Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Connecting Clouds
[As ever, this can also be read on the BBC News website]
History is littered with manifestos, the public statements of principles and intentions that announce policies, revolutions or ambitious visions in politics and the arts.
Every political party produces one in advance of an election, and significant manifestos from history include the Communist Manifesto of 1848, [...]
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Going Mobile
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website too]
Most weeks I am fortunate enough to hear about interesting and innovative developments in technology around the world as the in-house commentator for Digital Planet, the World Service technology programme presented by Gareth Mitchell.
We hear about solar-powered wifi in Brazil, computing in Nepal, driverless [...]
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Grimpen Mire
A while back I wrote a column about cloud computing in which I noted that the physical location our online services still matters, and commented that:
In the real world national borders, commercial rivalries and political imperatives all come into play, turning the cloud into a miasma as heavy with menace as the fog over the [...]
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
My bio as a wordle
I took the standard biography I send out to people who want to know and made a Wordle… I think it says more about me than the 1000 word version…
And Jamais has done it too…
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Birthday
It’s my 48th birthday, and outside the sky is blue (for the moment). That’ll do.
(photo from the excellent Tom Catchesides)
