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So here's this guy, realising what he was ignoring for far too long …
Miljenko Williams:Been a long time since I last posted here. Have been posting elsewhere; tho’ may often have looked like a rabbit running from an audience. Anyhow, this is appropriate for...
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A shout out for the Open Rights Group!
Miljenko Williams:Good overview from Paul – and would agree: join ORG if you haven’t already. Originally posted on Paul Bernal's Blog: Today is #DigitalRightsMatter day – and yes, I know there are days...
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Search – and how it throws the wheat away …
Search isn’t really designed to help the searcher. At the beginning, whilst they were trying to capture our attention, maybe it was more straightforward. However, nowadays, based as it is on an...
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#Citizenfour and #GuardianLive – with hyphen and all, I mean!
I’ve just watched the following event, streamed by the Guardian: http://youtu.be/-8nxv5aEHFw It was on the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary, “Citizenfour”. I watched this film, rather...
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If Apple’s Tim Cook is right, isn’t he also suggesting we monetise privacy?
An interesting story from the Telegraph today. I’m sure Apple’s Tim Cook’s views are heartfelt, but it’s also a clever case of marketing. Or at least that’s how it strikes me – especially as it’s...
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My view (and tentative version) of the #sharingeconomy
I made a video on Sunday about the #hyperlocal project I’m working on called chester.website. I’m slowly spreading the word in different places – so if you’ve already seen something like this,...
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My 14 minutes of St Valentine’s fame …
You have to smile, and spread the word, when things like this happen. Yup. Me, in the Guardian. And what’s more, also in the “real” paper itself! (On the Letters’ page, if you haven’t tumbled …)...
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chic – by name and nature
Miljenko Williams:Here’s a reblog for a post on micro-business, taken from a new blog I’ve just set up to pull together recent thoughts on the #hyperlocal #wiki called http://chester.website. Although...
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Further thoughts on #hyperlocal sites and #DokuWiki software
I’ve continued to use and implement DokuWiki sofware for the #hyperlocal website environment I’ve started to develop. It’s a pleasurable experience in the main. Today, I started playing around with...
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A #hyperlocal publishing project – experiences with #DokuWiki on chester.website
I’m about three days in to a #hyperlocal publishing project. You can see where I’m at by clicking through to chester.website. I bought the domain a couple of days ago, having taken my inspiration in...
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Advice needed on running a Facebook page
Yep. Madness, I guess, for me to ask this question precisely on this blog. But I have a curious case study to describe, and I’d like your advice (if you have time). I’ve set up a Facebook page for my...
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Back home, back to normal – and back to work
It’s been a difficult summer for me, as I tried to mediate in process I misunderstood. I hope never to have to do so again. Meanwhile, a full return to work – and its futures – allows me to recover a...
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Growing (future) pains in Spain (and the UK)
I just tweeted, kind of out of desperation I have to admit, the following call for information: If you had to advise your children whether to study/live/work in Spain or the UK, what would you say?...
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Indexing the health of our public sphere
Not an hour or so ago, I tweeted this thought: It’s always a bad sign when on issues of public interest, you find yourself not altogether sure what’s wise to say. <sighs> I wonder if we couldn’t...
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#DRIP as seen from Spain – magdalenas, torrefacto coffee and all
Just had my morning torrefacto coffee (a dream), with its matching (slightly naughty) magdalena. Meanwhile, since I arrived at one of my traditional cultural watering-holes, I’ve been posting again...
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Pulling up the drawbridge? No way, Mr Gove!
In some parts, the news that Michael Gove has decided to ban/prevent/encourage examination boards not to test US classics such as “To Kill a Mockingbird”, “The Crucible” and “Of Mice and Men” has been...
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Diddling the workers was never just diddling the workers, now was it?
Slavery and serfdom were little more than questions of daylight robbery. The Industrial Revolution, meanwhile, was rather more subtle. Bringing with it the sometimes dubious honour of cheaper...
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Self-employed – the nouveau pauvre
Mil:Interesting data and thoughts from Rick on the subject of self-employment in Britain. Longish read, as is his wont, but fascinating, as – equally – is his custom. Originally posted on Flip Chart...
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The problem with becoming powerful isn’t the power, after all
They say (who precisely though?) that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But as another, far wiser than myself, suggested: It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more...
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First, GCHQ and communications; next, the NHS and #caredata; now, HMRC and...
I’m going to start, perhaps unwisely, with a cliché today. For all the following – GCHQ’s spying on our communications for our greater security, the pseudonymising of our doctor-patient relationship...
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