metrics
 Fascinating how social media has come to dominate web use – and how the old “porn drives web innovation” maxim is clearly no longer true.More cogent [analysis at
bloggers
A question [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/sept07/britishblogosphere.htm] : > It’s been an interesting week for the British blogosphere. A week that has raised the question of whether there even is such a thing. The answer is twofold. The first is that the internet, by its
commuting
Sometimes a break can let you see things with new eyes. I haven’t commuted into or out of London by train for over three months now, and a blessed change it’s been. However, today an appointment in London in the morning and one in Sutton in the afternoon
academia
While I was away in France, the annual fracas over improved A level results broke out. Now, I know where I stand on this; I know people who work and teach in Higher Education and they’re seeing a decline in the educational quality of freshers, not an improvement. Here’
pensions
So, we’re all to work until we’re 68 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4484226.stm], are we? Well that all seems very sensible, what with rising life expectancy and all. And then, I think about the fact my Dad died at 65 and it sends
england
What happened 400 years ago today? Unless you were listening to Today [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/] on Radio 4 this morning [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/runningorder/ram/today4_0820_20030725.ram], just as I was, you probably have absolutely no idea whatsoever. In fact,