The Big Switch – Five Takeaways

Somewhat late to the party, I recently read the excellent 2009 book by Nicholas Carr – ‘The Big Switch’. This charts the rise of computing as a general purpose technology, compares it to the rise of electricity production in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries and makes a prediction (already half-fulfilled) that computing will … Continue reading »

What’s in a Name?

“Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth’s marvels, beneath the dust of habit.” Salman Rushdie How often do we pause briefly and consider why things are named the way they are? This is particularly important for those of us who spend … Continue reading »