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It was a lovely day in Geneva. The lake and sky were competing for which had the nicest shade of blue. The alps looked close enough to touch. It even smelt like spring. I’d like to say it…| Vendorprisey
(crossposted on the Otter Advisory blog) This morning, at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, I successfully defended my PhD. I completed the written work last year, and getting the oral defence done today is the final step in what has been a long road. There is a bit of admin to do before I can … Continue reading "It’s done."| Vendorprisey
Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel? Polonius: By the mass, and ‘tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius: It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: Very like a whale. Hamlet Act 3, Scene 2. There are … Continue reading "Launching Otter Advisory"| Vendorprisey
The basis for businesses sponsoring sportspersons and buying rights to advertise on stadiums and so on has always puzzled me. I recently read more about the economics behind it, and it turns out to be a fascinating field of academic research, called virtue signalling. It links back to the market failure issue of asymmetric information … Continue reading "On sponsorship, a tweet, halos, and virtue."| Vendorprisey
Appropriately on global accessibility awareness day (GAAD), Microsoft launches a new games controller. “The Xbox adaptive controller features two large buttons for hands, elbows or feet, as well as 19 ports to accommodate extra devices including mouth-operated ‘sip and puff’ quadsticks” more details here and here Over the last few years, Microsoft has taken the lead, … Continue reading "Well done Microsoft"| Vendorprisey
Many years ago, I had the excellent experience of being the corporate supervisor of Sabrina Dick’s Master thesis on HR shared service. Sabrina has since developed into a very successful HR manager at SAP, now leading HR in Eastern Europe. I caught up with her a couple of months ago, and she mentioned that she had … Continue reading "Global leadership at Heilbronn"| Vendorprisey
Mark Zuckerberg says the world is much more divided than he ever expected https://t.co/EPPQLiMtYp #division pic.twitter.com/rxZ0iwbDu3 — World Economic Forum (@wef) April 7, 2018 elicited this magnificent response. Study STEM, they said. It’s not like a degree in Political Science and International Relations will ever be useful for anything… https://t.co/Z3CxQGHWAw — Eva (@evacide) April … Continue reading "Cloud Computing and vague recollections of the Anarchical Society."| Vendorprisey
It has taken a while longer than I originally envisioned, but yesterday I dropped off this weighty tome at the university. I’m not celebrating yet, as it still needs to be assessed, and then I need to defend it, but I’m very pleased to have got it to this point. For the first time in a while I … Continue reading "Handed in."| Vendorprisey
Larry Lessig’s Code and other Laws of Cyberspace of remains one of the most important books written about how software impacts law. Lessing and other academics have shown how code has fundamentally changed copyright law. The design of technology, especially software, changes the nature of regulation and enforcement of laws. My academic work is in … Continue reading "Code is law. The case of law 36."| Vendorprisey
I was in Hamburg this week, with my family. My Dad and I were able to go to the the New year’s eve daytime concert at the Elbphilharmonie. That experience will be the subject of another blog post, I’m still processing the majestic marvel that is the Elbphilharmonie. And I’m really impressed by Hamburg. Just … Continue reading "Weak ties and breakfast"| Vendorprisey
It was a lovely day in Geneva. The lake and sky were competing for which had the nicest shade of blue. The alps looked close enough to touch. It even smelt like spring. I’d like to say it…| Vendorprisey
