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Key New Media Chief Graphic

This appears to be the sanctioned, released graphic from the new man at the helm of a media dinosaur. For his first speech as leader. Addressing the impossible job of maintaining the status quo for a national tax-funded broadcaster. May they soon perish and allow fresh and just talent to

Code Creation Cycle

Here’s a quote from Turing Award–winning computer scientist, Leslie Lamport; > “few programmers write even a rough sketch of what their programs will do before they start coding”. Programming author Samer Buna believes a fundamental beginner’s mistake [https://medium.com/edge-coders/the-mistakes-i-made-as-a-beginner-programmer-ac8b3e54c312] is to start writing code

AllSides Political Mapping

These colours are American. From a Likert Scale styling of online news media political leanings. The centre ground – of colour mostly desaturated dark magenta – remember, is not the same thing as impartial output. According to the compilers, unbiased news [https://www.allsides.com/blog/unbiased-news-or-balanced-news-diet-what-do-we-really-want] does not exist. Their 13

5 Foundational Persuasion Bases To Cover

> People will do anything for those who encourage their dreams, justify their failures, allay their fears, confirm their suspicions, and help them throw rocks at their enemies. I came across this sentence from a 2012 Blair Warren ebook. Via a post by Scott Adams [https://www.scottadamssays.com/2018/

Mutant Algorithm Alert

UK end-of-year school exams got cancelled. Great for schoolkids freed of revision. Awkward for those pair of years (aged 16 and 18) for whom marks determine future progress. To any range of moving on to more education or into the real world of work. The education system’s stated solution?

Brewery Piechart Hell

I do like a bit of pop culture pie. Is this one though, a fail? A London brewery, long since gobbled up by/sold out to Big Beer, showcases their latest ad. One “you can drink [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVlNfVCuG2E&has_verified=1]“. There are a

The Curse Of Perfectionism

I learned of this blight from ever-engaging Matthew Syed. Discussing [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buuHV38da5Y] his second book (after 2018’s You Are Awesome) aimed at 8-14 year-old children, Dare To Be You. I was first reminded of the well-trodden delicious warning; don’t let perfect be the

Is UX Failure Innit

Got it? It’s everything. And don’t forget the hand swirls. I was reminded of this chap when using a big ticket system the other day. Uploading a doc. The simplest of tasks nowadays. Or not. When the status returned a flag of “uploaded”, it was not. Unbelievably, despite

Graph Onions

[https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/] No, not a post about an onion graph [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_diagram]. One inspired by traditional line graphs, rather than trendy modern-day nested circular ring charts. The image up top is from the 20 August 2020 daily update of the UK govt

More Out Than In

Another close-season in the world of football is almost upon us. Despite being the shortest ever – only 30 days at most – the transfer rumour mill continues to motor in overdrive. Maybe even seeing the biggest ever move approaching. On some, if not quite all, levels anyway. For Messi might be