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Work and Projects
- Stuff I'm doing, or help withFiretail: A strategy consulting firm that works to help civil society organisations make smarter choices. Director.Mondial Systems: A software firm that helps companies manage their corporate responsibility agenda. Director.Stroudgreen: A North London local forum. I set this up, with David.DemSoc: A non-partisan membership organisation for democracy, participation and new ways of doing government. Governor.
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One of the runners from the London marathon. Love this shirt. #LondonMarathon #Running #Motivation #Swag
How the world has changed in 4 years. This is a breakdown of the email clients people use to read the Firetail fortnightly email. An almost complete transition from desktop to mobile email reading.
The World Architecture house of the year is on a granite monolith in Zimbabwe. It updates the austere modernist traditions of “Classic Bond Villain” with an eco-lodge twist
Love this. Duets by Everything Everything. 2 parts Broadcast 2000, 1 part Jesus Christ Superstar. Whereas this track (Kemosabe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKKMfJ8cZoQ) also adds a fair dose of Nik Kershaw
I’ve got loads of work to do. Here’s an absolutely unmissable video of goats yelling like humans. Unmissable.
The Guardian analyzes State of the Union speeches using the Flesch-Kincaid reading level and finds them steadily declining.
- French phone numbers
Yesterday, I had an awkward moment giving out my mobile number in French, over the phone.
So today, we built this, the very definition of a single serving website:
The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts
Lawrence of Arabia, via PrometheusSomehow, the Lance Armstrong story has turned into a dark, inverted version of “Miracle on 34th Street”: in the end, the plot all comes down to the legal status of the Post Office…
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Tweets
- RT @AlexOsterwalder: Wonder why people more easily spend on ops stuff than on strategy stuff. "Doing things right" vs. "doing the right thi…
- RT @demsoc: Do you think that [massive generalisation] because [sweeping statement]? #newsnight
- RT @demsoc: Noted: Obama campaign’s chief data guy gets candid about the data strategy that won the election - The Washington ... http://t.…
- RT @ICSUnews: #FutureEarth town hall at @royalsociety & @britac_news w/ Steven Wilson, Rik Leemans & others, 21 June, reg. req. http://t.co…May 15, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I do like @bheald's honest and thoughtful blogs on the rewards and travails of running an organisation: http://t.co/J2FOgIhq3tMay 15, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @brie_rl: We'll be closing applications for @UKChange Campaigner on Friday - so if ur an awesome digital campaigner pls apply! http://t.…May 15, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- This is water. David Foster Wallace - http://t.co/iGlRStUo5N
- Good article >> 'For quite some time I was taken in by a doubly untrue meme: “Today, donors care about impact"' http://t.co/WYvIxUPnh9May 13, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @virtualmatthill: FREE @guardian #G8 debate with @DrumJamie, @justinforsyth, Ruth Bergan and Larry Elliott this Wed. Tickets here: http:…May 13, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- "The great tragedy of my generation is how little space we have left for truly independent thought" http://t.co/E92WCn0mO4May 13, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- That FoI correspondence from @educationgovuk is extraordinary. Not just because of the apostrophe. #grammarMay 13, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- "The other survey’s the Secretary of State referred to include: a survey of 2000 11 to 16 year olds by Premier Inn;" https://t.co/l6Oz3w0Tn3May 13, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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