Multi Occupational Disorder

Multi Occupational Disorder

Darren Rowse, author of the extremely popular Problogger site writes an article (which refers to another article!) about the multi-faceted life of a professional blogger. However, I feel the language being spoken in this exchange is representative of that being spoken...
The end of an era

The end of an era

Yesterday, Dixons, one of the UK’s top retailers of electronic goods, announced that they would stop selling 35mm film and cameras in their shops. If we didn’t know it before, they know it now – its the end of an era for non-digital photography. Just...
Letting it all hang out

Letting it all hang out

The South Florida Sun Sentinel got me thinking yesterday, with an article on “Disappearing privacy and the generation gap” by Liz Doup (requires free login). In the article, Doup argues that before the Baby Boomers, older generations were quite private...
Some thoughts about the future

Some thoughts about the future

In the past few months, I have sat through some good (and some boring) presentations on the future. I can’t remember where all the following came from, so can’t attribute them, but here are a few random thoughts to mull over: Yesterday we kept our...
From Democracy to Bureaucracy?

From Democracy to Bureaucracy?

Ever thought what it would be like to start your own business? Whist one would think the government would encourage the establishment of SME’s, which would create employment, which would create stability and so and so on…… Instead it would appear that the South...