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 @socialtechno: Organizations don't have birthdays - @euan does! Happy birthday.
about 3 days ago
Euan Semple

RT @BenjySarlin: *record scratch* *freeze frame* POPE: Yep that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. https://t.co/7RB3z2ByKL
about 5 days ago
Euan Semple

The Origins of Totalitarianism Wonderful writing, superbly read. https://t.co/9Vafg2Rxq3
about 6 days ago
Euan Semple

The power of powerful poetry https://t.co/ZoTW4UvWw2
about 6 days ago
Euan Semple

RT @wordofmedia: Dat dus https://t.co/wUim8LG8JV
about a week ago
Euan Semple

RT @iamjamesbrian: London, I love you. https://t.co/poCPVVqLw3
about a week ago
Euan Semple

"When the word truth is uttered a shadow of violence is cast as well" - Gianni Vattimo
about 2 weeks ago
Euan Semple

Amazon recommends a book subtitled "A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction" Foreword by Tony Blair...
about 3 weeks ago
Euan Semple

RT @thomaspower: One for you both @Marthalanefox @euan today's @FT Opinion page 11 #algorithms #AI #ML https://t.co/zj8yeoCgj9
about 3 weeks ago
Euan Semple

"The secret of change is to focus your energy not on fighting the old, but building the new." - Socrates
about 3 weeks ago

Socialtext 2.0

September 21, 2006

Congrats to Ross and his team on the new version of Socialtext. Looks like it has lots of really useful additions and you can find out about them in this screencast.