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Pendulum Swings

I remember when Social Media erupted and now there are signs that the shine is off. Looking at my own writings on this this here, you can see all manner of posts regarding Social Creatures. This week has seen, in addition to Elon decimating Twitter’s ranks, layoffs at Meta. The root of this? It seems,…

November 9, 2022
It’s Snow Time!

Over lockdown I really picked up my running, and after some very cold toes in 2019, I decided to get proper winter running shoes and not do the “extra socks” thing with my regular kicks. So I got the awesome Ghost 12 GTX (1200 km and they look new!). I put that shoe through 800km…

November 4, 2022
Roll the stone

So it seems of-late at work I’m playing an interesting role. I’ve set a goal of changing culture related to learning. Taking it from an event to a basic activity. Transitioning from asking permission to learn to one of learning to ask more questions. This seems to be working slowly. Not on the ground yet,…

November 3, 2022
So Twitter is [ ]

Facebook is also facing head winds. I remember when it started, and this week it falls over (perhaps). So it seems that the classic content driven modes of sharing (blogs, messaging) are coming back. Granted this may be an artifact related to Tik-Tok, but we are certainly in a time of transition in technology and…

October 28, 2022
Bucket list item checked

Growing up, my brother and I had received a couple of posters from family friends. One, a red Lamborghini Countach; and the other a white Porsche 911. I remember picking the Lambo because “it was more aerodynamic”, but there was always something about that 911 that caught my eye whenever I went into my brother’s…

July 1, 2021