Comments on: Millennium People http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/22/millennium-people/ Because all the other domain names were taken Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Phillips http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/22/millennium-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3464 Tom Phillips Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:35:43 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/?p=1366#comment-3464 Yeah, sorry, you did actually make that clear - my comment was responding more to the quote suggesting he "shunned email and Internet," which was a lot more one-sided a perspective than your post as whole. Yeah, sorry, you did actually make that clear – my comment was responding more to the quote suggesting he “shunned email and Internet,” which was a lot more one-sided a perspective than your post as whole.

]]> By: Chris http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/22/millennium-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3463 Chris Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:23:41 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/?p=1366#comment-3463 Tom - just to clarify my meaing, he undoubtedly dabbled and used it casually, but he never got involved with it in the way his 1971 self hinted that he would, if he were exposed to all that information. Tom – just to clarify my meaing, he undoubtedly dabbled and used it casually, but he never got involved with it in the way his 1971 self hinted that he would, if he were exposed to all that information.

]]> By: red http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/22/millennium-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3460 red Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:38:54 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/?p=1366#comment-3460 The 1971 quote looks incredibly prescient. I wonder if he never enjoyed the charms because - given his difficulties with the modem - he might not have got to grips with searching and aggregating to get at stuff he might actually have wanted. Or perhaps, when the future caught eventually up with him it wasn't as interesting any more... Thanks for the link to the chat with Paolozzi - I like Paolozzi but had never realised the connection between the two. The 1971 quote looks incredibly prescient. I wonder if he never enjoyed the charms because – given his difficulties with the modem – he might not have got to grips with searching and aggregating to get at stuff he might actually have wanted. Or perhaps, when the future caught eventually up with him it wasn’t as interesting any more…

Thanks for the link to the chat with Paolozzi – I like Paolozzi but had never realised the connection between the two.

]]> By: Tom Phillips http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/22/millennium-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3459 Tom Phillips Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:47:27 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/?p=1366#comment-3459 Some anecdotal counter-evidence from MetaFilter, suggesting that Ballard wasn't entirely cut off from the internet (although it does seem he connected to it mostly through his girlfriend ): <em><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/80983/J-G-Ballard-19302009#2533829" rel="nofollow">In 2001, Claire Walsh, J.G. Ballard's long time companion, sent me an email</a> about a image they had seen on my website. I had mentioned "High-rise" as an inspiration for creating the picture (it had also an accompanying short story) and they were curious about it. The idea that one of my favourite writers had been reading my stuff on the internet was really a thrilling moment.</em> Some anecdotal counter-evidence from MetaFilter, suggesting that Ballard wasn’t entirely cut off from the internet (although it does seem he connected to it mostly through his girlfriend ):

In 2001, Claire Walsh, J.G. Ballard’s long time companion, sent me an email about a image they had seen on my website. I had mentioned “High-rise” as an inspiration for creating the picture (it had also an accompanying short story) and they were curious about it. The idea that one of my favourite writers had been reading my stuff on the internet was really a thrilling moment.

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