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Etymologies, explorations, rants and celebrations of where words meet tech (image: Wonderlane)
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Live This Book!
Live This Book!
My beautiful new “Live This Book!” has just been published by Penguin: a journal that asks you to put pen to paper, and consider what it…
Tom Chatfield
Sep 2, 2015
What we talk about when we talk about digital detox
What we talk about when we talk about digital detox
Why are we attracted by the idea of a ‘digital detox’?
Tom Chatfield
Jan 15, 2015
Geeks unite! In conversation with Simon Singh, Al Jean and David X Cohen
Geeks unite! In conversation with Simon Singh, Al Jean and David X Cohen
The bestselling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem and The Code Book, Simon Singh has a PhD in particle physics from Cambridge – and is most…
Tom Chatfield
Nov 5, 2014
Buffs and nerfs, for better and worse
Buffs and nerfs, for better and worse
On the origin of two gaming terms
Tom Chatfield
May 25, 2014
What is Apple’s command key all about?
What is Apple’s command key all about?
Bringing ancient Scandinavia to your keyboard
Tom Chatfield
Apr 13, 2014
I am the algorithm
I am the algorithm
Language, thought and ten more years of Twitter
Tom Chatfield
Oct 24, 2013
The ten worst tech neologisms
The ten worst tech neologisms
New-minted weasel words
Tom Chatfield
Oct 17, 2013
Man versus machine
Man versus machine
On losing at chess, and the meaning of intelligence
Tom Chatfield
Jul 25, 2013
A Closer Look at @
A Closer Look at @
What’s in a sign?
Tom Chatfield
Jun 7, 2013
The Future of Onscreen Words
The Future of Onscreen Words
What does the act of typing onto billions of internet-connected screens mean for the future of language?
Tom Chatfield
Jun 4, 2013
Why Wiki?
Why Wiki?
The very old history of a very young word
Tom Chatfield
Jun 4, 2013
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