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

#metoo https://t.co/xb3kgutPe5
about 9 hours 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 18 hours 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 3 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 5 days ago
Euan Semple

“That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of our time.” - John Stuart Mill
about 5 days ago
Euan Semple

“That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of our time.” - John Stewart Mill
about 5 days ago
Euan Semple

Not today https://t.co/X8NTwjTYcT
about 6 days ago
Euan Semple

AOL Instant Messenger is shutting down on December 15th [Surprised to learn it was still going!] https://t.co/Z33QK60KfC
about a week ago
Euan Semple

Cracking day. 16.5 miles, four Munros. Just made it down before dusk. Knackered but happy. https://t.co/VmKG3CBlCA
about a week ago
Euan Semple

RT @nickscroggie: Getting back using Twitter and writing blogs after a particularly inspiring day with @euan. All about #theobvious? #Gettingthingsdone
about a week ago

Bear this in mind in a business near you

October 31, 2006

If you don't like our present social system or intellectual system the best thing you can do with either cops or psychiatrists is stay out of their way. You leave them till last

Robert M. Pirsig