Sun 19 Feb 2012
Facebook won’t let me post to Pinterest…
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Sun 12 Feb 2012
Remembering Chris Lightfoot
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Five years ago, on February 11, my friend Chris Lightfoot killed himself and we lost one of the most significant thinkers about how we realise the vision of an open society in a networked world that we have ever had – and one of the most accomplished doers, too, because Chris was a modern public intellectual, committed to ‘rough consensus and running code’ as well as erudite arguments with anyone who stood in his path.
Tom Steinberg has written a marvellously insightful analysis of why Chris mattered, and it goes into some detail about his achievements, especially within the context of MySociety. You can read it here:
5 Years On: Why Understanding Chris Lightfoot Matters Now More Than Ever
After Chris died I wrote his obituary for The Times. It has now gone behind the paywall, so I’m reposting a version of it here in the interests of history and to ensure that we all remember Chris and appreciate his enormous contribution to our world. It’s written in Times style – the impersonal viewpoint that makes even the most NPOV Wikipedia article come over as if it comes from the keyboard of a zealot. The printed version had been subbed and will differ, but as far as I’m aware all the facts are correct.
Sat 11 Feb 2012
#ohhaimark – looking forward to The Room with Max and Adz- and Mr Wiseau
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Apparently The Room is the best movie since Citizen Kane- though Adam was smiling when he said so…
@ruskin147 am at the back of the room- my natural place in life. Canhazwine...In the speakers room at #wcit2010 – @Dom is a serious man :-)...Looking forward to Hong Kong – there for a week with @ktsays :-)...At the back of the #mashmedia room listening to Vaughan Smith talking about #wikileaks...British Council have got me an excellent room in Berlin – free wifi and with a small balcony, too :-)...
Thu 9 Feb 2012
Coffee with @jjn1 – and a copy of his excellent book!
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Taking a break in Carluccio’s with John, who has brought me a copy of From
Gutenberg to Zuckerberg 
Looking forward to @jjn1 at #nominetpf as he dissects the question ‘protection from what?’...A view of @jjn1 by candlelight, at Balliol for #oii10 supper....Coffee time with Illy...Coffee and porridge with KT at LHR T5- sitting next to a band on their way to belgium but don’t recognise them..,...Coffee and chat at T’Groucho then a #londoncycle to Bush House for #digitalplanet with @garethm – and @ruskin147...
Tue 7 Feb 2012
Sat 4 Feb 2012
Pig prep with @ktsays
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Out in the fens building a pigsty with @ktsays #therewillbebacon Eventually.
@ktsays and I’m looking forward to seeing you…...My book just ran out of power… But @ktsays can keep reading. Ebook problem no 172 :-)...Breakfast before a busy day- thank you, @ktsays :-)...Supper at Shelter Cove with @ktsays...The dedicated @ktsays deals with last-minute work before we board our flight from Hong Kong :-)...
Tue 31 Jan 2012
Tue 24 Jan 2012
In the studio for #bbcclickradio
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I’m about to go on air with @garethm… from here! it’s a wooden box in the lobby of Quay House at #mediacityuk
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Sitting in the studio with @garethm for #bbcclickradio as we listen to the package play out… #relaxingonair...Welcomed to the NCA studio in Norwich by Ian – waiting to talk to @GarethM in London for this week’s #bbcclickradio...And here’s the evidence that Max Whitby from @touchpress was in the studio for #bbcclickradio :-)...Beer and chips on the 845 after #bbcclickradio Now do you believe I’m human @GarethM ? No machine wd eat this!...The things @GarethM does for #bbcclickradio – on air soon....
Mon 23 Jan 2012
Watching Ian Livingstone at #fusionnextgen – about to chair q&a
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Watching Ian Livingstone at #fusionnextgen – about to chair q&a...Why we need to stop the data retention proposals...Watching George Auckland being doorstopped by trainees at White City…very entertaining :-)...Watching @clarered tweeting about @cshirky at #foishirky for benefit of all at Cornerhouse...A lovely day watching the bumps with @ktsays and many many friends :-)...
Mon 23 Jan 2012
Watching Ian Livingstone at #fusionnextgen – about to chair q&a
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Watching Ian Livingstone at #fusionnextgen – about to chair q&a...Why we need to stop the data retention proposals...Watching George Auckland being doorstopped by trainees at White City…very entertaining :-)...Watching @clarered tweeting about @cshirky at #foishirky for benefit of all at Cornerhouse...A lovely day watching the bumps with @ktsays and many many friends :-)...