Fascinated to see how lots of people in my Twitter network stayed up around the world waiting, waiting for that keynote speech. When I got out of bed next morning it was all over bar the blogging, Tweeting, and podcasting. There was predictable gushing and cooing over the MacBook Air, quickly followed by a dousing
Continue reading ...Image: Lovehearts from Duncan Now I am not a fickle friend. I stick with the tried and true, but b’gosh the new Mac Air looks fine from out front. It has the sleekness of a thoroughbred race-horse, a denizen of the catwalk, a sports-car. Having said that, and despite drawbacks some of which are already
Continue reading ...Rhetorical power was the subject of some attention this week. One of the US Democratic Party’s hopefuls in the presidential primary race gave a marvellous ‘Yes We Can’ concession speech which used repetition to make its point. Barack Obama is a forceful, clear speech-giver. You can catch it here. I like this take on the
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