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Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Jan 5, 2017

Identity duality: trust and preference

We should control our own digital identities, and not just because we should profit from what they tell advertisers about us.

There has been an idea bouncing around tech circles for a while now. It’s about online…

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Nov 2, 2016

Only co-operation secures the future

No country can secure its digital borders without the co-operation of its citizens, and global partners.

The chancellor announced a £1.9bn investment in internet security measures yesterday. Or at…

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Aug 1, 2016

Mobile data: gluttony and the 5G future

Just as our phones are tethered to our pockets, we are tethered to the world by our mobile data connection. With our entire digital lives flowing through this connection, our data consumption is growing rapidly

I’ve been away. And I’ve learned something: I am a mobile data glutton.

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Jul 13, 2016

Pokemon Go: Your future reality is mixed

Massive as the Pokemon Go phenomenon is, it is just a single data point that helps to describe the converging lines of our physical and digital experience.

Pokemon Go is one data point on a line of convergence between physical and digital

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

May 19, 2016

Age checks ain’t nuthin but a blunder

Sexual images are all around us. Unfulfillable promises of a technological defence will do nothing to protect our children.

Amongst the shiny tech announcements in the Queen’s Speech this year was a crowd-pleasing…

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Mar 21, 2016

Why do we tweet?

Given the plethora of options available, why do we choose to tweet? And given new options in the future, will we always chose to do so?

The expected calls came in today, albeit slightly later than you might hope. Two radio stations, one national, one local, asking…

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Mar 16, 2016

Sort Fact from Fiction, Faster

Media literacy and a basic knowledge of the modern world support a powerful scepticism. A defence against fraud of all kinds.

When I get asked questions about education, I tend to talk about the ‘Three Cs’.

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Mar 8, 2016

Asking the Right Questions in the Right Places

Commoditised knowledge is power. With great power comes great responsibility. The responsibility to address our own ignorance.

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Feb 12, 2016

This Connected Life

Life in 2025 will be more connected than it is today, as long as we can solve the issues of constant access and control of our personal data

I’m back in the city after my last post — both physically and figuratively. While my last post was written on a train…

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Feb 10, 2016

This (Dis)Connected Life

Reliable, fast broadband is now a necessity in life and in business wherever you are. Unfortunately, not everyone has access today and the prospects are not promising.

I was the target of some misdirected anger yesterday. Appearing as I seem to do most days, on a regional radio…