Et cetera — assorted diversions, distractions, and miscellanea…
Read the inspiring 9 by 5 manifesto (1889)
Take in Noël Coward's warning to pioneers (1961)
Enjoy a quote from Paracelcus (15xx)
discover oneiric a favourite word (18xx)
Admire the Eureka flag flying over the Sydney Harbour Bridge (2004)
Recoil at my appalling Letters to the Editor habit.
Revel in my canditure for Column 8 PhD.
If you love PDFs, some content for you to download, print, post, and savour:
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Maintain mythical heath and safety with this OH&S poster for your wardrobe |
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Improve file versioning: |
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Maximise synergies to leverage customer delight with help from Oscar Wilde |
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Follow this mantra from a merchant bank accounting manual: it's surprisingly apt |
You may also enjoy my collection of 101 Occasional Words for building vocabulary and impressing the differently literarate, a leftover from a job some years back where I had time on my hands and a boss in need of diversions (original portrat version).
Discover How Times Changed by Nicholas Hudson (1933-2018): Observations on technological change in the printing and publishing industry, 1955–2008.
This wonderful little book is a must read for all editor and publisher types, especially the young ones.
It used to be available as a free download from hudson-publishing.com; the site is gone, but the wayback machine preserves it for us.