Too Much Information
Or: Can Everyone Just Shut Up for a Moment, Some of Us Are Trying to Think

Subtitled 'Can Everyone Just Shut Up for a Moment, Some of Us Are Trying to Think Gorman's humorous and thought provoking look at social media and the digital age. 7 out of 12, Three Star read, 'cos let's face it, he's preaching to the choir here in the bookish world of Goodreads :). Kind of book th......more

Badger glove puppets, Badger glove puppets, Badger glove puppets..... Loved this book, it's basically laughing at the absurdity of modern life, especially the internet and the ridiculousness of how advertisers and some "normal" people try to manipulate twitter and the like to dance to their tune. Dave......more

An interesting and unexpected divergence into the world of badger glove puppetry (maybe). I became a fan of Dave Gorman after enjoying the first series of his show on UKTV channel Dave, "Modern Life is Goodish". I've since enjoyed various other Gorman works but this is very much in the vein of his TV......more

This book can often seem like a specialist version of the TV show Grumpy Old Men on the topic of information, IT and the media - and there certainly are some funny parts to it - but just as the subtitle suggests that Gorman is trying to think in a deluge of often unwanted 'information', itself of du......more

Another entertaining read from Dave Gorman , which had me sniggering on more than one occasion. If you've seen "Modern Life is Goodish", then you'll have an idea of what to expect from this book (in fact, I recall his rant about Scouting For Girls greatest hits from his series & it appears here pret......more