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

Cool. Grammarly now has an iOS keyboard. https://t.co/Lxvb8tHy2o
about 5 months ago
Euan Semple

RT @robferdman: Paul Manafort just agreed to turn himself in to the FBI. What should we report on? CNN: Manafort MSNBC: Manafort F… https://t.co/BQ93S3ERbJ
about 5 months ago
Euan Semple

RT @mathewi: This is new from me at the Columbia Journalism Review: "For Facebook, the political reckoning has begun" https://t.co/Oh1QGQLYLB via @cjr
about 5 months ago
Euan Semple

“Social Media” https://t.co/8TlM2Ki4d9
about 5 months ago
Euan Semple

Lovely light on my walk this evening. https://t.co/q6mkhZEHxP
about 5 months ago
Euan Semple

Like I said, the ideology of algorithms. - Zeynep Tufekci: TED Talk | https://t.co/z5s8rVvdDa https://t.co/lrTJD8RVxF
about 5 months ago
Euan Semple

I am going to be in Washington next week and New York the week after. If you’re based in either and fancy a natter over coffee DM me.
about 5 months ago
Euan Semple

RT @Nico_Macdonald: Anyone who says we’re in a post-Truth society is _stating a truth_, and using the language of bullies – John Fitzpatrick #BattleOfIdeas
about 5 months ago
Euan Semple

RT @Annemcx: You will lose your job to a robot—and sooner than you think https://t.co/XNlIN2KiQQ via @MotherJones This is a #mustread.
about 5 months ago
Euan Semple

Catalonia looks to Estonia's e-residency and considers cryptocurrency option https://t.co/S0QIzUXa9x
about 5 months 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