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Newsnight's UK Snap Election Graphics

The day of the snap general election call in Britain. Panicked media excitedly rushed to make sense of it all. The current go-to telly source for illumination on this kind of thing? An Evan Davis Newsnight. BBC’s late-night round-up wonkery. I was delighted to see the graphics team working

Making A Pig's & Dog's Breakfast Of Your Competition

London 2017. Snap Election. Catching opponents on the hop, Prime Minister Theresa May. In the immediate scramble for opinions, facts and outright gossip that enveloped the Westminster bubble during the first of seven surprise campaign weeks, despite wide ranging attempts to the contrary, one single issue dominates. Brexit. As the

Your Deal Great Filter

Like most people I know, fascination gripped me about Nasa’s Cassini probe findings from Saturn’s moon [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4409626/Saturn-s-moon-Enceladus-ingredients-life.html] , Enceladus. “we have made the first calorie count in an alien ocean … it’s about 300 pizzas an hour … it would be like

How To Keep The Dreaded Long Handled Screwdriver Locked In Its Toolbox

The Long Handled Screwdriver is the contemporary military manifestation of an age-old, feared ‘leadership’ trait. The label arises from recent Western interventions. These military campaigns can be prone for people with little to zero allied knowledge or experience to get involved in quite a detailed level on the tactical front.

Must-See TV Sell It To Me

I caught a TV review slot I would never normally seek. It did not seem one run with any great informative intent. More to display the insouciance of the so-called reviewers in a manner that made me wonder whether I’d be relieved of my lunch money. Yet the odd

Computational Gastronomy Dealonomy

[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4397610/Experts-claim-roast-beef-best-served-CHOCOLATE.html] Lamb & mint sauce goats cheese. Coffee & cream garlic. Roast beef & gravy chocolate. Established food pairings can be bettered. Say scientists looking for links between chemical compounds. Ones our species’ tastebuds have somehow overlooked. They’ll be putting spaghetti

Oil Those Wheels The Ambassador Way

Today, a prince [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince]ly Machiavelli style tidbit blog. After bellicose soundbite diplomacy between Russia and America over the latest Syrian astonishments tilts slightly towards seeking ‘trust and progress’, I heard commentary from a former UK Ambassador to Damascus (2000-3), Henry Hogger. A man

Follow Focus Of Eccentric Inventor

I hope I’m not being too unkind labelling Trevor Baylis [http://windupradio.com/trevor.htm] as eccentric. Yet having recently seen the chaotic state of his houseboat he does seem to fit the madcap genius inventor stereotype. I’d heard of him before. When he conjured up the wonderful

Do You Know What A Buyer Really Wants With Your CV?

Here’s a situation I was party to recently. Drafting the finalities of a Proposal. Surprisingly then asked by the ‘client collator’ to submit a CV. As is the modern way, it was via a sentence of terse text. The inexperienced seller grasps hold of such a bone. They rush

Spot Fake Sales The Facebook Way

[https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/04/a-new-educational-tool-against-misinformation/] Angela rejoice… In what seems to be roundly dismissed as vacuous pr, everyone’s favourite fake news purveyor, Facebook, this week prompts news feeding users [https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/06/facebook-puts-link-to-10-tips-for-spotting-false-news-atop-feed/] three times to note their ten tips for spotting “false