In November 2008 I read a book called CauseWired by Tom Watson. NB This Tom Watson isn’t the Labour Party Deputy leader (here), he’s this one, the US journalist and critic. I wrote: If you look at my copy of CauseWired, you’ll see that I’ve marked more than one or two pages out, and if you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I’ve been… Read more →
If you don’t do the little things the bigs things will never happen
This week I spent an evening the company of David Gurteen, who is the wonderful human being behind the “Knowledge Café” series. This particular evening we were at the NHS London Leadership Academy. The conversation was, as usual, wide-ranging and challenging, particularly looking at how leaders can be meaningfully attentive, bridging the requirements to both deliver and to care in… Read more →
Google I/O – A 2018 Watershed for AI? Some Notes
This was the week of Google I/O; Part rock concert (the arena part, not the music part), and part tech conference. I settled into a chair, together a group of the Basingstoke Tech Scene folks, and listened. By now it’s apparent that the major story of the event was Google Duplex, Google’s conversational AI addition to Google Assistant. It was… Read more →
GDPR and PECR and getting salty and “Re-permissioning”
Apologies to those who have heard me say this five hundred times already, but avoiding the repetition is the reason for this post. It is possible that I may just have pointed you here. I’m writing with my personal hat on, rather than my work hat on. Actually, I’m not wearing a hat at all right now – I’ve taken… Read more →
Working at Velocity
I read the wired article on the Speedfactory at Adidas, via Katheryn Corrick. It is the best articulation of a trend that has been coming for a while: businesses outsourced manufacturing when there is no competitive advantage in it. When I worked at Cisco, in the days of its peak growth and value, it was really a software business, and… Read more →
Another WiFi Issue – KRACK
As of the disclosure today, news about the WiFi “KRACK” is starting to circulate widely. It has had so much coverage that it has taken down some of the common security sites due to the volume of people trying to find out more! I think most people are already aware that you are vulnerable if you use Public WiFi that… Read more →