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Defining Cultural Infrastructure

6 months ago
9 minutes
Culture

One of my favourite quotes is, “Succesful products are 20% strategy, 30% execution and 50% culture” - (which I first heard from


Top 10 Books of 2020

a year ago
9 minutes
Year in Review

I set myself a challenge at the start of the year to read 20 books in 2020. This seemed reasonable at the time, but for very obvious…


Understanding Digital Services - The Value of Curation

3 years ago
8 minutes
Digital Services

A few months ago, I wrote about Apple’s services focused growth strategy. I expressed a number of concerns. One is the potential cultural…


Logical induction - How insights from financial markets could play a role in making AI safer

3 years ago
8 minutes
AI

One of the most interesting conversations taking place today is about the possibility of building a general AI; a machine that is capable…


Apple’s pivoting growth strategy

3 years ago
10 minutes
Digital Services

Earlier this month Apple announced to its investors that they were revising their guidance for Apple’s fiscal 2019 first quarter. This was…


Making This Site Faster

3 years ago
2 minutes
Web Design

People are notoriously impatient when online, with 53% of users abandoning sites if they take longer than 3 seconds to load. This problem…


Making This Site Accessible

3 years ago
5 minutes
Web Design

I want to be able to share this website with everyone, no matter who they are, what device/software they’re using, or the speed/quality of…