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The Graffiti Hype Cycle
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…
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Taking a breather..
I’ve decided to take the rest of this year off from blogging here – I’ll write the occasional thing over on Medium and on our work blog but I’m thinking I’m going to turn the lights off here as the fun has gone out of it a bit (lot).
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Fear of flying
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…
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Innovation ain’t easy
The New York Times is one of the worlds great newspapers. It has also had some great successes in the digital ages (the ‘Snowfall‘ concept was hugely influential for better or worse) but the internal ‘innovation’ report that was leaked to Buzzfeed this week shows just how difficult the shift to a ‘digital…
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Lies, damned lies and statistics.
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…
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