A book that really matters ...

"The Secret War Between Uploading and Downloading" by Peter Lunenfeld is the most insightful work on web realpolitik I've read in a couple of years.

His analysis/analogy of how ideas emerge to take hold of public discourse and then fade again, based on the Gestalt notion of "figure/ground" (you'll get it when you read it ...) has altered the way I see the webworld, and will significantly change the way I talk to clients about what's going on out there.

Do yourself a favour: if you fancy the book, do the right thing, don't just hop onto Amazon, visit the amazing Artwords Bookshop on Rivington St in Hoxton (there's a branch in Hackney too) where Robert (thanks Robert!) turned me onto this very important work when I was browsing there the other day.

Smart, passionate shops like this clearly deserve and badly need our support.