This is my personal blog which I began in February 2001. I called it The Obvious? when I wrote anonymously and chose the name to reflect the fact I have to overcome my inhibitions about stating the obvious!

Euan Semple

RT @stoweboyd: On the Firstline with Euan Semple | Stowe Boyd https://t.co/seJqmkqu6n Two biggest barriers to active engagement? https://t.co/B8opIdQjEh
about 14 hours ago
Euan Semple

Seeing adjacent posts about “fake news” and “how to run a successful social media campaign” always make me uneasy… it’s a fine line.
about a day ago
Euan Semple

RT @_cingraham: Making a list in Word 1. Word plz make me a list 2. No wait what are you d 2. 2. wtf is this c. no this isn't what • WTF
about a day ago
Euan Semple

RT @thisbemesara: saw this online and i had to share https://t.co/pUbQUV1Oxz
about 2 days ago
Euan Semple

#metoo https://t.co/xb3kgutPe5
about 3 days ago
Euan Semple

RT @emilybell: excellent scholarly article on how to think about online speech by @nabihasyed - best thing I’ve read for ages https://t.co/tOjfWYHAgg
about 4 days ago
Euan Semple

In day to day use my iPad has become my desktop computer, my iPhone has become my laptop, and my Apple Watch is my mobile device.
about 6 days ago
Euan Semple

Dear Instagram, as I have now dismissed your prompt to turn on notifications five hundred million times could you please take that as a no!
about a week ago
Euan Semple

“That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of our time.” - John Stuart Mill
about a week ago
Euan Semple

“That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of our time.” - John Stewart Mill
about a week ago

Relativity

September 05, 2003

This evening my youngest daughter took hold of a packet of biscuits, picked up my measuring tape, stretched it the length of the biscuits and announced:

"Half an hour"