Gang of Four are one of my all time favourite bands, so when I started listening to a cheeky little post-punk playlist this morning it was almost inevitable that something by those cheeky hipsters would pop up. So how relevant that I found that essence rare should randomly shuffle into my ears today, the day [...]
I love a bit of network theory, so I thought I’d write down my ideas on how political parties can reach audiences more effectively and reach further into the network. A few things to point out initially; This post is not designed to show any political bias (I am, in fact, a libertarian)(I work at [...]
I am a libertarian. There. I said it. Now we all know. So why the attention-seeking blog post? Well. It appears that not everyone is a big fan of my new found political leaning. Most of my friends and colleagues are Labour or Tory. I am neither. As both are (almost) identical (in my eyes) [...]
I’ve wanted to do this for a while now… Here are the answers to my political compass, I’d love for someone to question me. Maybe Stuart? Or Simon? Or Tim? Or Milo? Or Danny? I finally feel like my odd mixture of anarchism, libertarianism, liberal, right-wing businessism and nihilism has found a place! — If [...]
I’m finally being brave enough to post my political compass… Judge me at your peril. If you have any comments, questions or criticisms; fire away!
Enough is enough. The UK government need to do one of two things; shut up pretending to understand the ideologies of the internet and modern communication or actually sit down and learn something about the online world after 1990. In the last three months we’ve had four incidents…
I was looking through the BeamItDown collection of iPod Touch/iPhone books the other day when I stumbled across something really interesting, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘Fireside Chats’. Between 1933 and 1944 (the Great Depression) Roosevelt used to broadcast fireside chats that addressed a wide variety of topics. There were 29 chats in all and they ranged [...]