

Has AirBnB Lost its soul? The breaking dream of the sharing economy
It’s global, but it takes a village The Internet may be global, but for a while it seemed that we could make it a village too. Alongside...
Jan 14, 20165 min read


The Spectre of Memory: Psychoanalysing Bond
That Proustian Moment If you think I’m pushing things by finding Proust in Bond, here is my evidence. The most famous passage in Proust’s...
Nov 16, 20155 min read


Internet Privacy is About More than Security: it’s about psychology too
Internet privacy probably isn’t quite the topic of concern that it probably ought to be. It strikes me that if people were really able to...
Jul 27, 20154 min read


When you can’t reach out and touch someone: more research into psychotherapy by Skype
This typical ad from 1987 demonstrates this by showing us how a mother’s intuition overcomes the obstacles of a disembodied voice. Like...
Jul 14, 20157 min read