User:Annelisa02/James Essinger sources

Opinions or Reviews about Spellbound

 * Barbara Wallraf of The Wall Street Journal, and author of three books on language, is skeptical about Essinger's 'innocently through-rose-colored-glasses' way of looking at the 'quirks' of the English language in Spellbound'. She expresses the view that Essinger is wrong to dismiss the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as 'absolutely horrendous', maintaining it is a viable way to reform spelling. She also does not share Essinger's delight in the 'quirks' of spelling, saying "Spelling is the main thing holding our language back from becoming a true global lingua franca."

Opinions or Reviews about Jacquard's Web

 * Jacquard’s Web named one of The Economist's Best Science and Technology Books of 2004


 * Jacquard's Web named one of the best books in Science and Technology for 2004 by Entertainment Weekly.


 * Article in Popular Science magazine (unknown author): Book review of Jacquard's Web describing book.

Background info to biography

 * Paul Marks of New Scientist says Essinger's Jacquard's Web is an "entertaining tale of Jacquard's enduring influence on the information age''.


 * Info on Essinger's Education, and his job as a reporter as reporter since 1984, primary source from a Global Insights publication


 * An article, 1988, discussing Essinger's report on the stockmarket crash


 * The Guardian interview by Alice Wignall regarding Essinger teaching English in Finland and learning Finnish.


 * Essinger played a bit part of a speed dating guy bald in the film, The Flirting Club (2010) directed by Alexander Jovy, for which the cast was auditioned online and were voted for by the public (Many links, but no proper reference):
 * Sardosa.com (full cast list)
 * IMBD
 * PNOP
 * Cinema RX
 * Filmous.com
 * Movieberry.com