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2021v28, Friday: Not oil.
Getting the analogy wrong can ruin policy, as our approach to data has shown. And turning to real fossil fuels: two big, big events involving an oil company and a coal mine.
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2021v24, Monday: Reified abstracts.
More on thingification. This time with reference to the Big C.
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2021v19, Wednesday: Thingification.
The first of a series about what happens when we make things out of stuff (and ideas) that we shouldn't. And: why grift isn't good.
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2021v17, Monday: It's not just about you.
Why an apolitical workplace is a luxury only the comfortable can afford. And a cut-out-and-keep caustic guide to AI ethics.
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2021v12, Wednesday: Loss.
It hurts. Always.
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2021v10, Monday: Put yourself in the picture.
No-one gets elected unless they can tell a story enough people want to be part of. Will Labour ever learn that lesson again?
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2021v7, Friday: Finding family.
Why I welcome the fact that I ache. And a quick link to a writeup of one of the most interesting Supreme Court cases around: Lloyd v Google.
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2021v5, Wednesday: Stories.
On learning advocacy from story-telling, across genres and styles. With a plug for Carly Simon, John le Carré, and a recent opponent of mine.
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2021v3, Monday: Miscellany.
It's a bank holiday. I have to work. So I'm afraid a linkfest will have to do. With a quick shout about sleaze at the end.
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2021v1, Saturday: What's measured matters.
When measures become targets, they're useless as measures. But when something isn't measured at all, it's invisible...
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2021iv28, Wednesday: "A bloody computer system killed my brother."
More on the Horizon scandal. And yes, it's a scandal.
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2021iv26, Monday: An affront to justice.
Firstly - sorry for being off-schedule. Exhaustion, I'm afraid. Back to work, with a few words about the wholly shameful tale of the Horizon prosecutions.