I have a semi-allergic reaction to sounds bites that appear to lack thought before propagation. Its a part of my general complaint about modern politics. It used to be the case the politicians had to be able to hold an... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

I've always argued that that Margaret Attwood's The Handmaid's Tale should be added to the cannon of key dystopian novels. Traditionally there are three: Brave New World, 1984 and Darkness at Noon. Of which I think the Koestler is the... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

Today I met up with our current guest blogger Iwan Jenkins at the Anchor Inn and following a good lunch we both went to the final pool game of Heineken Cup in Cardiff. Multiple conversations took place and one... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

We passed the half way mark today on our journey from the source to the mouth of the Thames. We won't know the exact half way point until we complete as there are northern and southerly options within London... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

It's not often that I agree with Richard Dawkins, but his article in today's New Statesman on "reasonable doubt" is interesting. He speculates that in a two jury system you would not get a coincidence of verdict and that... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

Around two decades ago I was arguing that object orientation was not just a way of creating reusable code, but was a more profound shift to enabling architectures that could combine people and technology in evolving systems. The first... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

I have always rated Yiannis Gabriel's writing and the various conversations I have had with him over the years. Of the major academics involving in narrative I think he has the surest touch in understanding the essential subtleties of the... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

I've spent most of the day sat at a computer, aside from a bath, brunch and the final episode of Sherlock on BB1. I've handled multiple tweets including some fairly childish allegations (see tweets from me to @tetradian if... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

After sitting in front of a computer for the best part of twelve hours a day for over a week it was a real pleasure to get out for the latest section of the Thames walk today. We had made... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

I realised today that an awful lot of the best (or at least the classic) literature (which is not the same thing as stories) comes from the Edwardian period. Winnie the Pooh, Wind in the Willows, Just William, The Jungle... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

A few days ago I posted on the meeting that five of us organised to talk about the links between Cynefin, Agile and Lean. We ended up calling it CALM, which adds Mashup to the three elements, although you... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

It's not often a month goes by without one Gaping Void's cartoons providing cause for thought. This one came in before Christmas and i have been meaning to use it in a post for some time. Like all good... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

In between my own backlog of work and dispatching son back to the University of Warwick I have been listening and occasionally contributed to discussion around my daughter's two final year essays for her Anthropology Course. One of those is... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

The title of this post is drawn from the tenth novel, and the first of the fourth movement of Anthony Powell masterpiece A Dance to the Music of Time. Its the one with Erridge's funeral and Pamela Widerpool's disposal of... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

I frequently reference messy coherence as a key aspect of living with complexity and I've blogged about it from time to time, especially in the context of the state of my study. Of recent years I have also used the... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

For over a year now I have been playing with differ ways of representing the complex domain of Cynefin. As a result of that process I have been growing in my conviction that we framework for complexity and its... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

This is a picture of the motley crew mentioned in yesterday's post after a solid days work and a rather good cheese fondu. We spent the day working on a Cynefin, Agile, Lean Mashup; hence CALM, we added ALPHA to... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

So its the second day of the new year and I am on my first flight of 2012 to Zurich. Its the 0725 flight so with long term parking needs I ended up staying near Reading and accepting a 0430... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com

I had resolved some time ago to spend New Year's Day walking somewhere on the coast of South Wales. The Blues were away to the Ospreys in the evening and it was thus an excuse to go west of... Dave Snowden http://www.cognitive-edge.com