In another life I worked for Oracle in the UK and thence onto the US. When I first met my boss to be, the UK offices were in Richmond. By the time I had joined, they had moved to Chertsey. Within a …
This post originated as a comment in another thread, but it made me think more - again - about how language is constantly being twisted to operate against people.
I wrote
“Language is powerful - …
🔗 Thomas Keneally’s 2020s vision: We must abandon the language of the market to reclaim our humanity
I posted this link at the time it was published (2020).
It surfaced the other day through my DayONE - and I decided to repost it in the category 🖇️ ‘Language Is Important’- ‘Tom’ and I are on the same page.
This post, by Dave Rosenthal caught my eye this morning. It's long, it’s deep and is written with authority and knowledge.
Who is David Rosenthal? In his words
I worked with James Gosling on …
Stone Age culture in the Orkney islands
When I was eight years old, we took a family trip to the Orkney islands off the north coast of Scotland. I don’t know why we went there particularly, but it …
If you are interested in this world - Sangeet Paul Choudary is well worth a follow.
I found his latest newsletter interesting
Pipelines to platforms to protocols: Reconfiguring value and redesigning …
In case you hadn’t noticed - I am in a bit of a catch up mode.
This for example is a set of links that clearly at one time all connected in my head, but for the life of me - I can’t see …
… Truly horrible.
So when I read Google Slides is actually Hilarious … sadly on Medium (oh the irony - the ignominy of publishing your Google Slides takedown on Medium!), it needed to be …
A hot new watch from IDZ … or is it?
They call it ‘The Identity Watch’. The web site reads more as a manifesto for privacy, data security and identity, I love it!
It’s a new year, and a spectacular new one at that. More of that to come - but good reasons for my extended absence.
As we reopen the doors, I have decided to offer up some shorter thought posts and …