By way of explanation

I haven't really explained the somewhat pompous title of this blog, so I thought I should. Over the past five years or so, I've increasingly seen the benefit of using metaphor as a way of being able to cut through what can otherwise seem to be insurmountable issues. It is often much easier to solve … Continue reading By way of explanation

The importance of casuality

Chris Anderson's article in this month's Wired seems to be making a case that massive data sets (and our ability to manipulate them) means that casuality is no longer relevant --- if you can find a corelation in data then that is all that is important. It depends on what you are trying to do... … Continue reading The importance of casuality

geotagging

The combination of the updated software on my N82, Flickr and Yahoo Go, I should now be in a position to be able to upload geotagged photos to the web from anywhere where I can (afford to) connect to a mobile data network. See the results here.

Back to "work"

After a pleasant week's holiday down in the South West of France, it's back to the task in hand. Technology has had a dramatic impact on the recruitment market in some respects - it's certainly a lot easier now to get to find out about opportunities through mass recruitment sites like monster, the open door … Continue reading Back to "work"