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November 5, 2020

REVIEW: THE DANGERS OF AUTOMATION IN AIRLINERS: Accidents Waiting to Happen by Jack J. Hersch

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsairplane crash / disruptive technologies / flying / non-fiction / pilot / technology2 Comments

You may want to strap in for this. Pilot and aviation enthusiast Jack Hersch brings you aboard the cockpits of doomed jumbo jets, including the Boeing 737 MAX, the Airbus A330 lost over the South Atlantic, and the Bombardier Q400 that stalled over Buffalo, in his expert analysis, THE DANGERS ... more >

January 10, 2018

Wednesday News: Wrinkle in Time, PHR grows, a book is a book, and hundred-year-old words

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / books and reading / dictionaries / Madeline L'Engle / technology / Wrinkle in Time1 Comments

The Remarkable Influence of A Wrinkle in Time – A sweet tribute to Madeline L’Engle’s book, and in particular its impact on teen readers and the development of the strong, imperfect heroine. I did not know the publishing history of the book, but it makes an interesting comparison to the current ... more >

December 13, 2016

Tuesday News: AI & storytelling, the dangerous apology, 100 strangers write a book, and more bookish gifts

JanetPublishing Newsdefamation / gifts / lawsuits / storytelling / technology / writing a book5 Comments

Spoiler Alert: Artificial Intelligence Can Predict How Scenes Will Play Out – Although still at a very early stage, this technology is a step forward in the ability for machines to predict how a scene will play out, which has implications for everything from automatic video tagging in Facebook to self-driving ... more >

November 10, 2016

Thursday News: War poets, dark side of tech, 2016 Goldsmiths Prize, and all about vowels

JanetPublishing NewsGoldsmiths Prize / language / Mike McCormack / technology / Veterans Day / vowels / war poets3 Comments

Spotlight on War Poets – The U.S. will recognize Veterans Day on Friday November 11th, and in anticipation, My Poetic Side has a post on some noteworthy wartime poets, from Walt Whitman to Brian Turner: American poet Rolando Hinojosa’s service in the Korean War provided inspiration for Korean Love Songs. This 1978 ... more >

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November 7, 2016

Monday News: Hong Kong publishing, facial recognition, whitewashing Dr. Strange, and more accurate world map

JanetPublishing Newscensorship / China / Dr. Strange / facial recognition / Film / Hong Kong / maps / technology / whitewashing3 Comments

WRITING ON THE WALL: DISAPPEARED BOOKSELLERS AND FREE EXPRESSION IN HONG KONG  – PEN America has weighed in on the relationship between China and Hong Kong publishing, and in particular the recent case of the disappearing booksellers. The report “examines the wide-reaching impact for Hong Kong as an international publishing center ... more >

October 21, 2016

Friday News: The Internet is down, are adult coloring books over, and the Nine Dots Prize

JanetPublishing Newsadult coloring books / book prize / denial of service attack / politics / technology3 Comments

This Is Probably Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today [Update: It’s Getting Worse] – If you’re having trouble connecting to any number of your favorite websites (for me it’s Try the World), it may be due to an enormous denial of service attack that has affected sites from Basecamp to People ... more >

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