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When is AI good AI, Part II
Lego Mars Rover robot by daughter then aged 8
Andrew Zolnai
May 13, 2024
A divergence of AI
A divergence of AI
Divergent paths in old town Pau, SW FR
Andrew Zolnai
Apr 15, 2024
When is AI more than AI
When is AI more than AI

Andrew Zolnai
Apr 5, 2024
When is IT bad IT?
When is IT bad IT?
IT underpinnings to the future, not furore, of computing
Andrew Zolnai
Jan 10, 2024
When is AI good AI?
When is AI good AI?
Source
Andrew Zolnai
Nov 27, 2023
Doppelgangers and all that
Doppelgangers and all that
Dawn from my mom’s house: original, filtered & mono, same pic different effect
Andrew Zolnai
Sep 15, 2023
A short story about fintech
A short story about fintech
Fenceline, Codhams Common, Cambridge UK
Andrew Zolnai
Sep 13, 2023
Stop AI scraping your Internet data
Stop AI scraping your Internet data
Internet-scraped & hand-created illustrations, 45: Fulton County jail & Sting: “Every breath you take”
Andrew Zolnai
Sep 1, 2023
A brief history of North Sea oil&gas
A brief history of North Sea oil&gas
Forties oil rig, bp’s 50th anniversary, 2014, Guardian
Andrew Zolnai
Aug 2, 2023
When is AI not AI?
When is AI not AI?
AI “art” by author on wombo.ai (flickr and Instagram)
Andrew Zolnai
Jul 19, 2023
In the Beginning, Part II
In the Beginning, Part II
This is a follow-on to In the beginning on my earliest computer ventures — see also 1981, 1988a, 1988b, 1989, 1990 & 1992 — my full list…
Andrew Zolnai
Jun 20, 2023
AI isn’t coming… it’s here!
AI isn’t coming… it’s here!
“How artificial intelligence will be used in East Road, Cambridge, to make it safer to cross the road” (Cambridge Independent)
Andrew Zolnai
May 13, 2023
The future is digital… only it’s not what you think!
The future is digital… only it’s not what you think!
Speaking truth to power: 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8a, 8b, 8c, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15
Andrew Zolnai
Sep 13, 2022
On Internet Security
On Internet Security
Trials and tribulations of living on the web
Andrew Zolnai
May 13, 2022
Carbon footprint through time, II
Carbon footprint through time, II
Map using Equal Earth not Web Mercator projection
Andrew Zolnai
Oct 30, 2019
Carbon footprint through time
Carbon footprint through time
Map using proportional not choropleth symbology
Andrew Zolnai
Oct 23, 2019
In the beginning
In the beginning
early computer print of ‘map’ points as line-printer characters
Andrew Zolnai
Apr 12, 2019
The web is safer than the desktop
The web is safer than the desktop
I rode this weekend the bullet train to Paris that put Bordeaux within two hours. And did the French rail network worry about displaying…
Andrew Zolnai
Apr 24, 2018
Open data mapping workshop
Open data mapping workshop
This is the opening page to class notes I just posted on DropBox with data.
Andrew Zolnai
Apr 3, 2018
The Internet? It’s complicated!
The Internet? It’s complicated!
In 1986 the local telco optically wired the city of Calgary, W Canada, for free, betting it would recoup its investment in business network…
Andrew Zolnai
Mar 19, 2018
Geodata, privacy and all that
Geodata, privacy and all that
For those who follow geo-news, Strava made the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently. Joseph Kerski’s Spatial Reserves blog covered…
Andrew Zolnai
Feb 2, 2018
Standards and Metadata, Part X
Standards and Metadata, Part X
Welcome to the tenth (!) instalment of my series posted here, on my blog and my original website. In this year’s AGI GeoCom17 lightning…
Andrew Zolnai
Nov 4, 2017
Almost Open Data
Almost Open Data
Note: this is Part II of a 2½ year old blog post … now HOW open is open?
Andrew Zolnai
Sep 11, 2017
The Future of Maps is ‘squishy’
The Future of Maps is ‘squishy’
“Hello all you cyberheads! Welcome to the 90’s version of intimacy…you can hear me, you can even see me, but you can’t touch me!”
Andrew Zolnai
Aug 22, 2017
Putting the Horse back before the Cart in Data Science
Putting the Horse back before the Cart in Data Science
Ian White recently said “…. the biggest limitation of what I refer to as ‘data science thinking’ [is] letting technical skills drive the…
Andrew Zolnai
Jul 11, 2017
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