Tag Archives: futurism

My Latest Project, Thursday 2.0, Released!

Posted on October 17, 2012 by EDC

I’m very proud to announce Thursday 2.0, my labor of love update of G.K. Chesterton’s masterpiece The Man Who Was Thursday, has been released! It can be found at Amazon.com in both paperback and in electronic format for the Kindle. (Non Kindle-owners can download … Continue reading →

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Future Productivity Video

Posted on November 6, 2011 by EDC

I saw this video (click the pic below) the other day, envisioning what our technological future might look like in the next decade or so.  I’m looking forward to our various gadgets easily interacting with one another, but I wonder … Continue reading →

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Futurism Infographic

Posted on July 9, 2011 by EDC

I came across a great infographic recently by Michell Zappa that combines two of my passions in a way that really helps my writing as a speculative fiction author: infographics and futurism.  The elegance of it is amazing.  Just click … Continue reading →

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Libraries of the Future

Posted on May 22, 2011 by EDC

I’m a huge fan of Seth Godin, who is probably the smartest guy I’ve ever read.  He takes unconventional wisdom to a whole new level, and in just a few words can blow holes in what most people accept as … Continue reading →

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Erasing Memories

Posted on May 7, 2011 by EDC

Thanks to Big Think, I recently learned about an article at Neuroscience News reporting the results of recent experiments at UCLA in erasing longterm memories. Here’s the big idea… By inhibiting the activity of a specific protein, scientists were able to … Continue reading →

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Computer Elbow

Posted on April 25, 2011 by EDC

If you’re like me, you might have a bit of computer-related carpal tunnel.  Mine is in my right index finger, brought on by overuse of my mouse’s scroll wheel. I have a bad habit of using it while reading through … Continue reading →

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The Future According to Corning

Posted on April 6, 2011 by EDC

Recently on Michael Hyatt’s blog he shared a promotional video online, showing a glimpse of the near future according to Corning’s R&D department.  It’s something to see, though my wife pointed out that this might more be the future of … Continue reading →

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15 Years From Now – Part 3 (Honor)

Posted on March 14, 2011 by EDC

Updating G.K. Chesterton’s masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, has had its joys as well as its challenges. Taking any story originally written and set in the first decade of the 20th Century and bringing it forward 125 years to … Continue reading →

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15 Years From Now – Part 2 (Technology)

Posted on March 12, 2011 by EDC

In my last post I shared how I’m attempting to update a classic novel published in 1908 to have a near future setting.  G.K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday was written in in the “present day” of the early … Continue reading →

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15 Years From Now – Part 1 (Anarchy)

Posted on March 10, 2011 by EDC

In my latest project, a near-future adaptation of G.K. Chesterton’s masterpiece The Man Who Was Thursday, I’ve been working hard to take a plot, characters, and setting originally created for what was then the turn of the 20th Century and bring it … Continue reading →

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