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August 10, 2022
Nominet

What Nominet must learn from the CyGlass debacle

When Nominet spent £5m buying cybersecurity company CyGlass, it sowed the seeds of its own downfall. Now it needs to learn valuable lessons from that failure.
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August 11, 2022
Nominet

Questions I will seek answers to if elected

I’m standing for the Nominet Board. My goals are to rebuild member trust and improve communication. To that end, here are some of the questions I will be seeking answers to if elected. Members Why...
Work hard
Nominet

What I will do in real terms if elected

In my Nominet Board election statement, I gave two goals: rebuild trust and improve communication. But what does that mean in reality? Here’s what I will do in the job.
July 29, 2021
Uncle John

Bannock burn and brig

As I’m working through the life of John McLaren, and trying to understand him, little intriguing alleyways open up. I do my best not to wander down them because they lead away from the main...
July 12, 2021
Uncle John/Writing

Digging into insults

You know you are really digging in to a topic when you buy a specialist dictionary for the task. And so I am now the proud owner of the second edition of the Concise Scots...
June 30, 2021
Technology/Uncle John

Uncle John website

I’ve started building a massive research database about John McLaren for my book – including typing up verbatim a bunch of newspaper articles from the 1890s and early 1900s that can only be found on...
June 11, 2021
Golden Gate Park/San Francisco/Uncle John

A remarkable send-off

I’ve decided – at least in the first draft – to start my book on John McLaren with his death. That may seem a little odd but the thing I find most remarkable about him...
June 2, 2021
Golden Gate Park/Uncle John

The view that started it all

I met up with the general manager of Golden Gate Park last week – a lovely man called Dave Iribarne – to get a sense of what it was like to run a 1,000-acre public...
McLeod book notes
May 25, 2021
Golden Gate Park/Uncle John/Writing

A haul of documents

I love tracking down a good story. So I was excited to receive in the post this weekend a package of roughly 60 pages of old, yellowing paper: notes for a book that was never...
May 12, 2021
Journalism

First trip back to the city

This morning I headed into San Francisco on what was my normal commuter routine for the first time in over a year. I am clearly one of the first. Buses are reduced. And for good...

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