“Dutch disease” refers to the economic phenomenon where a country experiences a spike in revenue from natural resources—like oil—which leads to a stronger currency and a subsequent decline in other… Read More »Irish Sandwich Disease
Mario Draghi, former prime minister of Italy, and head of the European Central Bank, has published a 69 page report: Many have criticised the slow growing regulatory EU state before,… Read More »EU Competitiveness and Mario Draghi
Your personal data is part of a data breach by company A. Company A sends an email apologising. You now get free data monitoring for the next year from company… Read More »Data Breach Loop-the-Loop
I sense an inverse correlation between: Fortunately, this can be rectified by kindly asking people to be concrete with what they are saying. When there is the urge to “innovate”… Read More »Words to Avoid and Replace
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
Yuka Yuka is an app my brother intro’d me to. It lets you scan food items when you’re shopping, and gives them a rating out of 100. Yuka also lists… Read More »Occam’s Yuka
I love ideas that are bad in theory, but good in practise! Why? Well, others will try ideas that are good in theory. There will be competition. Meanwhile, why would… Read More »Bad in Theory but Good in Practise
I’m in SF for a few days, so no better time than for a post on AI. Until recently, Leopold Aschenbrenner worked on OpenAI’s safety team. He recently left and… Read More »Unhobbling is All You Need?