Digital platforms - what are they and how can we rein them in Note: this has been written as a submission for the "Rethinking Capitalism" module that I've taken as part of the MPA programme [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/study/master-public-administration-mpa-innovation-public-policy-and-public-value] at UCL IIPP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction Digital platforms (henceforth DPs) have become the dominating companies of the past two decades.
Featured Angrynomics with two years hindsight and some time to kill I have finally got around to reading Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth’s Angrynomics [https://angrynomics.com] on a long-haul flight1 and I even find myself with some time to put down some thoughts about it. I’m also reading this in the context of the acrimonious Twitter debate on
Featured The Language of Digital Transformation and the Gap between GaaP and Transformational Government Digital Transformation has been amazing, but is being limited by the language on which it was founded.
Featured Are national governments suited to deliver the promised golden age? Governments need to realize that the challenges inherited from the previous techno-social paradigm (the climate emergency, rampant inequality, global-level tax dodging, and new business models that current tax models are unable to cope with) are too global for any one national government to handle.
Whatever Works, Ceteris Paribus – a plea for using RCTs cautiously Note: this has been written as a submission for the Rethinking Capitalism that I've taken as part of the MPA programme [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/study/master-public-administration-mpa-innovation-public-policy-and-public-value] at UCL IIPP. By the end of writing the article I wanted to argue the opposite side, against RCTs in
Don't let a good crisis go to waste. Note: this has been written as a submission for the Rethinking Capitalism module that I've taken as part of the MPA programme [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/study/master-public-administration-mpa-innovation-public-policy-and-public-value] at UCL IIPP. It was written at the end of March, so it might feel outdated and a pile-on
Basic automation in Ableton Live 9 Hi, I'm Mihai Chereji, from Cluj, Romania. This lesson is for week 3 of Introduction To Music Production at Coursera.org. This week we'll be learning how to automate parameters in Ableton Live 9. We'll continue working on the track I started for week 2. Here's how the audio sounded
Recording a software instrument in Ableton Live Hi, I'm Mihai Chereji, from Cluj, Romania. This lesson is for week 2 of Introduction To Music Production [https://www.coursera.org/learn/music-production/] at Coursera.org [http://Coursera.org]. This week we'll be learning the (very simple) process of creating a software instrument, playing it and quantizing works in
Frequency basics Hi, I'm Mihai Chereji, from Cluj, Romania. This lesson is for week 1 of Introduction To Music Production [https://www.coursera.org/learn/music-production/] at Coursera.org [http://Coursera.org]. I will be going over frequency as a property of sound. Sound, as the human ear perceives it, is basically
Switched to Ghost Was looking to ditch WordPress for some time now. Initially thought I'd go for Jekyll, but had a change of heart when I realized it meant I could only write from certain computers, and all I really wanted was to write my stuff in markdown with a simple interface. Ghost
Anna Calvi When Anna Calvi’s eponymous album dropped, it was like a righteous hammer right in the plexus. The guitar work, the voice, the stage persona, everything was powerful, suave and just the right amount of frightening. So when the new album dropped, of course I had high hopes & demands. But
Paul McCartney Just a reminder that Paul McCartney rocks harder at 71 than most people do at the height of their rocking-ness. Untill recently, John was my favorite Beatle for the quite stupid reason that my mom insisted I looked like him, at least while I was younger. But recently, of the
1337 1337 tracks Here [https://cronco.me/content/images/Croncobaurul_lovedtracks.tsv] you have a list of the most 1337 1337 tracks I’ve collected in the past few years. (taken from last.fm [http://www.last.fm/user/Croncobaurul/library/loved]). You’re welcome. I still stand by most of them. I’
of Montreal Up in the hills they are Having a white riot with no violence Or protesting for change, They simply buy it. Thanks to grig for telling me that I should ignore their stupid name and go ahead and give them a spin.
