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E-Books – The Bigger Problem
This is a post made of a series of posts I made on an older blog system, back in 2009. It’s been getting hits recently, so I thought I ought to put it back up. It is historically interesting, if...
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British Council Annual Lecture 2011: The Internet of People
From Derry, Northern Ireland, March 2011 British Council Annual Lecture 2011: The Internet of People from British Council on Vimeo.
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Post-digital Geopolitics in Salon
Mr. Ambassador, Meet President Zuckerberg, by Cyrus Farivar “You literally build a foreign service for the company, people whose mission it is to represent the company outwardly, but also to translate...
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This weekend in Hay-on-Wye
No one knows what starts the migration. Perhaps it is the lengthening of the days, or a flux in the earth’s magnetic core. But whatever the mechanism, this week sees thousands of writers, readers,...
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Adaptive Journeys
A way to make cities, and especially London, a tiny bit better. But first, an explanation. Yesterday I needed to go from Finsbury Park to Old Street, home of the World Famous Silicon Roundabout(TM)....
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Infrastructure and the State
At the risk of straining a wonk bone or something, the previous post about optimising journeys in London has had me thinking about social policy and the role of the state. Yes, I know, bear with me....
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Random signs of the future, Friday edition
So this was an unexpected popup during a phone call yesterday. It warns of moments when an IMSI-catcher can be used to intercept your calls. It’s new in the iOS5 beta. Then there’s Net-a-Porter Live,...
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Upcoming talks
I’m doing some more talks and events this summer… A Breakfast with Jon Snow at Chatham House, Thursday 23 June 2011 09:00 to 10:00 The closing panel at The Sunday Times/ Wellington College Festival of...
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Bigend-Draperism, a memoir, and a desk.
I have a huge crush on this desk. It is disturbing me. Over the past year or so, and very definitely in the past six months, I’ve been subscribing to the cult of the minimalist glocal: own little but...
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Six Degrees of Dawn Chorus
Matt Jones controls my mornings. He doesn’t know he’s doing this but he does. We’re friends on FourSquare, and his daily commute checkins are pushed to my phone. I’ve been running the beta of iOS5,...
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Soft power, Murdoch, and Parliament’s Ratner Moment.
While there’s a good deal of substantive policy writing to be had, ad nauseam, about media plurality, freedom of speech, the right to investigate, and so on, those weren’t the things most at risk from...
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Check Against Delivery. My speech to the IAAC.
Last night I gave a speech to a meeting of the Information Assurance Advisory Council, the UK’s talking shop for government, law enforcement, security services, and private companies around the issues...
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Six Degrees of Dawn Chorus
Matt Jones controls my mornings. He doesn’t know he’s doing this but he does. We’re friends on FourSquare, and his daily commute checkins are pushed to my phone. I’ve been running the beta of iOS5,...
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British Council Annual Lecture 2011: The Internet of People
From Derry, Northern Ireland, March 2011 British Council Annual Lecture 2011: The Internet of People from British Council on Vimeo.
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Adaptive Journeys
A way to make cities, and especially London, a tiny bit better. But first, an explanation. Yesterday I needed to go from Finsbury Park to Old Street, home of the World Famous Silicon Roundabout(TM)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Soft power, Murdoch, and Parliament’s Ratner Moment.
While there’s a good deal of substantive policy writing to be had, ad nauseam, about media plurality, freedom of speech, the right to investigate, and so on, those weren’t the things most at risk from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
E-Books – The Bigger Problem
This is a post made of a series of posts I made on an older blog system, back in 2009. It’s been getting hits recently, so I thought I ought to put it back up. It is historically interesting, if...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This weekend in Hay-on-Wye
No one knows what starts the migration. Perhaps it is the lengthening of the days, or a flux in the earth’s magnetic core. But whatever the mechanism, this week sees thousands of writers, readers,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Infrastructure and the State
At the risk of straining a wonk bone or something, the previous post about optimising journeys in London has had me thinking about social policy and the role of the state. Yes, I know, bear with me....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bigend-Draperism, a memoir, and a desk.
I have a huge crush on this desk. It is disturbing me. Over the past year or so, and very definitely in the past six months, I’ve been subscribing to the cult of the minimalist glocal: own little but...
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