http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ DJ's back pages en Vox Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:56:51 +0100 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/earth-from-above.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/earth-from-above.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/earth-from-above.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:56:51 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225205e14f2190100a8013123000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225205e14f2190100a8013123000e-50si" alt="Sheep flocking, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Incredible set of photographs by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, courtesy of The Boston Globe/Boston.com. Aiming to inspire people to think globally about sustainable living, Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing unique views of our planet, seen from the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/earth-from-above.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fad6b26ae70005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photography yann arthus-bertrand http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/a-sense-of-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/a-sense-of-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/a-sense-of-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:09:52 +0100 I made myself my usual Saturday morning double espresso today, got my pencil and prepared to get stuck into David Allen's Getting Things Done: How to Achieve Stress-free Productivity , making notes as I went. I got waylaid on my way to the kitche... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/a-sense-of-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa969bb3250002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> getting things done time management bill drummond k foundation http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:56:27 +0100 Here's a bunch of books I have bought in the last few weeks: Bill Drummond -- The 17 Murray Bookchin -- Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm Tim Etchells -- The Broken World Dan & Chip Heath -- Made to Stick: Why Som... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa969493400002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/music-can-stop-warmongers-and-torturers-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/music-can-stop-warmongers-and-torturers-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/music-can-stop-warmongers-and-torturers-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:05:41 +0100 ...at least if the royalties they charge for use of their material are high enough to make torture uneconomic. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/music-can-stop-warmongers-and-torturers-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa9685d4c40002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music torture war royalties http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/notes-on-cider.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/notes-on-cider.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/notes-on-cider.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:21:11 +0100 Lucy and I had a holiday in the Cornwall and Devon at the end of last month and beginning of this one (photos). In the Truro Sainsbury's on the way down I opted to eschew the usual selection of bitter for what seemed like a good range of ciders. T... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/notes-on-cider.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa96801dc70003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cider west country http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/denied-an-opportunity-to-moan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/denied-an-opportunity-to-moan.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/denied-an-opportunity-to-moan.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:59:53 +0100 So, I've been with with Vodafone for nine and a half years, and increasingly pissed off with how the deals they advertise to new customers are so much better than those available to loyal customers. The occasion of leaving them, then, offers an op... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/denied-an-opportunity-to-moan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fad691a2f60005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> complaint iphone http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/navigating-the-micro-media-maze.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/navigating-the-micro-media-maze.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/navigating-the-micro-media-maze.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 May 2008 15:55:32 +0100 Here are my rough notes from this interesting Chinwag Live event on Tuesday. Steve BowbrickThis is an industry driven by hyperbole, and change is always massive, and disruptive. At least micromedia sounds small! Gerd LeonhardDeal mostly with t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/navigating-the-micro-media-maze.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fae8bc10bf000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> media myspace event gerd leonhard last.fm chinwag http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/innovation-not-quite-on-the-edge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/innovation-not-quite-on-the-edge.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/innovation-not-quite-on-the-edge.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 22 May 2008 02:29:08 +0100 Generally I felt Tuesday's Innovation Edge event played it a bit safe, but here are my notes of what I found to be the highlights. For once the 'star speakers' were truly stars. Tim Berners-Lee interviewed by Jonathan FreedlandIf you find these ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/innovation-not-quite-on-the-edge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fa96770d0d0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> event social networks innovation bob geldof nesta tim berners-lee http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/so-this-means-exactly-the-opposite-of-what-it-says.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/so-this-means-exactly-the-opposite-of-what-it-says.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/so-this-means-exactly-the-opposite-of-what-it-says.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 21 May 2008 09:40:46 +0100 When I was about 10 I had a teacher who liked to point out that when people said "a certain number of...", what they actually meant was "an uncertain number...". If they knew what the number was, they'd have given it, but they cover up their ignor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/so-this-means-exactly-the-opposite-of-what-it-says.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900fad68906c10005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> language blogs paralinguistics http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/matt-mason-the-pirates-dilemma.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David Jennings) http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/matt-mason-the-pirates-dilemma.html?_c=feed-rss http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/matt-mason-the-pirates-dilemma.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 10 May 2008 01:01:05 +0100 Yesterday Matt Mason spoke at the ippr about his book, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Hackers, Punk Capitalists, Graffiti Millionaires and Other Youth Movements Are Remixing Our Culture and Changing Our World. I liked him as a speaker: he did not come... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://davidjennings.vox.com/library/post/matt-mason-the-pirates-dilemma.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225205e14f21900e398f824d30005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> event book ippr matt mason