"?Most of what we inherit is so clearly correct it goes unseen. It fits the world seamlessly. It is the world. But despite its richness and variability, the well-defined world we inherit doesn't quite fit each one of us, individually. And so you make your place in the world by making part of it -- by contributing some new part to the set. MORE >>

Some time ago, before I left the BBC, I took part in a meeting about blogging with Mark Byford, the BBC's Deputy Director General and the executive with primary responsibility for news and editorial standards. During the meeting he raised the familiar question about whether you could trust bloggers. MORE >>

Rob Paterson blogged recently about feeling scared and lost. never underestimate what I am asking people to do when I advocate saying what they think on a blog. don't feel brave, I feel scared a lot of the time, I feel scared posting this blog post. Publishing Especially in the world of business this takes real courage. MORE >>

We should get over worrying about who sees our indiscretions on Facebook or who gets to know what we are thinking through our blogs. I have just started listening, on Audible, to Jeff Jarvis's new book Public Parts. In it he explores the consequences of the increasingly public lives we live online. This is not as easy as it sounds. MORE >>

Many moons ago I wrote a blog post asking: "Is it unfair to characterise the IT industry as dodgy characters in cheap suits selling wish fulfilment to out of their depth executives?". Sadly those guys have now moved on to package and sell social into the business world. This is not in anyone's long term best interests MORE >>