Podcast: Receipts
How to get rid of receipts, without just binning them. Another piece from the BBC World Service. http://www.loosewireblog.com/files/1705_receipts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Tag Archives: Hospitality/Recreation
Podcast: Hotel Access
Another BBC World Service recording. This one’s about getting connected in hotels. http://www.loosewireblog.com/files/1204_hotel_access.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
How to Hold a Book
I did a piece a few weeks back for WSJ.com (subscription only, I’m afraid) and The Wall Street Journal Asia about bookholders. These are devices made to help folk read more easily. As one of my old bosses said: “neanderthal”. But I still love to hold a book and would definitely opt for paper over… Read More »
Book Launch Parties. Not Just For Authors
The NYT/IHT has a piece by Rachel Donadio on how the New York literary set is now eschewing book launch parties, apparently because they have belatedly realized they don’t actually create much of a bu…
Honest Hotel of the Year Award
Don’t stay at the newly refurbished airport hotel at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport. By their own admission they’re not as good as they used to be: