This page lists articles published in 1998. Articles published in 1996 1997 1999 2000 are also available.

For more information about Peter Cochrane and copies of other publications, visit his company's homepage: http://www.conceptlabs.net

No excuse for being boring - 31-12-98
Poor delivery: Peter Cochrane bemoans the luddite approach to talks and lectures about technology

New technology in the slow lane - 24-12-98
Peter Cochrane finds his new laptop email software is nothing to write home about

Why the past is out of date - 17-12-98
To provide the best advice for young people, career advisers need to look to their future, says Peter Cochrane

Hi-tech lessons from a fruit fly - 10-12-98
Pin back the wings of a fruit fly and scientific theory will soar, writes Peter Cochrane

Disk space - the final frontier - 03-12-98
Information Technology is moving fast, and so is the technology to store information, writes Peter Cochrane

Clever machines are no threat - 26-11-98
Rather than being a threat, machines have a lot to teach us. Peter Cochrane thinks it's time to get with the program

Adam Smith falling to bits - 19-11-98
Traditional economic theory faces it's own meltdown, writes Peter Cochrane. In the future, it will be a much more fluid, less predictable system

Who needs expertise? - 12-11-98
Peter Cochrane argues that the outsourcing of technical support or maintenance creates new jobs rather than destroying old ones

Core and chore social classes - 05-11-98
The prohibitive expense of technology may be proving socially divisive but it is also the vital link to bring us closer together, says Peter Cochrane

Logging on for ever - 29-10-98
Increasing Internet use is clogging existing phone exchanges, but solutions are in the pipeline, says Peter Cochrane

Sound future for the deaf - 22-10-98
As someone who is hard of hearing, Peter Cochrane looks at the future of the hearing aid

Taming the corporate cycle - 15-10-98
Companies have either got IT, or they haven't says Peter Cochrane

Why disk space is music to my ears - 08-10-98
When making compilation tapes from a CD collection music selection is much more of a headache than actual data storage, finds Peter Cochrane

Making light of photography - 01-10-98
Peter Cochrane on the virtues of digital camera

Clear the decks, burn the CDs - 24-09-98
The problems of data storage aren't necessarily solved by computers, says Peter Cochrane.

Get off my screen - 10-09-98
Peter Cochrane recognises the infuriating problem of junk email - it's just so hard to identify

Why it's futile to fight change - 03-09-98
Peter Cochrane thinks a computer-literate workforce would be more willing and able to embrace change

Power to the customer cartel - 27-08-98
Peter Cochrane, high-tech consumer rights champion, says that with increased freedom to travel and communicate, we can emancipate ourselves from the price-fixing cartels

The sound and fury of ignorance - 20-08-98
Recent media-fuelled panics over technological advances show the increasing need to keep the public well-informed, says Peter Cochrane

It gets harder to go to war - 13-08-98
As IT and technological advances make the world a smaller place, they also make it a safer one, argues Peter Cochrane

Millennium bug: hype or horror? - 06-08-98
Peter Cochrane assesses the true nature of the Millennium Bug threat

Dying for digital posterity - 30-07-98
When libraries have made way for laptops what will be the future of posterity, wonders Peter Cochrane

Smart people, dumb companies - 23-07-98
Peter Cochrane on the crazy corporate world where a company is quite often its own worst enemy

Out of step on a mindless march - 16-07-98
Peter Cochrane hopes that the few villains caught in the net don't spoil it for the rest of us

When the people demand power - 09-07-98
Future appliances that can sort out the problems of supply and demand will give more power to the people, says Peter Cochrane

Time to change gear again - 03-07-98
As technology advances, we should never lose sight of good old systems, says Peter Cochrane

Signal from the underground - 25-06-98
Antennas don't have to be an eyesore, says Peter Cochrane

Everyone's a closet relay - 18-06-98
Well connected? Then pass it on, urges Peter Cochrane

Financial year a taxing relic - 11-06-98
There's been no advance on the time-wasting absurdities of the financial year, argues Peter Cochrane

Nature's nodes and networks - 04-06-98
Unravelling the tangled models of nature reveals ways in which we can optimise the efficiency of our networks, says Peter Cochrane

Don't believe the scaremongers - 28-05-98
The most important weapon in the fight against electronic crime is common sense, argues Peter Cochrane

A feeling for technology - 21-05-98
Peter Cochrane looks at the part the emotions could play in future technologies

Digital progress defeats fingers - 14-05-98
New interfaces are the key to enhanced interaction with developing technologies, argues Peter Cochrane

A light rein on friendly fire - 07-05-98
In war, the computer's the best side to be on, says Peter Cochrane

Make that call after all - 30-04-98
Peter Cochrane can't connect with the idea of a world without the telephone

Nothing to lose but our chains - 23-04-98
Peter Cochrane looks across the Atlantic for an open-minded approach to web trade

Keeping in touch with real feeling - 16-04-98
Peter Cochrane looks at ways to keep in touch with home wherever he is

Most of my life will be a waste- 09-04-98
Peter Cochrane looks to the future to save time

Eyes and ears in the sky - 02-04-98
Peter Cochrane watches the science of photography truly take off

When standards are sub-standard - 26-03-98
A fault with his current software convinced Peter Cochrane of the need to go back to basics

Lop-sided bandwidth - 19-03-98
We all like to retrieve information using computers, but will the desire to post our own material be a symmetrical case? asks Peter Cochrane.

Life in the melting pot - 12-03-98
It is only a question of time before we create life by design or accident. Then, how will this knowledge change us? asks Peter Cochrane

Have I got news for me? - 05-03-98
In a sensible world news would be of variable length and focused to the needs and interests of you and me, says Peter Cochrane

Machines on the march - 26-02-98
As machines develop further, our integration into their development cycle will become more critical, says Peter Cochrane

Seeing to the end of the fibre - 19-02-98
Should we waste radio capacity on fixed broadcast services, or devote it to the real prize, mobility? asks Peter Cochrane

Writing off forgotten skills - 12-02-98
Peter Cochrane on the changing nature of basic human skills

Machines behaving badly? - 05-02-98
It is essential that the bit business becomes like the rain, essentially free, or at least so low-cost that it seems free, says Peter Cochrane

Now we can all be risk experts - 29-01-98
When we only had paper it was excusable to present statistics badly, but now we have computers there is no excuse, argues Peter Cochrane

Another hotel, another host - 22-01-98
Peter Cochrane on the sticky problem of geting online on the move

World dressed to sell - 15.01.98
People now pay way over the odds to advertise the goods they purchase, and the era of 'image is all' is well established, argues Peter Cochrane

Invisible OS in sight - 08.01.98
People just do not appreciate bandwidth, its value or future role. It costs next to nothing relative to everything else, says Peter Cochrane