And then somebody remembered that the oceans are full of free wind
On the theme of ‘Old media don’t die. They just pine for the Fjords.’ French vineyard owners are returning to a slower pace of life by starting to export their wine by sailing boat – a method last used in the 1800s – to reduce their carbon footprint. This month 60,000 bottles from Languedoc will [...]
Dead Media Watch: Polaroid film
So you may have seen the news that Polaroid is discontinuing Polaroid film. For all it’s greatness, that little 2.5 inch screen on the back of your digicam, has killed that old analog analogue. It’s a known law of media that all new new media must replace an old. But every new media is never [...]

Thomas Purves
is a technology executive specializing digital payment systems, a futurist and sometimes entrepreneur living in the great city of 
