If you are reading this…I’ve been blogging both on Medium and on Blogger for some time.Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2020
Fortnight notes: Fame, blame, protest, digital bits, townsA recent edition of the Kneeling Bus looks at the void left behind when products and services cease to be. Blockbuster went away, but was…Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2020
Monthnotes: premodern internet, technical debt, ageing/longevityMaybe we’ve had the wrong visions of the future, argues Max Read. What if we aren’t being accelerated into a cyberpunk future so much as…Dec 12, 2019Dec 12, 2019
Fortnightnotes: care, degrowth, hypeStarting with a perceptive and interesting idea from incredible women:Oct 10, 2019Oct 10, 2019
Fortnightnotes: biodiversity, physicality, cybersecurity, communityNationBuilder — a nice example of how legally connecting bits and bobs gets you targeted advertising not for products, but for politics…Sep 22, 2019Sep 22, 2019
Fortnightnotes: secret sustainability, remote conferences, wordsThe latest and third edition of the Fairphone was announced. Looks like another solid Android phone, as Fairphone 2 was. Nothing fancy in…Sep 8, 2019Sep 8, 2019
Wuthering Bytes Festival 2019Last Friday was the Festival day at Wuthering Bytes, and for the third time I was the compere. Andrew Back did an excellent job curating a…Sep 8, 2019Sep 8, 2019
Fortnightnotes: Tesla coils, miscellanyA highlight from this year’s Wilderness Festival was Arcadia Spectacular — a small portion of the show was Lords of Lightning.Sep 8, 2019Sep 8, 2019
Fortnight notes: definition of done, funding social sector tech, open data, dreaming devicesDoteveryone has published our “definition of done”. What does it mean to finish a piece of work? What does good advocacy, protest or…Jul 28, 2019Jul 28, 2019
Weeknotes: design for resilience, MakeFest, fake stuff onlineI’ve had Steven Jackson’s paper on repair in my reading stack for months. I think I first came across it via Lee Vinsel’s Maintainers…Jul 6, 2019Jul 6, 2019
