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 @wordofmedia: Dat dus https://t.co/wUim8LG8JV
about 2 days ago
Euan Semple

RT @iamjamesbrian: London, I love you. https://t.co/poCPVVqLw3
about 2 days ago
Euan Semple

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

Amazon recommends a book subtitled "A Powerful System for Making Complex Decisions with Confidence and Conviction" Foreword by Tony Blair...
about 2 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 2 weeks ago
Euan Semple

"The secret of change is to focus your energy not on fighting the old, but building the new." - Socrates
about 2 weeks ago
Euan Semple

If you get an email appearing to be from me with a link to a Google Doc don't click it! https://t.co/Z9R7RMatn1
about 2 weeks ago
Euan Semple

“Thinking about how to live is a more basic and urgent use of the human intellect than the discovery of any fact whatsoever.” - Mary Midgely
about 3 weeks ago
Euan Semple

Prizmo Go Review: Smarter OCR with the iPhone’s Camera – Fantastic scripts and tip from @macstories https://t.co/Qcvjoq1L7d
about 3 weeks ago
Euan Semple

RT @wgacooper: Working with a bot doesn't seem too terrible. #futureofwork (insight from @euan) https://t.co/FyYSNJErI9
about 3 weeks ago

Off to Milan for a quickie ....

January 22, 2007

... the highlight of which will be dinner with Paolo