David, I think most authors of fiction would take you to task over your downplaying the difficulty of writing a novel. James Joyce was happy to be able to produce one sentence in a day. Many authors would tell you that writing a novel is like giving birth to an elephant, sideways. Writing a field … Read more
Anyone who thinks, as David reflects here, that i-books have zero added functionality (as I would have happily agreed until a few weeks ago) should try Googling TS Eliots The Waste Land for iPad to have a look at the future for us all (there is a 2½-minute promotional video showing many of its features). … Read more
Personally i can’t believe the Morcombe app is so cheap especially with the calls. Who else spent hundreds of dollars collecting the BOCA CD set?! Also there is so much more development work/cost that goes into an app compared to the printed book. You can’t honestly compare a novel with this app? There is zero … Read more
Highlights of a pleasant three-day visit to the south-east Queensland fishing village of Tin Can Bay included a Black Bittern, 7 Shining Flycatchers, 4 Pale-vented Bush-hens and 5 Ground Parrots flushed along a 400m stretch of road nearby at Cooloola. Also memorable was a very pleasant encounter with Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins which are hand-fed here. … Read more
You only get ~70% of the purchase price for an iOS app. On 29 November 2013 16:09, Peter Shute wrote: > True, but the Morcombe app is, I think, half the price, has more in it > than a paper field guide, and so far the updates have been free. > > I don’t know … Read more