Some good stuff in here "We're maintaining institutional complexity by transferring its cost downwards and calling it efficiency." "The problem is that cultural risk and organisational waste were being subsidised by the same cheap money, and we learned to treat them as the same kind
Opinion Show
I've been a fan of Matt Jukes for ages. He has a deep commitment to digital public service. He has a sly sense of humour. He puts his effort where his mouth is and his heart on his sleeve. A little while ago he wrote a blog post
Interesting Assemble
As previously discussed we're trying an experiment with an online mini-Interesting on September 30th. One short talk and then some discussion. Our guest will be the historian Dr Helen Castor who talked at Interesting 2016 about Digging Up Kings. I'm hoping we'll find
After Advertising
After a bunch of 'exploring' Flora and I have started on Season Two of our podcast. We're calling it After Advertising because that's what we are, and it's possibly an interesting theme. We've started off with three things each we&
Stumbled past this conversation on LinkedIn today... See...
Paninaro.uno
@painesplough_ blank is about blank who wants blank, but blank is stopping them… A writing prompt, imparted to Roy Williams from the late great Stephen Jeffreys. 📽️ @DMLK Video Meet the Writers is a video series from Paines Plough about the power of storytelling and theatre. Take a seat with some
I had a long and fascinating chat with David and Jeffre the other day. They wanted to talk about Cog for their interestingness project and knowing a conversation with them is always fascinating I asked if I could record it. We rambled on and on. But it reminded me of
I've just recorded an hour's chat with the esteemed Dan Hill about the development of the BT Tower. It's on YouTube as part of my ongoing fascination with the tower, and it's development. And I've realised, it really is my
@ticketybooks Ranking the greatest opening lines in picture book literature, including #EricCarle #ShelSilverstein #SandraBoynton #kidlit #picturebooks #booktok ♬ original sound - Tickety Books @thegreedydick Eggs with a side of a shrine to Joan Collins Max Cafe on the Clapham Road, a weird bit of London's food history londonhotspots londonfood londonfoodie
Earlies
I've been going out and streaming mixes from various outdoor locales. This morning I was by the lake in Regents Park. I think it makes for a nice combo of gentle ambient music and gentle ambient nature. It also featured a large fish jumping, occasionally, from the lake.
The original Peter Skillman talk Tom Wujek's talk, with lots of data