Fake police at Canary Wharf

A few days ago my father – a passionate amateur photographer – fell foul of Canary Wharf’s pretend police. His crime? Taking a photo of a shadow of a tree on a building. Initially it was two fake police which challenged him, demanding that he show them what photos he took on his camera. This […]

Marcus Povey

A few days ago my father – a passionate amateur photographer – fell foul of Canary Wharf’s pretend police. His crime? Taking a photo of a shadow of a tree on a building. Initially it was two fake police which challenged him, demanding that he show them what photos he took on his camera. This […]

#Trafigura, an almighty #carterruck-up

“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” – John Gilmore, Time Magazine 6th December 1993 This quote – made almost 16 years ago – sums up in a nutshell why I love the internet sometimes. As is obvious from the ongoing events this morning that the law firm Carter-Ruck didn’t really understand […]

Marcus Povey

“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” – John Gilmore, Time Magazine 6th December 1993 This quote – made almost 16 years ago – sums up in a nutshell why I love the internet sometimes. As is obvious from the ongoing events this morning that the law firm Carter-Ruck didn’t really understand […]

Postcodes and the Royal mail

Back in July I gave a talk at Oxford Geek Nights about the Digital Britain report entitled “#DigitalBritain fail” in which I discussed the Digital Britain report and some of it’s many shortcomings. One of the potential courses of action I suggested that people could take was to essentially smile,  say “that’s nice dear” and […]

Marcus Povey

Back in July I gave a talk at Oxford Geek Nights about the Digital Britain report entitled “#DigitalBritain fail” in which I discussed the Digital Britain report and some of it’s many shortcomings. One of the potential courses of action I suggested that people could take was to essentially smile,  say “that’s nice dear” and […]