Digital by Default

https://flic.kr/p/dPraP …curing me of ‘impostor syndrome’ I’ve always found it hard to define what it is I do for a living. It has always seemed pretty amorphous and I’ve just sort of muddled along (for sixteen years!) doing the best I could in the circumstances but always unsure where I fit in with the wider…

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…