Ada Lovelace Day 2010: Ory Okolloh and Juliana Rotich of Ushahidi

March 25, 2010

It’s the second annual Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging established by my wife Suw Charman-Anderson, to highlight …

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Sunday Cat can’t be ‘bovvered’

March 15, 2010

Sunday Cat can’t be ‘bovvered’, originally uploaded by Kevglobal. Mewton was so relaxed, that he was just draped over the …

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“Victor” and “Ian”, Victorian strong men

March 14, 2010

"Victor" and "Ian", Victorian strong men, originally uploaded by Kevglobal. Suw and I walked through Brunel’s historic tunnel under the …

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Tower Bridge from Butler’s Wharf

March 14, 2010

London Bridge from Butler’s Wharf, originally uploaded by Kevglobal. Suw and I often walk down along the Thames. As a …

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Grabbity brings you your daily dose of cute

March 1, 2010

Grabbity turning up the cute, originally uploaded by Kevglobal. Grabbity was taking an early morning nap after her breakfast. She …

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HSBC: Firing the world’s most incompetent bank April 17, 2013
In a departure from my normal blogging, this is an open letter to HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver on why I'm firing his bank after seven painful years as its customer. Mr Gulliver pocketed a $11.1 m bonus in 2012 despite money laundering fines and poor corporate performance. I worry that our banks aren't just too big to fail but too incompetent to survive […]
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News, advertising, subsidies and revenue streams: Disentangling products and profits April 5, 2013
Jeff Israely, of global journalism startup Worldcrunch, pushes back on the idea that journalism has always been subsidised. I think subsidy is the wrong word, but as with many of the current discussions around the business of journalism, we're getting tripped up by the imprecision of language and some sloppy use of business and economic language. Yes, t […]
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Data journalism: A simple tip to get started March 27, 2013
Aron Pilhofer, the interactive news editor for the New York Times, has been quoted several times saying that the one day data journalism course he does teaches skills that if mastered cover 80 percent of the computer assisted reporting every done. ONE Day! he stresses, and he's right. Getting your feet wet with data journalism is increasingly easy, and […]
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