#uksnow – one of a kind?

I still get a buzz out of seeing this: The seed of the idea appeared in the same room that I’m writing this post in today, almost four years ago. I wrote about it conceptually at the time, before any…

The root of the problem

Spent a hugely enjoyable day today in Cardiff in the company of Learning Pool and their customers. I’ve got a lot of time for the way this bunch have built their business, and – for once a word neither hijacked…

What a lot of shite

This post has been almost written dozens of times over the last few years. I nearly wrote it after this. And this. But today I’ve seen this, and I can hold back no longer. Whether the message is about mobile…

You can quote me on that

“Truth is delivered in yellow boxes.” That was my first thought when I saw this popular little graphic posted last week. Then I saw it a few more times, and had a few more thoughts. Guilt, at first, if I’m…

Side-tracking

The West Coast main line procurement has fallen apart in spectacular fashion. Investigations are under way and three civil servants have been suspended. No doubt this is intended as an early sign of how seriously this will all be taken.…

Plain weird

Seen in a sweet shop, Strand, 2 October. Who put it there? Who are people likely, at a glance, to think put it there? I mean, it’s got website addresses at the bottom, and everything. It’s just promoting a consultation,…

Blue light? Red light.

Yesterday afternoon this tweet [screengrab above, in case it gets deleted] popped into my stream, as a result of a RT from a friend. This friend has thousands of followers, and tends to pick content with care, so it caught…

The underpin

A quick post on identity, written after seeing Dave Birch’s marvellous TEDx talk on identity, but rooted in a Nasty Thought about identity assurance (proving things about you to be true) that’s been troubling me for a while. To summarise…

It kinda depends…

The BIS consultation on the next stage of midata has been announced. Obviously it’s a no-brainer that making nasty old companies do more, for free, for nice-us-the-consumers is a Good Thing, innit? Well, maybe… But it kinda depends how widely…

Know Me, Know Me Not

A featureless airport departures hall. Behind the check-in desk, a large warrior stands, strip-lighting lending a pale lilac wash to his magnificent plumed helmet. Half-way along the queue is a rather dishevelled Tortoise, surrounded by heavy bags. Achilles (for he’s…

Seeing red

A bold tweet’s been getting a bit of an airing this morning: Shall we have a closer look at that one? Firstly, I have some doubts about the practicality of actually getting the smoking-tyre photos needed to make this work.…

Publishers and publishing

There’s these three middle managers on a train… No, it’s not a joke. Not really. About 1pm today, these three geezers are on my train, on their way to a management meeting. The figures and charts strewn over the table…