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Why not utilise use?
Choosing a word with extra syllables seems like a kind of one-upmanship over drab, simpler words like: use; and do. Is this a form of snobbery even more unbecoming than non-standard, corporate English? Such marked words display a kind of vanity that doesn't add much...
Spite and Malice
"She'll sit on you!" my mother said as I tried to play when I should have been quiet. "Huh? Why will she sit on me?" i asked, confused. "Because that's what Gi-gi does. She'll sit on you if you're bad!" she said ever so seriously. Gi-gi, my great-grandmother was out...
Mozilla Festival: Media, Freedom, and the Web
Originally appeared on Kasabi's Blog: This last weekend, I found myself wearing a lab coat, meeting people working on some of the most interesting projects on the web, while in the queue to an entirely free espresso bar. And, I kept seeing human-sized foxes walking...
Some lessons learned from injury
"You've had an accident on your bike," a familiar voice gave me something I knew. "You're in the hospital," and the familiarity fled with being awake. A few more dreams, and I slowly recognised myself lying in bed, surrounded by scrubs and unfortunate people. I pushed...
A Year of Open Government Data: Transparency, but also Innovation
Originally appeared on Nodalities Blog: http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2011/01/opengov-data.php Towards the end of 2010, Wikileaks generates many headlines as it publishes information on the web, causing controversy and leading to talk about politicians hiding...
Information as a Civil Liberty
Originally appeared on Nodalities Blog: http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities “Free citizens must be able to hold big institutions and powerful individuals to account.” I attended a speech at the Institute for Government by UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at which he...
Tablets
The more I use it, the more conflicted I am about the iPad. It's bright and renders images beautifully. I love the way designers are now taking this big screen into account when they produce apps like Pulse news reader and FryPaper. It's really fun for showing photos...
American perspective
Friends very often ask whether I feel myself to be American or whether I'm English yet; and I find I always stammer a bit, and hedge. Do I feel like an American? I don't know. I spent the first 18 years of my life in Colorado, so you could say I'm definitely American....
Guest Post: What is Specialty Coffee?
Guest post by Stephen Leighton from Has Bean coffee about specialty coffee So who am I? My name is Stephen Leighton and I'm the owner and head roaster at Has Bean Coffee based in Stafford. Has Bean is an online retailer, roasting and selling fine specialty coffees...