Reading List 2025
The English part of my 2025 Reading List: books I read this year, and what I thought about them.
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Transport should be for the public
The UK, with few exceptions, is car dependent. Our public and active transport systems are severely underinvested in and underutilised, which has a wide-ranging knock-on effect on all our public spaces, services and designs. But there's hope for change - and a wealth of evidence to guide us to it.
Apple Vs The Law
Apple & Google at the EU DMA compliance workshops, June 2025.
Microsoft Office is Still Bad (For Collaboration)
My recent and past experience with office suites and collaboration.
Reading List 2024
Commentaries, backgrounds and recommendations on the books I read throughout 2024.
Encryption
An overview of the different types of encryption (server-side, client-side and end-to-end), and their use cases, advantages and drawbacks.
Why the Lightning (iPhone) port has outstayed its welcome
The Lightning port was good for its era, but it's long-past time it be replaced with USB-C.
Pronouns
Thoughts on the pronouns we use, and the effects they have on us.