Pragmatist

Sixteen years on from my own initial posts on the subject of a personal assistant that can privately find and buy stuff for you on the web, ...

Tech hypsters are colliding in cyperspace over rival claims to being the latest version of 'the Internet'. And the media aren't ...

Westiminster recently feigned shock and horror that the UK's coppers cook the crime figures. But Simon Jenkins says we've known ...

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...

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

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...

On Thursday, work began in earnest on the 'mydata' project featured in the government's "Consumer Empowerment" strateg...

Hat-tip to @JamesGreenThing for the link to the last Business Insider list of up-and-coming entrepreneurs . These lists are always much mo...

This evening I caught the SCL 's Annual Lecture. This year it was expertly delivered by Dr Mike Lynch OBE on the "Advent of Meanin...

It's illuminating to compare Alan Rusbridger 's recent presentation of the Guardian's collaborative business model , with Facebo...

The FSA says , "Financial Capability is about being able to manage money; keeping track of your finances; planning ahead; choosing fina...

Hypothesis: the rising cost of car insurance is actually driven by marketing costs. Gross premiums have increased 14% in the past year , and...

Hat-tip to none other than EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva, whose recent post alerted me to the report of the McKinsey Global Institute on ...

This just out from the European Commission: " Internet of Things: an action plan for Europe ". My apologies to the authors, but ...

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I see that WolframAlpha has just launched. It's a "computational knowledge engine" that gives an answer to your query by doin...

Maybe I'm confused, but every time I see a TV ad for one of the multitude of financial services price comparison web sites, I wonder wha...

Convenience. Because most web sites with anything remotely important on them seem to require log-in codes, I keep many different usernames a...