Busy busy week for me and lots of interesting reads to catch up on.
- The real reason David Cameron is sitting on a Commons majority – FPTP protects the two big parties and with the Tories having a majority I can’t see the system changing for at least another 5 years.
- Charles Kennedy – a lovely man, a talented politician, a great friend with a shared enemy – Such a big loss for everyone.
- Sheryl Sandberg – Today is the end of sheloshim for my beloved husband
- One month with the Apple Watch: We’re joined at the wrist – some month thoughts from me soon too.
- Apple’s Tim Cook Delivers Blistering Speech On Encryption, Privacy – True conviction from Cook or frustration at falling behind Google’s services particularly the new Photo’s app. Time will tell.
- Laughing and crying my way through the new Google Photos
- What Twitter Can Be.
- Going for a song: the hidden history of music piracy – I was a member of Oink. It was glorious for all the wrong reasons but what a library.
- How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality? – Interesting test that audiophiles in particularly should take and remember before they spunk hundreds of pounds on a cable.
- The Moment I Realized I Hate My Job
- Chief Swiss Army Knife: the evolution of job titles and what it means
- The Full-Time Job Is Dead – overlapping micro-careers anyone?
- Thoughts on Timeboxing – will be trying this soon
- Managing the inputs – or as Shak would say, stop eating cake!
- How I became a drug cheat athlete to test the system – Remarkable investigation by Mark Daly which will run and run.
- How The Red Cross Raised Half A Billion Dollars For Haiti — And Built Six Homes – a quite damming story if true. There is so little follow up on charity drives and where money is actually spent.
- A graphic tale: the visual effects of Mad Max: Fury Road – catch on the big screen while you can – it’s a treat.
- The first secret of design is … noticing – fascinating video from Tony Fadell, designed behind the original iPod and the Nest.
- Bond – Licence To Drive – Nice visual summary of the Bond cars used across the films.