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The danger of a single story

April 24, 2018 Geoff For Readers, For Writers

A fascinating TED talk from Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie … Some of her books: You’ll find another TED talk from[…]

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True Privacy Tales – Targeted Marketing

April 17, 2018 Geoff Privacy

In 2011, an irate father marched into his local Target store and demanded to know why the second-largest discount chain[…]

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Beware of Windows 10 S

April 5, 2018 Geoff Tech Matters

Ever come across a brand new Microsoft Surface laptop running Microsoft Windows 10 that wouldn’t allow the installation of a[…]

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10 disturbing quotes about Facebook

March 27, 2018 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

I’ve seen and heard very little about the Cambridge Analytica scandal here in New Zealand, even though the data of[…]

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William Safire’s Rules for Writers

March 18, 2018 Geoff For Writers, Fun

Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative[…]

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Census spies (part 2)

March 6, 2018 Geoff For Writers

Following on from my surprise finding that New Zealand’s 2018 online census website is infested with third-party spies, I decided[…]

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Census spies

March 6, 2018 Geoff For Writers

March 6 is census night here in New Zealand, and this morning Radio NZ reported that 1.7 million people have[…]

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Four publishing lessons in four minutes

February 28, 2018 Geoff For Writers, Publishing

In 1995, my first novel, Telling Stories, won the Reed Fiction Award for the best unpublished novel. The prize was[…]

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5 Quotes from Ian Rankin

February 23, 2018 Geoff For Writers

Ian Rankin is author of 21 Inspector Rebus novels along with 20 others. He’s also written plays, graphic novels, short[…]

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Lightbeam lets you spy on web spies

February 1, 2018 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

Lightbeam is a simple browser add-on for Firefox that lets you spy on web spies. More specifically, it reveals the[…]

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