https://www.flickr.com/photos/edmittance/ Entering the ‘Trough of Disillusionment’? There is this well known thing in technology circles called the Gartner Hype Cycle. The ambitious goal of it is to “ represent the maturity, adoption and social application of specific technologies.” I’m not a fan generally but on this occasion I think it helps illustrate a completely separate…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87857621@N00/2631812503/ I was 27 the first time I remember getting on a plane. I’d apparently been to Spain as a young child but I really have zero memories of that. I have always been deathly afraid of heights — to the extent that I couldn’t cross the Clifton Suspension Bridge without freezing and needing to be carried…

Port80 Conference — May 16th 2014 Hardly an original title given where I work Apparently Mark Twain said that. Although his real name was Samuel Clemence and he suggested he heard it from Disraeli? Who maybe heard it from Lord Balfour or maybe Baron Courtney? So what I am saying is even the bloody saying can’t be trusted…

weird IS wonderful It is not uncommon to come across articles espousing this place or that as the next ‘Silicon Valley’. Over the years I seem to recall Silicon roundabouts, fens, forests, alleys and even, locally, a Silicon Gorge. Certainly in Bristol it is something that comes up every 12 months or so. The city…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46378751@N02/12527828845/ I like a beer. That is pretty well established if you have ever met me. I look like a bloke who likes a beer (and a takeaway.) I have no airs and graces when it comes to beer. I enjoy real ales, craft beers and more than the occasional Heineken. In fact I dislike…