you visit …

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The Dark Side of Facebook

September 30, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

“The biggest surveillance-based enterprise in the history of mankind.” In a hugely popular post titled The Ultimate Retaliation: Pranking my[…]

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The 8 longest words in English

September 29, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Fun, Language

The longest word in the English language is a whisker under 190,000 letters long and would take over an hour[…]

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Smartphones: The Abuser in Your Pocket

September 23, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

The first three questions in the Am I In An Abusive Relationship questionnaire take on a whole new meaning if[…]

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Real words: anatidaephobia

September 22, 2019 Geoff Fun

“Anatidaephobia: the fear that somewhere in the world, a duck or a goose is watching you. Not attacking or touching,[…]

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The Spyingest Windows Ever

September 16, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

Windows 10 is without doubt the “spyingest” Windows ever. Visit Settings > Privacy and you’ll find 25 separate privacy settings,[…]

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J K Rowling: On failure

September 14, 2019 Geoff For Writers

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you[…]

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