“Antitrust” refers to laws and regulations that prevent monopolies and promote competition in markets. My take is that open source has emerged as an important form of response to antitrust… Read More »Open Source as a Response to AntiTrust
I came across this 1988 piece in the Economist by Karl Popper – via David Deutsch on Twitter. I wrote about Proportional Representation very recently, so I’ll avoid repeating what… Read More »Democracy and Proportional Representation: Notes from Popper’s 1988 piece
Act 1: The UK You’re at a late night AGM for the local community club. The passions are high because the stakes are low. It’s time to elect a new… Read More »Can we do a quick show of hands?
I recently took a week-long trip with a friend to Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia) and Helsinki (Finland). Flags In Riga, you’ll find both Latvian and Ukrainian flags on most streets.… Read More »Latvia, Estonia, Finland
Do not bundle! “Slack” is a communication/messaging app – now owned by Salesforce. Microsoft’s version of Slack is called “Teams”. Many companies use Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Powerpoint) and Microsoft Outlook. To… Read More »Don’t you dare bundle or unbundle
An easy way to write an occasional diary entry + finding balance in the news you read.
Summary Whether you think Twitter/Facebook should ban users or not, the crux of the matter is that Facebook/Twitter have a lot of influence. Mastodon.online provides a more decentralised version of… Read More »What alternatives to Facebook and Twitter?
“Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who?My name is, chka-chka Slim Shady” Eminem / Slim Shady Summary: Bio-metric verification (iris, face scans etc.) is one (likely) direction for… Read More »Who are You?
I think I began learning that those who are the happiest are those who do the most for others.
The beauty of a referendum is that there are often only two answers, “yes” and “no”. What we have at the Paris Climate Change convention is the exact opposite of a… Read More »Hashtag One Euro Carbon