2020s
Nearly 14 years ago, then-French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy talked to the attendees at LeWeb 3, a digital conference.
It seems like yesterday, but the amount that has changed in the last 13 years is astonishing.
I’m really enjoying the process of pulling together my daily distractions newsletter. Finding three things to link is great fun. Today’s issue features @hollyhoneychurch, too…
Remember folks: stay the f*ck at home
April is here. Off I go on trying to post on One Man & His Blog at least once a day: Viruses, Lies and Spammers
One reason the UK is struggling on Covid-19 testing: centralised policy decision are leaving labs standing idle.
John Gruber: How to Open the Emoji Keyboard While Using a Hardware Keyboard on iPadOS
But the shortcut he refers to for opening the Emoji picker on MacOS is even more useful. 🥳
Dominic Cummings in isolation as pressure mounts over NHS testing - I suspect that means that pretty much everyone leading our response has the novel coronavirus.
Well, the quasi-lockdown in the UK is really good at showing up who are the selfish people in your neighbourhood - and who has the scary authoritarian tendencies.
So, today I corrected one small piece of misinformation about the government’s position, and got accused of all sorts of things as a result, before being blocked.
How’s your day going?
We need more than great coronavirus reporting right now. We also need distraction — and journalists could make that easier to find.
How BBC Radio 4 is going to keep The Archers going during Coronavirus lockdown.