Talis, my employer, has been a big promoter of Linked Data and open-access to information, because we see that new ideas often arise when existing ideas come together. Innovation, if you like, occurs at the join between ideas when they connect. I see this as...
There are many things I want to do to improve the way I live. My little plot of the world should be made greener through fantastic gardening skills. My waistline should be happily withering while my biceps should be steadily broadening—despite the physical reality...
As you know, I've been emailing my ISP recently to find out why my connection drops every evening to around 500k. Following every email I've sent since January, I have received this automatic response (ISP name removed, for now...): Hi, Thanks for emailing us. Our...
This evening I sent this letter to my ISP in response to their support followup (I've removed the company name): Please, please don't give me a list of troubleshooting tips again...The broadband router is attached directly to the test socket, therefore guaranteed by...
This post featured originally in Nodalities Magazine. https://www.flickr.com/photos/beauvais/3247442306/ snow from my window I'm sure I'm introducing old friends; but Twitter is a "microbloggiing" platform, to give it its proper description. it gives users 140...
Ok, so I thought I'd try something. I thought I'd try writing an entire post on an iPhone. I've downloaded an app... Think it's ingeniously called something like "blog writer". I can tell that my typically long-winded style and use of punctuation will be a killer...
Reviews of new Windows releases always seem to say the same thing, depending on what kind of person writes them. Mac enthusiasts say it’s yet again stolen more MacOS features. Microsofties defend the new-found stability and the speed compared to last editions....
"Confetti" by mr_gonzales CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 I have talked a lot about metaphor, both here and, perhaps sadly, to my friends and family. Metaphor and the abstract are true passions of mine, and I can't help but see them everywhere. I suppose, it's the nature of metaphor...
I've been blogging a bit over on Nodalities about "stuff being connected". The idea being basically: everyone is constantly creating data—all the bits of information that can be used in abstract. These tiny bits of information are constantly being generated by...