In an interview, I discuss modern public discourse, ways of understanding and thinking, and the politics of ICT
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Notes: Deyan Sudjic on Sir Terence Conran RIP
Deyan Sudjic on the late Sir Terence Conran on Last Word, BBC Radio 4, September 18th, 2020 He said that “Unless a designer really knows how to make something, they can’t really say they have finished designing it” He was a war baby, or the age of austerity. First experience at the Festival of […]
Review of The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is one of the best books on innovation in the last 20 years. I read it in 2000 and still refer to it. Christensen’s core insight/argument is that businesses fight […]
Interviewed on 50 Years of the Internet Project
I was interviewed on the ‘50 Years of the Internet Project’ for Version 1’s One Zero One podcast
Exhibition: Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things
Facebook: Taking the boys for a half-term trip to Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things at the Science Museum London. In the show thirty-six inventions are presented alongside original sketches and drawings by their inventors, patent specifications and original adverts revealing the efforts made to establish each product. It is produced in collaboration with […]