Most of my childhood, bar the first couple of years, was spent living in Watford, a not particularly interesting little town to the North West of London, just outside the Orbital M25 motorway. But for a few years in the late 1970s and early 1980s my parents, wanting to get more space than the two-up, … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 1979
Today I'm going to be spending some time with folk from different housing organisations talking about concepts of Digital Maturity. The contrary way in which I tend to look at things gives me a natural aversion to such a concept - indeed in the past I have written about the idea of Digital Immaturity. Maybe … Continue reading Faster Horses
Maybe it's just the undue influence of De La Soul in my youth, but there's something about the Rule of Three that I find compelling. Ideas that come in threes just seem... right(er). I've been thinking very hard in the last few weeks about how to bring together an approach that can take us into … Continue reading Technology, change and the rule of three
The week in photos: Next week: Leeds
There are a few artists who I feel I probably should know more about but I don't. I know nothing of David Bowie's albums. Or The Clash. Patti Smith or The Ramones not a clue. At least I have gotten around to buying, listening to and loving one Bob Marley album, even if it is … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 1978
This week I have learned: the amazing insight that Dr Mark Bloomfield has about shifting an organisation to be data-enabled. how defining a narrative to sell a story is such an iterative process. that most of my colleagues aren't "D"s ... but quite a lot of them are "C"s. (PPA, if you're wondering). In 2020 … Continue reading Weeknote 467: Going Global
1977. The year of the Silver Jubilee. The year that the Sex Pistols took centre stage. It's going to be a punk classic for #51For50 this week isn't it? Nope. There's a certain class of 70s music that sticks with me from hearing it on the radio on long journeys in the back of my … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 1977
This week I have learned: My favourite App has had a great update. I might have finished all the Stollen. Changing the way in which you access a piece of software can totally change how you approach (I got a new controller for Ableton Live for Christmas). Being interviewed by Steve Chapman this week made … Continue reading Weeknote 466: New Year
It's not often I get properly excited about new software. Maybe that's a function of age. Maybe a function of a cynical outlook. But when I started up the PostIt app yesterday, I was genuinely excited about the new feature that the app (which is free) has added - handwriting transcription. If you aren't familiar, … Continue reading Transcribing workshop outputs – the PostIt App
The Stevie Wonder albums from the 1970s are things of wonder and delight. Grown up from his "Little Stevie" days, they are complex and nuanced, political and funky. We had Talking Book at home - the cover etched into my brain with Stevie in his long robe sitting in the dust, the typography surrounding. But … Continue reading 51 for 50 – 1976
