I\u00a0use this page to report on any interesting developments relating to the book – such as reviews, references in the media or public lectures to promote DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM.\u00a0 Watch this space!<\/p>\n
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\nI’ve been rather busy recently, and it has been quite a while since the website was last updated. Some recent lectures are listed below:
\n– 8th October 2014, Stevenage, IET Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Local Network.
\n– 18th April 2015, Chelmsford, Essex Society for Family History.
\n– 1st August 2015, Upminster, East of London Family History Society.
\n– 17th September 2015, Welwyn Garden City, Herts Engineers Luncheon Club.
\nand one booking for next year:
\n– 10th February 2016, Harlow, Harlow Heritage Society.<\/p>\n
\nAfter a bit of a break, I’m back on the lecture circuit with a presentation today\u00a0at Imperial College in London. Further bookings include Stevenage on 8th October (details here<\/a>) and a talk to the Essex Society for Family History\u00a0on\u00a018th April 2015\u00a0at the Galleywood Heritage Centre, Chelmsford.<\/p>\n
\nMany thanks to the sixty or so brave souls who turned out in wintry conditions for the DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM lecture in Chelmsford last night. If you missed it, the good news is that I’ve been asked to do a couple more! Watch this space for further details.<\/p>\n
\nI’m giving another of my DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM lectures at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford on 13th March. It’s open to the public, and it’s free! Further details can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nAttended a fascinating seminar at the IET in London on “Extreme Electromagnetics”. It covered a range of phenomena, including “space weather” and high-energy electromagnetic pulses, that can cause massive disruption to telecommunications networks and electricity power grids. It’s scary stuff!\u00a0Take a look here <\/a>if you would like to learn more.<\/p>\n
\nThe “175 Years of UK Telecommunications” conference that took place today at the IET’s Savoy Place headquarters was a sell-out (if that is the appropriate term for a conference where admission was free).\u00a0There were excellent\u00a0talks covering the history of telegraphy, telephony, Alec Reeves (inventor of PCM), transmission, circuit switching, radio, satellites, mobile networks and\u00a0packet switching. I hope that the IET will organise more conferences like this – there’s clearly a demand for them.<\/p>\n
\nI attended\u00a0the Archaeology of Communications conference <\/a>in Salford. It looked at communications in a wider context than just telecommunications, but there was some excellent material covering telecoms from the invention of the telegraph to the present day. Concern was expressed that telecoms and IT are progressing so fast that important archaeological artefacts are being lost before their significance is truly appreciated.<\/p>\n
\nI visited the BT Archives <\/a>today in London’s High Holborn. Although there are some old telephones on display, the main interest is in the extraordinary collection of\u00a0documents that they hold. I was amazed to discover from their collection of old telephone directories that an ancestor\u00a0of mine appears as early as 1884 – that’s only 8 years after the telephone was invented!<\/p>\n
\nI’ve had a couple of comments on blog postings\u00a0claiming that my RSS feed is not working properly. (The RSS feed is labelled “Follow Ramblings blog”, and is located\u00a0near the top RH corner of each page on this site.)\u00a0 However, I’ve checked with a number of subscribers, and they tell me that the feed is working just fine. If you want to follow the blog but don’t want to use RSS, it can also be found on facebook at DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM<\/a> or on twitter at andrewwheen.<\/p>\n
\nI’ve decided to start blogging! I’ll include interesting stories from the history of telecoms mixed with occasional thoughts about more recent developments.\u00a0Readers will be able to comment on my efforts (although\u00a0I will filter out anything offensive), so any questions that you would like me to address would be most welcome. Select Ramblings Blog or click here\u00a0<\/a>to see the first few posts.\u00a0To receive new posts as I publish them, click on the orange icon at the top RH corner of the page labelled “Follow Ramblings blog”.<\/p>\n
\nMany thanks to Brendan for posting a great customer review on amazon.com.<\/p>\n
\nIt has just been pointed out to me that DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM is now available on iBooks. Apple fans can read the book on iPad, iPhone (3rd Generation or later) or iPod Touch (2nd Generation or later).<\/p>\n
\nI gave\u00a0a lecture based on DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM to the IET Cambridge local network on 15th December at the British Antarctic Survey headquarters\u00a0in Cambridge. Many thanks to the 100 or so people who turned up, and for the very stimulating question & answer session at the end! I’m planning some additional lectures, so watch this space if you are interested.<\/p>\n
\nImperial Engineer magazine published a great review of DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM in their Autumn edition. It’s not currently available online, but it should eventually appear here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nA review of DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM has appeared in this month’s edition of Engineering & Technology magazine. It’s also available online<\/a>\u00a0(scroll to the bottom of the page).<\/p>\n
\nI’ve just received a signed copy of Julia Jones’s new book: “A Ravelled Flag<\/a>“. Alec Reeves, and the\u00a0Oboe navigation system that he invented,\u00a0play a central role in the story. Julia first came across Alec Reeves in DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM (p76), and she has kindly included a reference to\u00a0the book\u00a0in her list of\u00a0acknowledgements.<\/p>\n
\nI gave\u00a0a lecture based on DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM to the IET Beds & Herts local network on 19th October in Welwyn Garden City. Many thanks to all those who turned out on a cold evening to make the event such a success!<\/p>\n
\nAnother 5-star review has appeared\u00a0on amazon.co.uk!\u00a0A big thank-you\u00a0to AlanM.<\/p>\n
\nTwo more customer reviews have appeared\u00a0on amazon.co.uk<\/a>, and both awarded the book 5 stars!! Many thanks to Gatherer and ART.<\/p>\n
\nFirst customer review to appear on amazon.co.uk<\/a>! Many thanks to Duncan W. for getting things going. An extract from a\u00a0review by F. A. Cassara in\u00a0Choice, Vol. 48 (10), June 2011 has also\u00a0appeared on the same page.<\/p>\n
\nHere’s a review on the bookbag website<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nMy publishers have been testing me! Click here <\/a>if you want to know the answers to any of the following questions:<\/p>\n\n
\nA review of the book was published by the IET’s Engineering & Technology magazine. Click here <\/a>and scroll to the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n
\nHere’s a press release <\/a>from the launch of the book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"