Writer & Tech Journalist
Last week I finished the second draft of my next science fiction novel. My goal now is to find a publisher for it, which probably means I'll need to find a literary agent. If I don't manage to do either, then I'll go down the self-publishing route again. But I'd really like to get my ... Read more
Five weeks after the launch of Presence, I've had some nice reviews and sales had an early peak. Since then it's been a struggle...but a fun one.
The term cyberpunk went out of style in the 1990s...so why is Amazon still using it as a subgenre of science fiction.
In the future, it'll be as common to go "invirt" as it is to go "online" today.
With social media nowadays, it's not the true person you're seeing. Too often, it's an exaggeration and sometimes even a fake.
My novel speculates on what VR presence will be like in 2051, but there's a lot of work to be done before it becomes a reality.
2016 is the year that kickstarted Virtual Reality. But should you buy the first generation VR headsets, or wait for version two?
What will be the equivalent of Facebook in thirty-five years? There are clues today...
Here's how science fiction can help you understand technology and its incredible impact on society.
I recently started work on a novel, on the theme of Virtual Reality. I think VR is the most promising consumer technology around right now. Products like the Facebook-owned Oculus Rift, Sony's Project Morpheus and Samsung's Gear VR are all early stage (Oculus hasn't even released a version 1.0 for consumers). But VR is poised ... Read more
I'm pleased to announce that my book, Trackers: How Technology is helping us Monitor & Improve our Health, is now available on the Amazon Kindle Store for $7.99 and the Apple iTunes Store for $9.99. Click on one of the following links to purchase the book: Amazon Kindle Store Apple iTunes Store The ebook will also ... Read more
This morning Apple announced its much anticipated smartwatch, called Apple Watch. It will be released "early 2015," which I'm thrilled to say is also when my book about self-tracking will be released! My book, entitled Trackers: How Technology Is Helping Us Monitor & Improve Our Health, is about how technology is fundamentally changing how we track our daily health ... Read more
My first book, due out January 2015, is about the Quantified Self movement. It's called Trackers: How Technology Is Helping Us Monitor & Improve Our Health. One of the chapters is about a doctor who encourages her patients to use self-tracking tools, such as Fitbit or MyFitnessPal. Well now there's a self-tracking company that caters ... Read more
Earlier this month I announced that my upcoming book about self-tracking had found a publisher. The book is entitled Trackers: How Technology Is Helping Us Monitor & Improve Our Health (the final title may be slightly different). My book was completed at the end of 2013 and has just started the editing process, so it's ... Read more
