Pragmatist

The EU is finally pushing forward with a Regulation that requires member state governments to offer their citizens a voluntary European digi...

Readers will be familiar with my view that we consumers tend to be loyal to ' facilitators ' who focus on solving our problems, ...

I was at a 'parliamentary roundtable' on Tuesday on the perennial topic of small business banking reform. A more official report ...

Professor Nick Bostrom delivered an inspirational speech for the SCL last night on "Superintelligence: a godsend or a doomsday devic...

I've been a bit absent from these pages of late, partly pulling together SCL's Technology Law Futures Conference in June on '...

One of the 'good news' items in last year's Autumn Statement was the endorsement of an Open Data Institute report on how i...

Nine months after Google's Chairman, Eric Schmidt, used his speech at Davos to declare war on the human race , he and the other  Big ...

Source: Financial Times Like Google's declaration of war on the human race , the news that Twitter will buy Gnip illustrates why s...

I see this blog has reached the ripe old age of six, so I felt compelled to squeeze in at least one post to celebrate.   It's fit...

For every old saying there's an opposite. Today's conflict lies in the adage that "those who don't know history are dest...

Since 2009 I've hoped that the semantic web - that is my computer dealing with suppliers' computers - would replace the need for ...

I should begin this post by explaining that I'm involved in the Interoperability aspects of the midata programme . I was invited to p...

The government's warning shot over Midata presents an interesting challenge for some of the UK's institutions . But will it make...

And that's not all... The term "e-wallet" or "digital wallet" has always caused a physical reaction. But what s...

As part of its ' midata ' initiative to empower consumers, the department of Business Innovation and Skills has been consulting ...

It's a month or so since the Cookie Law took effect and already it's an exercise in futility. I haven't clicked on a single ...

For those engaged in the process of empowering consumers, 2012 is already a fascinating year. So it was timely that a bunch of us met at Ct...

I enjoyed a far-ranging conversation with @StGilesResident today, and am indebted to him for the reference to the following TED talk by Pr...