2020s
The Into the Wild bus has been Removed by the Alaska guard.
Probably a good thing, but the end of an era none-the-less.
The UK’s contact tracing app fiasco is a master class in mismanagement - and the piece highlights the two key things that went wrong.
Tech false economy
So, today I’m working on a brand new iMac - the first time I’ve bought a new Mac in over half a decade. And that last couple of years where I was eking out what I could from the old Mac Mini has been a false economy. My productivity has shot up.
I hadn’t realised how much time I spent waiting for apps to open, or hanging around waiting for them to process something.
It really was a false economy. I should have made this investment a couple of years ago, and I need to budget for doing so in future.
I’m actually more interested in how — visually — Apple chooses to do the WWDC keynote later on today, than what they actually announce.
Do they try to replicate the normal stage format? Or do they go a different direction?
When the Rampion Wind Farm was announced, I was worried about its impact on the feel of the beach.
A few years on, I’ve grown rather fond of it.
Well, I am deeply disheartened to read this about Warren Ellis.
Is it that we as a society rewards manipulative talented people with success? Our that the success we grant allows talented people to become like this?
This lockdown concert by Madness is a real balm to the soul. Nicely done.
Has the meaning of the word “blog” changed?
Sadly, I think the answer is “yes”.
Blimey. Plurk. The microblogging service where I was [marginally more popular than @ianbetteridge](https://onemanandhisblog.com/2008/06/plurk_3_week_verdict_on_microb/).
This one was a big hit for me back in the day. I can still recall the frustration and anger I was feeling as I wrote it: Why media gets community wrong.
This is remarkable. A 12 year old blog post - and both the links in it are still live: