Magnetic Man - Perfect Stranger So there we go. 41 songs representing the 41 years that (almost) I've been on the planet. One of the hardest years to choose for, too, because since the advent of Spotify I've listened to more new music this year than I have done since I was in my 20s. … Continue reading 2010
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Off to the Park Plaza Victoria this morning to present at the 4th Cloud Circle Forum. Here's what I'll be sharing with the audience...
An interesting new podcast from RadioLab last week entitled "What does technology want?" The discussion ranges from the origins of technologically innovative ideas, through to the way in which technology can develop a life of its own. To illustrate that latter point, the now near impossibility of turning off the internet is raised. It's an … Continue reading Turning off the internet
Lily Allen - The Fear And so we get to the 40th track on this long old playlist, and the penultimate one at that. I was going to pick something by the Kings of Leon, but in the end have plumped for a track by Keith Allen's daughter. The first track from Lily's second album, … Continue reading 2009
Above every other theme at last week's Web 2.0 Summit, and a reliable constant at cloud and CIO events throughout the year has been the subject about the ascent of mobile devices. Depending on who you talk to, mobile will trump fixed or laptops for in either 2012 or 2014. Apple has managed to completely … Continue reading The rise of mobile
Elbow - One day like this I have to admit that before their 2008 Mercury Prize-winning album, the only thing that I knew of Elbow was their cover version of Independent Woman, which had been used to a soundtrack of an animation of some animated cats. The album was a revelation, and this song (which … Continue reading 2008
Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya I know that some people think that they are a naff as flock wallpaper, but as you can see from that analogy I'm no arbiter of taste and fashion. Never have been, and certainly never will be. I like Groove Armada. The Renault-flogging cheese of I See You Baby, … Continue reading 2007
A great week spent at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Further reflections to come. Next week in one word: countdown.
The third and final day of Web 2.0 went a little something like this: After sponsor workshops first thing (I was at the RIM one), the first plenary session saw a discussion about education, trailed with a clip from Davis Guggenheim's recent film on the topic 'Waiting for Superman'. After the culture shock of the … Continue reading Travelblog #w2s 4
