Last week on Twitter

Posted in Tweets - 22 January 2012 - No comment
  • If you're in town for Finovate, stick around for the evening http://t.co/1AOTQKML serious panel including John Kay and @diane1859 #
  • I'd always assumed that World War III would begin in Pakistan, but maybe Nigerian Civil War will be the trigger? http://t.co/yjaJYnMG #
  • I've got another idea. I'm going to get my lawyer brother-in-law to persuade son that commercial law is viable alternative to Somali piracy #
  • Is this correct? RT @aprilrinne: Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending (e.g. @kiva) represents 10% of entire personal loan market #
  • #andrewmarr just out of curiosity, does anyone know how many homes Jeremy Irons has? Oh, that's right, 7 http://t.co/OKyzNjcr #
  • Pop quiz http://t.co/u6QuWhBu which jingoistic petro-state is America most dependent on? Saudi? Venezuela? Nigeria? #
  • How A Stolen Wallet Made Me A Mobile-Payments Enthusiast http://t.co/0WEWYhSO via @paidContent #
  • Watching old Steve Martin movie, he pays for a hotel room with credit card, clerk grabs zip-zap, no.2 son pauses movie to ask what it is! #
  • According to ONS, the death rate in Britain is now the lowest on record. Things really do look pretty gloomy for our kids. #
  • Croydon’s secret £4m gold hoard buried in London riots: http://t.co/OGAuAENm #FT #
  • Vending machine industry chap says that half a million machines have had otbe upgraded #
  • What is the point? Seriously, what is the point? STOP MINTING COINS #
  • Hilarious: Treasury will save £10m because of new coins, it will cost vending industry tens of millions #
  • You and Yours: Metal in a 10p piece current 4p, new 10p pieces it will be 0.5p #
  • If I was her, I would have hidden a camera in a rock and caught him at it http://t.co/EZeaYV68 #
  • "They just thought I was mental" People are so quick to judge, aren't they? http://t.co/RFtKG7Gc #
  • Frontline report from Russ "Home Depot was passing line-item data about what I bought to PayPal" http://t.co/CDIjchKz #
  • #FF @paulcoventry @aleksk @khartmoney @vickeegan @frogtwitt #
  • well, slightly better but not firing on all cylinders – time for a cuppa instead #
  • flash #
  • diner #
  • velvets #
  • dday #
  • calf #
  • alan t? #
  • eden #
  • caribe #
  • scratchings #
  • mapden #
  • sword #
  • Wow did pretty badly on round one #
  • belle #
  • im #
  • Sorry BBC2 #
  • Smushy peas #
  • oxford #
  • amy #
  • del sol #
  • caneloni #
  • mtron #
  • #mastermind OK let's go #
  • Oh dear http://t.co/0JVriT4n Her Madgesty was much better in her book about sex with dogs http://t.co/jVB4KRcS #
  • Should you really be allowed to pick "The Archers" as your specialist subject on Mastermind? #
  • Identity is the New Money – 30m video of me at Forum Oxford http://t.co/3Yh5G23a and Tomi Ahonen's comments http://t.co/9XruitLS #
  • Japan Airlines to go ahead with NFC boarding passes on Galaxy S2 http://t.co/aSxstrle #
  • Once again, fingerprint identification (rather than authentication) causes chaos http://t.co/DnwQKHI5 #
  • The sad trajectory of my life: just realised I was actually reading "Legal Considerations for the Sale of Gift Cards in Canada" #
  • BBC R5 Kermode on Madonna… balderdash, preposterous, rubbish, awful, terrible… made me care even less about them than I did before #
  • BBC R5 loving Kermode's review of Madonna's new movie… which is basically "on the plus side, nice underwear" #
  • Eurocrash, the musical! We loved it, and so did the kids! It's back! http://t.co/M76izAzC #
  • I wish I wasn't on holiday today “@KeystonePub: Two pies for £10 this Friday lunchtime!” #
  • BBC R4 Today: Pianorolas will kill the music industry #
  • RT @tek_fin: Swiping Credit Cards on Google Images with http://t.co/jMQrz47C App for Iphone < works well ;-) #
  • Big Content _proves_ that it doesn't need SOPA (or spurious takedown notices) to catch people who break the law http://t.co/nHGJtRj5 #
  • #mwc2012 @markshaw77 thanks! I'm really looking forward to it – and here's the link http://t.co/3tu7Sd6u #
  • Great! Russ "first natural law of mobile payments: there has to be a mobile device involved in the transaction!" http://t.co/I1BxbER5 #
  • This is how Big Content sociopaths will destroy the Internet unless we stop Cliff Richard and his evil acolytes http://t.co/TW2GMQEG #
  • Card fraud moving from Europe to US (presumably its manifest destiny) http://t.co/4LD927cs #
  • The only convincing legal argument I heard was that it provides jobs for lawyers (and as the courts will soon confirm, these are for life) #
  • As far as I can see, no evidence-based case for forcing payments systems to waste their money on this nonsense. #
  • Total amount of CTF funds confiscated from Al Qaeda? Less than $3,000 before reporting was stopped in 2007 #
  • Chap behind me asks whats the point of trying AML while dropping container-loads of cash to Somali pirates – glad son not here #
  • His words, not mine. All available evidence suggests AML/CTF a total waste of time and money that would be better spent on inteligence #
  • As far as I could, no-one in the audience thought the current regulatory regime was working except for the chap from a software vendor #
  • Another great phrase "algorithmic racism" #
  • He reckons the TPR (the true positive rate) is less than 5% — but half of organisations said they thought system was working ok #
  • He says 250,000 suspicious activity reports filed in the UK last year – they are "white noise" #
  • Nice phrase: "the broader entropy of the financial system" — he's talking about the complexity of the legal system working against it #
  • Oh wait. He's defined the topic as masking the source of profits obtained from illegal activity, so maybe the lawyers are looking for tips #
  • My MWC session. I'll be moderating Rodger Desai Payfone, David Marcus Paypal, Olivier Piou Gemplus, Bill Gajda Visa and Osama Bedier Google #
  • Oh dear. I'm surrounded by lawyers. Perhaps I got the wrong end of the stick – this is about complying with AML/CTF, not circumventing it #
  • Good to see Ian Angell of LSE up the front – should mean some decent debate! #
  • See you all for AML/CTF fun at 6pm http://t.co/f3Z6w6lG #
  • how else to get into a decent primary school? “@D_Shariatmadari: Church of England weddings up by 4% http://t.co/4mNPoyyy via @guardian” #
  • "Visa is Switzerland" http://t.co/ndxNPcF5 #
  • The crackdown on public sector pay and perks, part 97 RT @elainemooreeeee: £1m bonus for RBS boss? http://t.co/ptJUNqIu #
  • Evidence of long-term thinking in the financial sector http://t.co/KNH0Ml7Y average time US stock is held has gone up (to 22 seconds) #
  • Just overhead at Starbucks "she has no formal qualifications, but she went to Charterhouse so I hired her" #BigSociety #
  • Tech industry should refuse to cooperate with Big Content until copyright is reduced to its welfare-maximising duration of around 14 years #
  • One story about a six year old abandoned to fend for herself, the other a picture of a ten year old girl in make up and leather miniskirt. #
  • Metro front page is a testament to British attitudes to children and child-rearing #
  • We're all in it together, pt 97 Bonuses for City lawyers rise by 32%: http://t.co/LuPVG56y #
  • Trust no one with your money is the tragic legacy of the crisis: http://t.co/28shIwUd #FT #
  • Trying to persuade son that investment banking lower risk and higher reward than Somali piracy, but he points to lower marginal tax rates #
  • Explaining to kids that If you are hopeless at making cameras you go bust, but if hopeless at banking then the govt will bail you out #
  • Excellent! Rogue bus is back – saved 40p on trip to station. Hope my finance director appreciates my cost-cutting efforts. #
  • OK here we go http://t.co/Wq8nmzeE suggestions for what should have been playing? Lost Sailor by Grateful Dead? #
  • Good to see taxpayer bailout went to good causes RT @paulwiggins: Goldman Sachs enters £8bn 'parallel pay universe' http://t.co/63gFGseu #
  • I can see clearly now http://t.co/x1EgZkKy #
  • best quote on the topic so far “@adamshostack: NoScript routes around Wikipedia blackout. There's a metaphor here.” #
  • Off to watch no.2 son take part in his first inter-high school public speaking competition – there's tear in my eye already… #
  • Hear Hear – the law isn't the solution to unauthorised copying: http://t.co/NrdT3U2f #FT #
  • RT @tomstandage Awesomely huge Facebook experiment provides strong evidence against the "internet = echo chamber" http://t.co/6yTMa6sj #
  • Been asking youngest son about possible careers, and he's thinking about becoming a Somali Pirate. I can't think of an argument – help! #
  • "Taxi for a Captain Schettino" via @johnkeithhart http://t.co/snFTHDAu #
  • Can't decide on my favourite story in Metro today, but it might be "eight fined for smuggling gold bars in their rectums" #
  • This is like Zeno's paradox, but with trains and Clapham Junction instead of arrows and a target. We are frozen in time and space. #
  • I've got an orgone accumulator / and it makes me feel greater #
  • The train has averaged about 4mph, jammed so full that if I die of apoplexy I will remain standing. I want a better life for my children. #
  • Conditions at Woking are third world. Last train was jammed so full hundreds of us left on the platform, physically unable to get on. #
  • Eavis "might be tempted" to use NFC for Glastonbury http://t.co/Z12c0hhh #
  • I wonder if this whole mobile thing is going to catch on? http://t.co/kUIK0mEM #
  • New post on our Tomorrow's Transactions blog: http://t.co/ESoVgmfB I wonder if the whole mobile thing will catch on? #
  • RT @chyppings: New podcast: http://t.co/Hs2mfF6Y Detlev Schlichter, author of "Paper Money Collapse" cc @diane1859 #
  • Detlev Schlichter, Paper Money Collapse http://t.co/Dpq5Fbp2 #
  • Who wrote the bonkers article about universal currency in Wired UK that im reading on the train? – oh wait, it's @davidwolman #
  • Wells Fargo wanted $5 yesterday RT @petervan: ATM charge of the day, Holiday Inn edition http://t.co/7UvH8FW7 > 3% charge fee > wow #
  • Bastards! Heathrow Express now £19! (and woman next to me had to pay £24 on the train) #
  • crack down on bankers pay going well, some at Barclays didn't even get £50m “@Ian_Fraser: ://t.co/j1H4pC5g & Bob Diamond to get £10m” #
  • I love the Alan Partridge "Mid-Morning Show" that they have on British Airways at the moment – it's laugh-out-loud funny #
  • You really do learn something every day. I looked up "pfaffing" to see if I spelled it right, and it's a town in Austria #
  • From McKinsey http://t.co/l8glN1r9 Are you F**KING KIDDING ME? There are "senior executives" at banks who think that mobile is a fad? #
  • Dear all. The hashtag for the 15th annual Digital Money Forum is now officially #dmf15 http://t.co/mWcRq734 hurrah! #
  • How Much Do Music and Movie Piracy Really Hurt the U.S. Economy? http://t.co/TrIiawUY (Answer: no-one knows) #
  • Bill Gates Has Given Away $28 Billion Since 2007, Saving 6 Million Lives http://t.co/oj2djGKt via @sai #
  • You could have knocked me down with a feather http://t.co/iF4S6yz5 there was a Ford Anglia (LHD) outside a restaurant near SF! #
  • "Independent Scotland 'could keep pound" then what's the point of independence? http://t.co/KmyQtG1g #
  • This remains an outrage. Surely every British citizen is entitled to the same protection as the Duchess? http://t.co/e8LDCrLe #
  • It was Prince Phillip and the CIA, as usual http://t.co/HEKJtGUN #

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Last week on Twitter

Posted in Tweets - 15 January 2012 - No comment
  • Interesting. UK contactless card doesn't work in US contactless terminal but UK Starbucks app does work in US Starbucks terminal. #
  • RT * JSTOR is opening up access to non-institution affiliated readers. http://t.co/RXtvMysX #
  • RT @ProfShakespeare Tempest removed from Tucson classrooms in purge of books on “race, ethnicity & oppression": http://t.co/OC3hWbqg #
  • There you bringing class into it again — Home Office hands student over to Big Content but the Duchess can stay http://t.co/rSrg7jp0 #
  • RT * @alexanderhanff O'Dwyer extradition ruling deeply flawed. 107(2A) clearly says "communicating the work"… and O'Dwyer did not do so. #
  • The new proxy wars http://t.co/On76yCGU #
  • Remaking wallets http://t.co/lEDV5UH9 #
  • RT @IDmachines: NASA's Federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credential Teams Up with Google Apps http://t.co/huYUVKNP #
  • #FF family edition @fgbirch (my dad) @weekendpikey (my brother) @beaconbabe (my sis-in-law) #
  • Well, here's what the US merchants want on the payments roadmap http://t.co/Csd7gBAC #
  • Hear hear RT @jackschofield: HS2 wil cost £65 billion http://t.co/0ikOsMsk rather everyone got free fibre to the home instead @Number10gov #
  • This will add to the gaiety of the nation http://t.co/aCvIzBY7 look forward to the movie Midnight Duchess #
  • Six out ten customers left when the Dairy Queen couldn't take debit http://t.co/l93sn58M there's no substitute for revealed preference #
  • Information Week — CES 2012's Big Sleeper: Near Field Communications http://t.co/WDZnyFyx #
  • HS2 is mental http://t.co/JLI7dpJa Build a railway from Birmingham airport to Heathrow, not Birmingham to London #
  • Say aaaarrrggh! http://t.co/D6qT5ln2 #
  • #bcbl5 BarCampBankLondon 5 now full – thanks to everyone who signed up – look forward to seeing you all http://t.co/7YrNHqRX #
  • Brilliant – iPad connected to hotel TV – Lemmy the Movie to wind down http://t.co/Rfw6vYzo #
  • WTF is wrong with #BA again? "Sorry, there's a problem with our systems" #
  • RT @tomiahonen: Hilarious @russellbuckley @alexbellos Japanese Department Store May Want to Look Up the Word 'Fucking' http://t.co/JQ6nnC1I #
  • Working stiffs http://t.co/dmKbQrwt #
  • Back to transit http://t.co/lcTCnJTA #
  • Photo evidence for international interoperability http://t.co/I7kYsBEy #
  • Down to the last three spaces for BarCampBank5 London http://t.co/St4Q0MRm #
  • Hurrah! My UK payment watch worked perfectly in the SF taxi – a little payments win to end the day #
  • More fun from our friends at SecureKey/Intel http://t.co/4OBKwc0Z – SecureKey To Be Deployed in Intel® Identity Protection Technology #
  • Love watching the police carrying the bomb dogs on the escalators at T5 – the dogs look so happy, like it's a theme park ride for them #
  • QR codes are evil — not my words http://t.co/bwdI81Ev #
  • hah! As I suspected “@timoreilly: Disqus data shows pseudonymous comments are best, as rated by number of Likes https://t.co/G85Sxao6&quot; #
  • Pleased to announce that Wired contributing editor @davidwolman Will be talking about his new book "The end of money" at Digital Money Forum #
  • fighting talk on "carrier bullshit" via “@ckindel: Everyone should read @parislemon's post on Why I Hate Android http://t.co/9TTaBqBL&quot; #
  • James Le Brocq, Telefonica O2 UK http://t.co/PL6Z75bj #
  • Still cloudy http://t.co/iwNxo2Ma #
  • In other words, identity is the new money http://t.co/Y4EOY7DC good sense from Hannes, who will be at the Digital Money Forum in March #
  • More outrageous executive pay – when did the shareholders get a say? http://t.co/HHU146PD #
  • RT @tweetminster: Eric Cantona announces the intention to run for French presidency http://t.co/VSijXqUo — Mancini for PM #
  • Wow. Sherlock. What a show! Can't wait for next Sunday. #
  • Stats on Romney's Bain investments http://t.co/MIPYaHYX seem indistinguishable from random to me (the usual 80:20 rule applied) #
  • RT @AntDeRosa: North Korea state media report that birds and bears are mourning the loss of Kim Jung-Il http://t.co/wulWkvKd #
  • Minor family celebration – no.2 son passes Piano Grade I with distinction – hurrah! #
  • What!! An RBS bankster is getting a £4m bonus!! I thought shareholders (eg, all UK taxpayers) were going to get a say on executive pay? #
  • Registered for MWC. Look forward to seeing you all in Barcelona next month. #
  • Only nine places left for BarCampBank London http://t.co/7YrNHqRX #
  • Howzat! RT @RACarter: Two amazing things 1: the catch and 2: the batting team's outfits. http://t.co/aLKyQdGV (via @DHS) #
  • Stat of the day for m eRT @dngusev: Almost One In Three U.S. Warplanes Is a Robot http://t.co/rsHoE8IB #wired #
  • I'm sure it's 99% in UK “@Gareth_Lodge: 65% of the Dutch population haven't heard of SEPA http://t.co/yu2YrKZU&quot; #
  • #CSFI smart comment from Peter Lilley, but can't tell you what it was #chathamhouserule #
  • #CSFI governments believe that austerity alone will solve euro problem, but the markets don't #
  • #CSFI why are the cases of Germany/Greece and England/Scotland so different? Why should Scots be forced to the money of the colonial power? #
  • tsk! 'Er in doors! “@EdConwaySky: Link to Hildebrand's SNB resignation announcement. Swiss franc rising http://t.co/O2x46tyK” #
  • #CSFI oh I see: when govt bans f/x trading, then the markets switch to NDFs http://t.co/Mh11DgdD #
  • #CSFI learned a new acronym: NDF "non-deliverable forwards" (do they mean like dollars or pounds or euros??) #
  • props to B of A dude “@davidwolman: Guy steals dad's rare coin collection, then… dump haul in Coinstar http://t.co/bOzt6KCH&quot; #
  • #CSFI FSA have been examining three scenarios: one or two countries exit, euros splits into two, and total collapse #
  • Aha! Now I see what they meant! "@EwanToo: @dgwbirch The vatican and lots of other little places use the Euro but aren't in the EU” #
  • #CSFI what??? Courts will have to infer whether contracts referred to Greek euros or German euros or Dutch euros or whatever?? #
  • #CSFI the legal discussion is still going on, apologies but my mind is wandering #
  • Yay! @IDmachines we have a winner! In 1985, Greenland left the EEC #
  • #CSFI are there countries that use the euro but are not part of the EU? #
  • #CSFI people seem to think that in euro countries, only euro can be legal tender, doesn't mean people won't use dollars, WoW Gold… #
  • #CSFI fun fact: no mechanism in the EU Treaty for a country to leave the euro, only to leave the EU. Pub quiz: only country to leave was? #
  • #CSFI the lawyers here are looking forward to euro break-up — it will see them through to a comfortable retirement – now on to "Article 50" #
  • #CSFI some people here think 30% too low, saying Greece is near certain to exit euro this year – chap says its the lesser evil so no panic #
  • #CSFI fun: guy quotes report from major investment bank and then explains why it is (factually) totally wrong about currency unions #
  • #CSFI the state will always pay it's workers in the local currency – the Byzantine empire paid in gold because it wanted gold back in taxes #
  • #CSFI debtors will not be able sue Greece for revaluation of currency – there would be sovereign immunity #
  • #CSFI producing new notes and coins isn't problem – shop prices would remain in "hard" currency – see experience of Czech/Slovak currency #
  • #CSFI Greek central bank has only ever ordered 10 and 20 euro notes #
  • #CSFI round about a third of Greek private-sector bank deposits have vanished (ie, gone overseas) #
  • #CSFI exit may not be too bad for Greece #
  • Yo! Stripe guys! How's it hanging? “@jonmatonis: RT @PaymentGal Texas Police Say Prepaid Card Cloning Is Increasing http://t.co/cIzE2ukz&quot; #
  • #CSFI now it's Nick Firoozye from Nomura, then Deborah Zandstra from Clifford Chance and then Gabriel Stein from Lombard Street Research #
  • #CSFI I didn't understand how important this is: new Greek bonds here are bring written under English Law not Greek Law and it is different #
  • #CSFI fascinating discussion about lessons and comparisons with Argentinian default #
  • nice one Ben “@benmasabi: Masabi's mTicketing technology now live to and from Manchester Airport! bit.ly/ysCS6k |” #
  • #CSFI euro splitting into two "Neuro" and "Seuro" would require too much planning #
  • #CSFI round about a one-in-three chance of Greece leaving the euro – the money is already fleeing #
  • #CSFI James Sproule of Accenture is talking on "what happens if a country leaves the euro" – Chatham House, will only tweet what is said #
  • #Weimar the bus has gone up to £4.20 so I'll be driving to the station from now on sorry #Arriva #
  • As a shareholder in the BBC, I'm very much looking forward to curbing executive pay and look forward to getting further details as to how #
  • Not under my back yard http://t.co/HIeWn0Km #
  • This happened to me yesterday – I went to buy a new bulb for the living room and discovered they'd been banned http://t.co/fnRlUwaH #
  • I've got a new favourite Norwegian film (I'm joking, I didn't have an old one) – Trollhunter great fun http://t.co/0mRoy7d5 #

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Posted in Tweets - 15 January 2012 - No comment
  • Interesting. UK contactless card doesn't work in US contactless terminal but UK Starbucks app does work in US Starbucks terminal. #
  • RT * JSTOR is opening up access to non-institution affiliated readers. http://t.co/RXtvMysX #
  • RT @ProfShakespeare Tempest removed from Tucson classrooms in purge of books on “race, ethnicity & oppression": http://t.co/OC3hWbqg #
  • There you bringing class into it again — Home Office hands student over to Big Content but the Duchess can stay http://t.co/rSrg7jp0 #
  • RT * @alexanderhanff O'Dwyer extradition ruling deeply flawed. 107(2A) clearly says "communicating the work"… and O'Dwyer did not do so. #
  • The new proxy wars http://t.co/On76yCGU #
  • Remaking wallets http://t.co/lEDV5UH9 #
  • RT @IDmachines: NASA's Federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credential Teams Up with Google Apps http://t.co/huYUVKNP #
  • #FF family edition @fgbirch (my dad) @weekendpikey (my brother) @beaconbabe (my sis-in-law) #
  • Well, here's what the US merchants want on the payments roadmap http://t.co/Csd7gBAC #
  • Hear hear RT @jackschofield: HS2 wil cost £65 billion http://t.co/0ikOsMsk rather everyone got free fibre to the home instead @Number10gov #
  • This will add to the gaiety of the nation http://t.co/aCvIzBY7 look forward to the movie Midnight Duchess #
  • Six out ten customers left when the Dairy Queen couldn't take debit http://t.co/l93sn58M there's no substitute for revealed preference #
  • Information Week — CES 2012's Big Sleeper: Near Field Communications http://t.co/WDZnyFyx #
  • HS2 is mental http://t.co/JLI7dpJa Build a railway from Birmingham airport to Heathrow, not Birmingham to London #
  • Say aaaarrrggh! http://t.co/D6qT5ln2 #
  • #bcbl5 BarCampBankLondon 5 now full – thanks to everyone who signed up – look forward to seeing you all http://t.co/7YrNHqRX #
  • Brilliant – iPad connected to hotel TV – Lemmy the Movie to wind down http://t.co/Rfw6vYzo #
  • WTF is wrong with #BA again? "Sorry, there's a problem with our systems" #
  • RT @tomiahonen: Hilarious @russellbuckley @alexbellos Japanese Department Store May Want to Look Up the Word 'Fucking' http://t.co/JQ6nnC1I #
  • Working stiffs http://t.co/dmKbQrwt #
  • Back to transit http://t.co/lcTCnJTA #
  • Photo evidence for international interoperability http://t.co/I7kYsBEy #
  • Down to the last three spaces for BarCampBank5 London http://t.co/St4Q0MRm #
  • Hurrah! My UK payment watch worked perfectly in the SF taxi – a little payments win to end the day #
  • More fun from our friends at SecureKey/Intel http://t.co/4OBKwc0Z – SecureKey To Be Deployed in Intel® Identity Protection Technology #
  • Love watching the police carrying the bomb dogs on the escalators at T5 – the dogs look so happy, like it's a theme park ride for them #
  • QR codes are evil — not my words http://t.co/bwdI81Ev #
  • hah! As I suspected “@timoreilly: Disqus data shows pseudonymous comments are best, as rated by number of Likes https://t.co/G85Sxao6&quot; #
  • Pleased to announce that Wired contributing editor @davidwolman Will be talking about his new book "The end of money" at Digital Money Forum #
  • fighting talk on "carrier bullshit" via “@ckindel: Everyone should read @parislemon's post on Why I Hate Android http://t.co/9TTaBqBL&quot; #
  • James Le Brocq, Telefonica O2 UK http://t.co/PL6Z75bj #
  • Still cloudy http://t.co/iwNxo2Ma #
  • In other words, identity is the new money http://t.co/Y4EOY7DC good sense from Hannes, who will be at the Digital Money Forum in March #
  • More outrageous executive pay – when did the shareholders get a say? http://t.co/HHU146PD #
  • RT @tweetminster: Eric Cantona announces the intention to run for French presidency http://t.co/VSijXqUo — Mancini for PM #
  • Wow. Sherlock. What a show! Can't wait for next Sunday. #
  • Stats on Romney's Bain investments http://t.co/MIPYaHYX seem indistinguishable from random to me (the usual 80:20 rule applied) #
  • RT @AntDeRosa: North Korea state media report that birds and bears are mourning the loss of Kim Jung-Il http://t.co/wulWkvKd #
  • Minor family celebration – no.2 son passes Piano Grade I with distinction – hurrah! #
  • What!! An RBS bankster is getting a £4m bonus!! I thought shareholders (eg, all UK taxpayers) were going to get a say on executive pay? #
  • Registered for MWC. Look forward to seeing you all in Barcelona next month. #
  • Only nine places left for BarCampBank London http://t.co/7YrNHqRX #
  • Howzat! RT @RACarter: Two amazing things 1: the catch and 2: the batting team's outfits. http://t.co/aLKyQdGV (via @DHS) #
  • Stat of the day for m eRT @dngusev: Almost One In Three U.S. Warplanes Is a Robot http://t.co/rsHoE8IB #wired #
  • I'm sure it's 99% in UK “@Gareth_Lodge: 65% of the Dutch population haven't heard of SEPA http://t.co/yu2YrKZU&quot; #
  • #CSFI smart comment from Peter Lilley, but can't tell you what it was #chathamhouserule #
  • #CSFI governments believe that austerity alone will solve euro problem, but the markets don't #
  • #CSFI why are the cases of Germany/Greece and England/Scotland so different? Why should Scots be forced to the money of the colonial power? #
  • tsk! 'Er in doors! “@EdConwaySky: Link to Hildebrand's SNB resignation announcement. Swiss franc rising http://t.co/O2x46tyK” #
  • #CSFI oh I see: when govt bans f/x trading, then the markets switch to NDFs http://t.co/Mh11DgdD #
  • #CSFI learned a new acronym: NDF "non-deliverable forwards" (do they mean like dollars or pounds or euros??) #
  • props to B of A dude “@davidwolman: Guy steals dad's rare coin collection, then… dump haul in Coinstar http://t.co/bOzt6KCH&quot; #
  • #CSFI FSA have been examining three scenarios: one or two countries exit, euros splits into two, and total collapse #
  • Aha! Now I see what they meant! "@EwanToo: @dgwbirch The vatican and lots of other little places use the Euro but aren't in the EU” #
  • #CSFI what??? Courts will have to infer whether contracts referred to Greek euros or German euros or Dutch euros or whatever?? #
  • #CSFI the legal discussion is still going on, apologies but my mind is wandering #
  • Yay! @IDmachines we have a winner! In 1985, Greenland left the EEC #
  • #CSFI are there countries that use the euro but are not part of the EU? #
  • #CSFI people seem to think that in euro countries, only euro can be legal tender, doesn't mean people won't use dollars, WoW Gold… #
  • #CSFI fun fact: no mechanism in the EU Treaty for a country to leave the euro, only to leave the EU. Pub quiz: only country to leave was? #
  • #CSFI the lawyers here are looking forward to euro break-up — it will see them through to a comfortable retirement – now on to "Article 50" #
  • #CSFI some people here think 30% too low, saying Greece is near certain to exit euro this year – chap says its the lesser evil so no panic #
  • #CSFI fun: guy quotes report from major investment bank and then explains why it is (factually) totally wrong about currency unions #
  • #CSFI the state will always pay it's workers in the local currency – the Byzantine empire paid in gold because it wanted gold back in taxes #
  • #CSFI debtors will not be able sue Greece for revaluation of currency – there would be sovereign immunity #
  • #CSFI producing new notes and coins isn't problem – shop prices would remain in "hard" currency – see experience of Czech/Slovak currency #
  • #CSFI Greek central bank has only ever ordered 10 and 20 euro notes #
  • #CSFI round about a third of Greek private-sector bank deposits have vanished (ie, gone overseas) #
  • #CSFI exit may not be too bad for Greece #
  • Yo! Stripe guys! How's it hanging? “@jonmatonis: RT @PaymentGal Texas Police Say Prepaid Card Cloning Is Increasing http://t.co/cIzE2ukz&quot; #
  • #CSFI now it's Nick Firoozye from Nomura, then Deborah Zandstra from Clifford Chance and then Gabriel Stein from Lombard Street Research #
  • #CSFI I didn't understand how important this is: new Greek bonds here are bring written under English Law not Greek Law and it is different #
  • #CSFI fascinating discussion about lessons and comparisons with Argentinian default #
  • nice one Ben “@benmasabi: Masabi's mTicketing technology now live to and from Manchester Airport! bit.ly/ysCS6k |” #
  • #CSFI euro splitting into two "Neuro" and "Seuro" would require too much planning #
  • #CSFI round about a one-in-three chance of Greece leaving the euro – the money is already fleeing #
  • #CSFI James Sproule of Accenture is talking on "what happens if a country leaves the euro" – Chatham House, will only tweet what is said #
  • #Weimar the bus has gone up to £4.20 so I'll be driving to the station from now on sorry #Arriva #
  • As a shareholder in the BBC, I'm very much looking forward to curbing executive pay and look forward to getting further details as to how #
  • Not under my back yard http://t.co/HIeWn0Km #
  • This happened to me yesterday – I went to buy a new bulb for the living room and discovered they'd been banned http://t.co/fnRlUwaH #
  • I've got a new favourite Norwegian film (I'm joking, I didn't have an old one) – Trollhunter great fun http://t.co/0mRoy7d5 #

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Posted in Tweets - 8 January 2012 - No comment
  • Too big to fail is the problem RT @diane1859: I think this research says all top pay a reward for size http://t.co/TuDgmblI #
  • Looks like PISS Cameron has lost the Tourette's vote then WANK #
  • RT @jonmatonis: RT @mytix Slovenia just lowered the cash transactions limit from 420€ to 50€ — can someone post a link? #
  • new poll results in Telegraph: 16% of Brits thought that radioactivity was discovered by Dr. Emmett Brown (Back to the Future) #idiocracy #
  • Now this is what I call news. Telegraph page 7 – Glenn Miller still missing #
  • Yahooo! Town are through to Round 4!! Now I can't wait for the Blues tomorrow – I love 3rd round weekend!!! #
  • Thumped by Ritchie – deflection by Benson – the Town are on their way to Round 4!!!!!! #
  • GOAL!!!!!! Benson!!!!!! 2-1 Robins!!!!!!!!!!! Yahoooooooo!!!! #
  • Our anti-social networking goes back to at least 3,000BC, why change now? http://t.co/cQFQVpaF #
  • "CES is surrounded by a CESspool of filth and debauchery, and that is partially why it is so successful" http://t.co/RX4TT8je #
  • What!! Penalty to Staines – handball – oh no – SAVED by Aaron Howe – Whoa! #
  • GOAL!!!! It's 1-1!!! Up the Robins — meanwhile it's still 0-0 Woking against Staines — good job I've got two screens #
  • Every Third PC Sold In The World Is An Apple iMac (All-In-One) http://t.co/xZx0PVbJ via @AddThis #
  • RT @glynmoody: filesharing about convenience, not unwillingness to pay http://t.co/QZYEENgX as I said in 2006 http://t.co/jjRsaEnw #
  • Oh no! Flint has stuck out a foot and given away a penalty against Wigan #
  • RT @Chris_Skinner: Money was invented for sex http://t.co/VTTCamvE and this Roman coin find adds some extra proof http://t.co/z9kKnT2g #
  • RT @FSClub: Banks say that McKinsey need to reinvent their business models to survive http://t.co/wt9jylq5 — no, wait, other way round #
  • RT @jonmatonis: If your #hawala to Somalia… http://t.co/H7w8vWvr cc @montymunford for Digital Money Forum discussion? #
  • £7.5 billion per annum for an Oracle consultant? I thought we were supposed to be curbing executive pay? http://t.co/A7qukcUE #
  • No need to be concerned, but scientists are breeding soldier ants with GIANT JAWS http://t.co/4RCIprAg #
  • Arab Spring http://t.co/fClJQfsr #
  • Coca-Cola is FORTY PERCENT of Swazilands GDP!?!?!? http://t.co/CXoRbHAy #
  • I _love_ this story RT @brettking: PayPal orders 'fake' antique violin to be smashed by purchaser a http://t.co/9j1fvmon #
  • Aargh! Not tweak, "tweet"!!!!! #
  • Just seeing if I can tweak using DragonDictate without having to touch the keyboard-I can! #
  • Contactless cracks Germany http://t.co/9MdImGpF #
  • BBC R4 You and Yours – only a madman would give a continuous authority against a payment card to a dating site – always use a prepaid card!! #
  • Patent troll defeats Uncle Sam over contactless cards http://t.co/BQMKrgfA #
  • Dave Birch's CSFI roundtable on Identity and Financial Services – Note change of location to Innholder's Hall http://t.co/OrW9CKUR #
  • RT @tomstandage: RT @cfarivar NYT: Top 1% of Mobile Users Consume Half of World’s Bandwidth, and Gap Is Growing http://t.co/SzZmze7S #
  • I must ask @sirbonar about the BBC reports that studies of civil servants show that brain functions begin to deteriorate at age 40 #
  • Why bother? http://t.co/5S1pslmN #
  • Phew BBC R4 Today oh wait, turns out the study thingy about memory and, ah, whatever it was, was on civil servants so doesn't apply to me #
  • BBC R4 Today is reporting that memory and reasoning functions of the brain start to deteriorate in your 40s EVERYBODY OVER 40 PANIC! #
  • RT @diane1859: "Oh for a eurocrat who understands science" http://t.co/FCiXpCEY V good FT comment by Andre Geim #
  • The next CSFI roundtable on Identity and Financial Services will be on 26th http://t.co/iqix63NC (it's free, but spaces are limited) #
  • #weimar RT @EdConwaySky: I bought a shirt from @TMLewin1898 a couple of months ago for £20. Now, in their big sale, exact same one is £27.50 #
  • This is worth 5 minutes of your time "On the road with Google Wallet" http://t.co/gjk3sI9L #
  • This is why I never order the slow-boiled cat meat stew. You can never be sure what is in it http://t.co/3Efa5mdU #
  • What an unusual story: expensive government actions turn out to be a total waste of time and money http://t.co/miEptTCa #
  • The British love of children is legendary. Many of them now have their own living spaces http://t.co/GDFUI0hI #
  • Linkedin really helps with job vacancies http://t.co/bJBQr5rT especially in recruitment (new £68K/annum position in Reading found) #
  • End the cash menace now RT @Chris_Skinner: Bank teller, robbed at gunpoint, learns lesson … robs nine other banks http://t.co/Z1nbzMC0 #
  • chris is right RT @Chris_Skinner: Gartner: Next, Social Networks Will Sell Insurance, Become Banks http://t.co/waTKu985 <- disagree #
  • Fighting talk from the head of Google ZA – bank efforts in NFC are "farcical" http://t.co/yH6TMGAF #
  • Last time I went to the loo on the plane there was a guy in there who hadn't locked the door. I'm surprised this has only happened once. #
  • This looks fun: Square for EMV cards http://t.co/hQ2h4kHt #
  • MWC = Mobile World Congress, the mobile industry annual jamboree in Barcelona #
  • Bastards bastards! Now it's sent me back to the log in page! AAAARRRGGHHH! #
  • Bastards! Guessed my "SafeKey" (aka 3D-Secure) password wrong and now I'm locked out and have to PHONE UP hello 1993 #
  • The BA site says "We apologise for this inconvenience and suggest you try again later" but should say "suggest you try another airline" #
  • WTF is up with BA? "Unfortunately our systems are not responding, so we are unable to process your request at the moment" again #
  • BBC R4 the Sunderland Nissan plant made more cars last year than any other British car factory in history #
  • Why cant my bank write software this cool? RT @netbanker: Crooks alter online banking screen to hide fraud items http://t.co/9v9nROwd #
  • Wowza – Scott's off to new pastures RT @pymnts BREAKING NEWS: #PayPal President Scott Thompson Named New #Yahoo CEO http://t.co/oqNPpx2O #
  • Hhmmm… wonder if BA are under sustained cyberattack by agents of a foreign power, or just a bit hopeless? #
  • BA on world-beating form this morning "Unfortunately our systems are not responding, so we are unable to process your request at the moment" #
  • Could someone develop an app like this for the Chancellor of the Exchequer http://t.co/RSCoM3XJ #
  • RT @GraemeAHolmes: another good question: Why can't a Zimbabwean living in S Africa send his wage home by Mobile Phone? #
  • Let's try this at Heathrow http://t.co/AFdBLtIE #
  • Time for US ELMIs? “@pymnts: Regulation and the Case for Interest-Bearing and Insured E-Money Savings Accounts http://t.co/Qhq2dn4Y” #
  • Remember they're for life, not just for Xmas http://t.co/J7Q1qcEP #
  • Telegraph thread on the Lawrence verdict – check out the comments for a cross-section of modern British thinking http://t.co/kmvNgATc #
  • Know a good candidate for this year's Florin Awards for innovative products/services in online payments? Nominate them http://t.co/b6PHDLvG #
  • 44 confirmed already for BarCampBank London 5 on 6th February – sign up here http://t.co/St4Q0MRm #
  • RT @sevendotzero Make sure you complete the survey at http://t.co/J8J8Brrn — I assume this is nothing to do with South West Trains? #
  • "warns" ??? RT @jonmatonis Greece Warns Will Leave Eurozone If Second Bailout Not Secured http://t.co/pyQuz63I #bluffing #
  • About to be interviewed by PBS. Quite exciting. I wonder if they've got me mixed up with someone? #
  • So what? America won in the end “@Chris_Skinner: defence secretary believes cyberattack could be “next Pearl Harbour” http://t.co/YPbtUkfE” #
  • Mine is 2 inches smaller – everyone else here is using a 13" MacBook Air, I've only got an 11". The humiliation. #
  • Charging Cross station smells of piss and seems strangely deserted. Life in our nations capital goes on. #
  • “@michaelcross: Bloody hell, print edition of FT up another 30p.” — there's a print edition? How quaint! #
  • wasn't it Gordon Brown's idea? Sue him too “@Chris_Skinner: Former Lloyds bosses to be sued over HBOS takeover http://t.co/F1au0N6h” #
  • good to see lawyers prepared to stand up for justice “@Chris_Skinner: Bankers ready to sue if bonuses too small http://t.co/LHYuelNy” #
  • Who says two wrongs don't make a right? I was 6 mins late, but so was the train. Hurrah! #
  • Super idea http://t.co/BEHnNoA6 #
  • Wait a minute. Surely all British women with the crap implants have to do is get them removed in France. Another problem sorted. Now zzzz #
  • Much too kind, but tx RT @giyom: An insightful+entertaining talk by @dgwbirch on #futureofmoney trends Nov 11 http://t.co/eVLxaC4d #
  • One of the kids asked me earlier "why can't I just send money from my Facebook to my friend's Facebook?". Well, why? #
  • Here I am giving Paolo Di Canio a few tips on man management http://t.co/8erkN9rx #
  • Still 0-0 Swindon vs AFC. Are you watching @vickeegan @EdConwaySky @williamheath ?! (actually I know they are, they're sitting next to me!) #
  • OMG just met Paolo Di Canio WHAT A LEGEND #
  • #OccupyClaphamJunction http://t.co/JP9s68f5 #
  • Another wild prediction: 2012 will be a good year for lawyers http://t.co/9s2RqNlZ — note to self: persuade kids to abandon science for law #
  • My predictions: 2012 will be a great year for lawyers http://t.co/IMdEXc22 #
  • Iraq Interoperable Mobile Payments System (IIMPS) announced http://t.co/VSkP6mfk #
  • Surely, in a civilised society, someone must be going to jail over HBOS? Sunday Times says bad debts now £60 billion. #
  • Don't believe it. He was a yard offside. #

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Posted in Tweets - 1 January 2012 - No comment
  • I can see the point of honouring reformed drug dealers and speculators who split the loot, but millionaire actresses? http://t.co/vT8IEw7X #
  • "In England, he mingles with deep-thinking reformers who discuss how to achieve a digital cash economy" http://t.co/PmLAJZQK #
  • Would you pay for in-flight wi-fi? I never have, and I'm not sure that I would http://t.co/jgrSJTzs #
  • Well, when I say radio, I do of course mean iPlayer. #
  • Glued to the radio. Never been a bigger Blackburn fan. #
  • Open source software, medical implants, that sort of thing – good podcast http://t.co/cyp3tFw6 #
  • "Are banks adopting wallets and contactless the right way" http://t.co/louA4B96 (Hint: no, but not for the reasons given here) #
  • "
    Are banks adopting wallets and contactless the right way" #
  • Surely The Sun had the best headline http://t.co/s0V3utTM "Affray in a manger" #
  • Where marijauna is "legalised", usage goes up. Note that beer sales and traffic deaths fall. You choose. http://t.co/N2Vo5daV #
  • Contactless watch in action, as promised http://t.co/WzYJJ46L #
  • #FF @wendyg @vickeegan @tonypoulos @douwelycklama @jackschofield #
  • Hey, I just found my old Splash Plastic card. Ah, memories… #
  • Giant killer robot, more like http://t.co/NVEkc30V #
  • Hasn't the population of Liverpool been falling continuously since 1931? http://t.co/ub16CNru #
  • And now here's the 2010 edition for your library http://t.co/E3gTQvTF #
  • Isn't this the opposite of news? RT @AP: BREAKING: North Korea tells SKorea and other nations not to expect any change, despite new leader #
  • RT @frogtwitt: SF deploys NFC to parking meters http://t.co/snzsFVAB — are you watching, Woking? #
  • What you've all been waiting for* – at last! The Digital Money Reader, Kindle edition http://t.co/SF6YwbOL (* artistic licence) #
  • More ePub fun – another test, this time on Lulu, you can load it into iBooks. Digital Money Reader 2010 http://t.co/aWKmREFK #
  • “@tomiahonen: Accountants gone mad RT @textually UK Police banned from charging their mobile phones at work http://t.co/DCQWntI3” #
  • There was a time, of course, when credit cards were seen as a crazy idea that might just succeed http://t.co/OpxKeCK1 #
  • The top ten panics of 2011 http://t.co/mTHj7N2G #
  • Woo hoo! Figured it out. I think I just published my first Kindle book. Now it's "in review"… #
  • Report from the front line: no.2 son reports that PayPass watch worked perfectly in MacDonalds. Pictures at 11. #
  • Ooohh clever idea. The virus displays child porn on your computer so you'll be too scared to take it somewhere to get it fixed. #
  • Enjoyable story on BBC R4 You and Yours "Ransonware". Apparently people are falling for the scam because it displays their ISP/IP address #
  • Old King Cole was a real person. You really do learn something new every day. #
  • Still playing with OSX iWork Pages, ePub formats, DOCX conversion, Calibre and Kindle. What is wrong with me? #
  • what do we want? 2FA! When do we want it? Oops… “@josephmenn: Fallout from the Christmas Hack of Stratfor http://t.co/Iq7XIwjJ” #
  • “@dngusev: Argentina blocks iPhone sales in bid to strengthen economy http://t.co/7yDDxKtf” — yeah, that'll work #
  • Another couple of games of Dominion http://t.co/934KguAK absolutely outstanding game, no wonder it won so many awards #
  • James Anderson, MasterCard http://t.co/zL5rFRnr #
  • Loving my new Norman Davies "Forgotten Kingdoms" http://t.co/EwFY7Pn5 #
  • Who knew! When you stone someone to death in Iran, the stones have to be of a specific size http://t.co/2tQsNfXZ #
  • Who knew that Cheeta was still alive? http://t.co/oJySWCvt until quite recently that is #
  • Right back to #selfassessment oh no bastards http://t.co/zo3Uygh8 #
  • UK lawyer advises people not to use their real names on Facebook http://t.co/ARb6oxlo at least that's what I think he's saying #
  • We're all in it together, part 97 http://t.co/H6s1isnJ #
  • How's that universal suffrage thing coming along? http://t.co/zjEaVkIw #idiocracy #
  • More patent fun in world of NFC, Secure Elements and m-wallets http://t.co/xQBXUjnl #
  • Thanks! RT @bitcoinmedia: @dgwbirch hey, your bitcoin conference video is online :) http://t.co/bQkUjMZG #
  • "David Birch is a consultant on online payments from the old guard" sob, sniffle – I'm mainstream http://t.co/ky5P0Y6R #
  • A single currency doesn't work for Europe, never mind the world. What is that guy Wolman on about? http://t.co/kjqLGOwo #
  • Yay! We're no.7! We're no.7! http://t.co/eRm9J9Dh #
  • A good New Year's pub debate: how accurately did Clockwork Orange predict the Britain of 2012? http://t.co/qG6yhHrG #
  • Good grief. M&S changing rooms are shut during the sale. We left without purchasing and bought son's trousers at Gap instead #capitalism #
  • Today's top UK bank identity infrastructure KYC success story brought to you by… yes, it's Jordan http://t.co/vfvjxShq #
  • UK govt spending 2012 will be £713 billion compared to £691 billion this year. What happened to the cuts? #selfassessment #
  • Aaarrgh! Bastards! Thieving bastards! HMRC bastards! If I give them the money they claim I owe them they'll only waste it! #selfassessment #
  • "Did you have a tax adviser?" Yes, my mate down the pub #
  • "Were you party to one or more tax avoidance schemes?" What, like paying money into a pension scheme? #
  • "You cannot use this service if in the tax year ending 5 April 2011 if you were a Minister of Religion" Why not? Anyone know? #
  • Here we go then. The traditional day-after-boxing-day visit to HMRC online. #
  • Why is there a shortage of doctors in the UK? http://t.co/vLR5etG7 A triumph for state planning, presumably? #
  • Electronic legal tender http://t.co/dU3tkS08 #
  • Hurrah! Just created a first e-book for my shiny new Kindle. Only took an hour. #
  • There's a Met policeman on the radio who genuinely is called Sweeney #
  • And Wolfson prize link http://t.co/PELEB1X4 #
  • Wolfson Economics Prize £250K for figuring out how to get a country out of euro – time for the hard e-drachma? http://t.co/VJXkja8p #
  • Virgin Media service really is poor. Just had to abandon yet another movie on demand because it became unwatchable. Next time, Pirate Bay #
  • Cool Yule or what – my tweets made into my logo – gift from Bro & Sis-in-law http://t.co/LSebIH2c #

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  • On the British Gas website, can't view my account "ads.bluelithium.com uses an invalid certificate" – incompetence or cyberattack? #
  • This is against the law? http://t.co/l5HHFRFq I thought it was one of the marriage vows: the one with least points takes the ticket! #
  • Gartner behind the curve http://t.co/p8gaBJLS we've been saying this for ages http://t.co/troX9NgV and so has @PRGauthier #
  • In HMV, Blurays like Spinal Tap are £6 each or two for £15. I am not making this up. #
  • If the Ryanair charge is a booking fee, not payment fee, then why is it waived for using their prepaid card? http://t.co/x7n1Fe4S #
  • Guildford Xmas lights look perfect in the freezing rain #
  • No.2 son has forgotten wallet but remembered phone (complete with PayPass sticker) – why doesn't everywhere take PayPass? #
  • Oh my god the Windows virus scum are on the phone AGAIN #
  • NHS records onlinehttp://tinyurl.com/7pwcjlk http://t.co/gN7TGamf http://t.co/eX6Uv8Zk http://t.co/0zFTtVMx #
  • #ff @socialtechno @billt @David_Goodhart @EdConwaySky @rshevlin #
  • Like the sound of the govt's new plan to let you look at anyone's health records on the web, will surely add to the gaiety of the nation #
  • I don't believe it. There's a giant traffic jam going into Waitrose. You'd think the shops were shutting for a month. #
  • Regulate the right things, please http://t.co/GHslwo7E #
  • EPCA Summit in Rome on 18th-20th April 2012, look forward to seeing you there #
  • I've got a ping of 20ms and 49.97Mb/s download speed (says Speedtest) and iPlayer says "insufficient bandwidth" to stream BBC Radio 5 Live #
  • I don't follow any (except you) RT @bowbrick: there should be a way to switch off the bit of Twitter about celebs congratulating each other #
  • My take on card fees for airline tickets from earlier this year http://t.co/UCDKxuio #
  • RT @tomiahonen: US & Europe are planning to launch mobile wallets with NFC. In Japan 16% use DAILY http://t.co/uac4ep3u #
  • This will be our Durbin – all costs will rise RT @StuartFiske: A black day for my Amex black card? http://t.co/ga5PhQqa #
  • Uh oh. Another Dangerous Dogs Act, but this time for payment cards. Absurd. http://t.co/Z6Lkq0R7 #
  • Card "cloning" device found at Morrison's in Woking http://t.co/sNKAKey7 Hurrah! Woking is in the news! #
  • Well @Chris_Skinner my favourite Xmas song is still "Looks like a straitjacket Chrismas for me" http://t.co/n6oJbx59 #
  • Latest from Japan – Yahoo shopping with carrier billing http://t.co/kRPZPf0Q #
  • A bit of a show http://t.co/Lf9ADq2x #
  • It's an Xmas present for Jeff “@sevendotzero: Luxembourg cutting VAT on ebooks to 3%.” #
  • Maybe it was Siri? I shouldn't have said "call Brett King a #*#%†*" — merry Xmas to you and yours #
  • Another phone call – despite TPS – from "Harry in the Microsoft Computer Department" because my "computer has been sending warning messages" #
  • Interesting. Tried to check the balance on my watch via companion card and got an error message I've never seen before http://t.co/bcstXgEV #
  • Quarkonium? http://t.co/ibkZKi8r Is that like unobtanium? via @diane1859 #
  • Adam Shostack, Microsoft http://t.co/1CLvckQD #
  • RT @JeremyMHolt: Thanks to Intel for its cheque today to Swindon Computer Museum #
  • Now the Japanese have an NFC JV too http://t.co/3oSruPXX it's all the rage haven't you heard? #
  • super new contactless watch companion contactless 21st C card has a strange strip of ferromagnetic material on the back. What is it for? #
  • My breakfast table is much more interesting than yours (depending on whether you think payments are interesting) http://t.co/ulV2sAkF #
  • Hurrah! My PayPass watch has arrived! #
  • http://t.co/MWfeDyHV viva Espana! Viva el revolution! A blow against sociopathic puppet master they call El Cliff! #
  • I love everything about this story: cards, fraud and especially the foot long club on Italian http://t.co/La2hdSak #
  • Why is this in Telegraph? Who cares what Matt Damon thinks about _anything_ http://t.co/U77l8cVa the triumph of celebrity over news #
  • No, wait, that was Avatar RT @heathervescent: Digital Self RT @johnverdon Scientists claim that 'self' can relocate to other bodies #
  • Why won't the ECB lend me unlimited amounts of money at 1% for three years? This is blatant discrimination, and I will take them to the ECHR #
  • Love love love the Xmas card from our friends at Innopay http://t.co/gdddbwau #
  • Fun infographic: mobile will account for THREE QUARTERS of retail payments by 2015??? http://t.co/t87cnJ9W #
  • SOPA was designed by intelligent human beings? Myth – Busted! http://t.co/6E7eGdhU #
  • If you fancy a break, here's "The Ghost of Crises Past" my Christmas column for Financial World magazine [PDF] http://t.co/MQHOSQJC #
  • Hey @tomiahonen here's a real user RT @heatherAtaylor: [Apology Lumia 800] Sorry to say, but can't wait until I can get a new iPhone…sigh #
  • BarCampBank5 London is go http://t.co/CrR98Exc #
  • 93% of people in China have a mobile phone, but only 86% of people in the USA do http://t.co/5nOQbOMX via @jackschofield #
  • Stickers are the future! "The new app, PayPal Instore, uses NFC stickers distributed through its retail partners" http://t.co/kvwIvdfK #
  • And we're getting f**ked on it? RT @Chris_Skinner "financial system is like some incredibly complicated waterbed.” Adair Turner #
  • Major technological breakthrough in Scotland http://t.co/Qu4P3ntx #
  • The news that everyone was waiting for – well, o.ooo1% of them RT @Gareth_Lodge SEPA end-date finally agreed Feb 1 2014 http://t.co/xlkw6CjI #
  • They're taunting us with "40" signs when we're doing 3 http://t.co/tMT7hQ6X #
  • “@diane1859: I'm not counting any chickens!” so he found an opening in the administration of the Common Agricultural Policy? #
  • Why wasn't my phone hacked? I'm really upset about missing out on the News International lottery wins #
  • I never thought I'd read an interesting article on corporate cards and regulation. But Ainsley proves me wrong http://t.co/6hMtvUIY #
  • If you don't think we're getting stupider, try the Harvard entrance exam from 1869 http://t.co/O00A0XZw #idiocracy_isn #039;t_fiction #
  • The North Korean shop that accepts euros only http://t.co/l2zSq8bN a picture of life in the world's biggest open air lunatic asylum #
  • Rats! No£200m for mad OAuth2 skills after all http://t.co/Fe3n1B1T #
  • Woo hoo! £200m up for grabs from DWP if you know how to use OpenID/OAuth http://t.co/pDRlLK5T #
  • A***holes! Thank goodness we have Virgin Media to protect us http://t.co/8MvjJRCL #
  • I am staggered that people fall for these scams, but they clearly do, all the time http://t.co/gzV4Ds06 #
  • South West Trains total bastards fares up again http://t.co/7XY9u9X9 but its for a good causes http://t.co/xlyrg5ZC #
  • Hear hear. We should be ring-fencing payments, not retail banking http://t.co/WrMY9MBF #
  • If you're coming to London for Finovate on 7th Feb, why not come to BarCampBank5 London on 6th Feb http://t.co/7YrNHqRX #
  • RT @chyppings: BarCampBankLondon 5 taking place Mon 6 Feb 2012 at NESTA London! Register via Meetup http://t.co/7YrNHqRX #
  • As a correspondent has correctly noted, it would have been cheaper for me to buy a new printer than six Epson cartridges #
  • UK Payments Council research findings on cheque guarantee scheme http://t.co/njbj6Uoc next week: horseless carriage feasibility study #
  • Where's Mary Portas? Massive traffic jam, nowhere to park, and the shop that was supposed to be open at 9 isn't. Back to the Internet, me #
  • Stuck in traffic going to buy a cartridge for my printer. This is modern life. #
  • Good lord. Strictly Come Dancing Final is on my TV in 3D RIGHT NOW it's the dawn of a new era, a new era I'm telling you… #
  • “@davidwolman: A warning from the US Secret Service to #Packers fans http://t.co/mNtpKBFG #L #endofmoney” end the cash menace now #
  • RT @derots: On New Years Day, the BBC will broadcast a film in 3D, see http://t.co/89Hi6pJs please RT #
  • At last! A means to convince my good lady wife that a 3D TV was a good investment http://t.co/b8lC1Q1n #
  • Still on the quiz – OK fair enough I should have thought about the cheques question more #
  • Still on the quiz — Bastards! The Payments Council penalised me for using a contactless card instead of cash! Outrage! #
  • I only got 53 but still "Congratulations! If they dished out qualifications for payment know-how, you'd be a PhD by now!" #
  • A correspondent throws down the gauntlet: OK, I will take the UK Payment Council quiz http://t.co/IEpCpin3 #
  • Is it named after noted British IP socipath and sinister legislative manipulator Cliff Richard #
  • The "Cliff edge" is the point at which IP law reduces the net welfare by more than the total value of the industry being "protected" #
  • BT sues Google http://t.co/OvYFEjyB the patent system takes another baby step towards the Cliff edge #
  • People with iPhones are working harder? RT @tomiahonen: Facebook For Android Has More Daily Active Users Than iPhone http://t.co/KDgMnjau #
  • US consumers think chip payments are safer than stripe payments by 4 to 1 http://t.co/zG6SBJya #
  • Interesting chart from Gareth at Celent http://t.co/RBlanJRW Help the PIGS! End the cash menace now! #
  • Ah, that's nice: Heathrow Airport just sent me season's greetings. #
  • Can't remember who pointed me to the article about The Altantic, but thanks http://t.co/N9zV1cNX #
  • The Dear Leader in the Digital Money archive: http://t.co/dNbK0pEC #
  • MasterCard re-launches UK debit card portfolio: 100% contactless, 0% liability http://t.co/wD3cP7nA #
  • AAAAARGGH! Bastards! Why does Microsoft Exchange keep changing things in my iCal to "New Event"? #
  • Reuters: Facebook is suing Mark Zuckerberg http://t.co/iDA1aAtb #
  • 1995 and all that http://t.co/6N9lUvW4 #
  • Just for @neilamcevoy http://t.co/1RUkwFjA #
  • Interesting. These people are such a nuisance that some people are _cancelling_ their landlines http://t.co/uCPBNIqo #
  • Registered with the TPS now, but still getting calls. Today it's the "Pension Helpline" with a £3,000 cash gift – hurrah! #
  • 8,429 people have read my reviews on Trip Advisor. I feel oddly proud of that. #
  • As I said, security theatre, not security http://t.co/SLKxlK2z Ice Cream Sandwich facial unlocking #
  • Was North Korea richer than South Korea after they split? I thought i heard someone on the radion say this. #
  • A date for your diary. The ninth (penultimate) CSFI round table on "Identity in Financial Services" will be in London on 26th January 2012 #
  • US spy drone 'tricked' into Iran landing by GPS spoofing – http://t.co/kP7Hnqqb http://t.co/q5QIQiIg — I simply don't believe this #
  • Great stuff from @gassee: Shift happened: 2011 wasn't The Year of The Incumbent. Ask Intel, Microsoft, RIM and Nokia. http://t.co/FiJySqaB #
  • What? I pay three other people's right now RT @QuoraQuestions3: Is it possible to pay someone else's cell phone bill? http://t.co/Wsd4A26m #
  • No banks in the top 100 RT @jerotus: The World's Most Innovative Companies List – Forbes http://t.co/lgXtGRwE #
  • If you're a monogamous, liberal recreational drug user, it's probably because you're so smart http://t.co/3fSsPID2 #
  • Those crazy Americans – getting rid of $1 coins when they should be getting rid of pennies http://t.co/w8iHDXQ1 #
  • He's telling her that getting married on New Year's eve was a signal that her husband was only interested in the symbolism of marriage (!) #
  • He's American, she's Scottish (and obviously married, but not to him) #
  • Great conversation at the table next to me… won't name the restaurant #

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Working (?) lunch

Posted in Technology - 24 December 2011 - No comment

A couple of years ago I was interviewed on the BBC television programme “Working Lunch”, shortly after which it was taken of the air and is sadly now only a memory. It happened to be on a day in the school holidays and I was taking my sons into London to go to a movie or something, so I brought them along with me. The BBC were very kind hosts and let the boys come and see the gallery while I was being interviewed. This was quite exciting for them so they shot some video with their phones. Later on, I thought it would be funny to put the “making of” documentary up with the interview on our family YouTube channel (which is password-protected and only viewed by family members). I hadn’t looked at it for ages, but I was showing to a family friend the other day and I noticed that the soundtrack cut out. Why? Well, there’s a weird comment appeared with the video that says something about copyright!

Those BBC bastards! I’m a licence payer, and if I want to include a clip from an old episode of Working Lunch on my private YouTube channel because I WAS BEING INTERVIEWED then I should be allowed to it.

In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen megabytes

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Last week on Twitter

Posted in Tweets - 18 December 2011 - No comment
  • Lidl don't take credit cards. Who knew? #
  • At least SOPA is going to be fun – you can now shut down any website you don't like http://t.co/x71b3aE9 I'm starting with Daily Star #
  • The meme is spreading… thinking about the Irish e-punt http://t.co/EYoDgMMR #
  • [Police] asked Balotelli why he had £5,000 in cash in his pocket. ‘Because I am rich’, replied the Italian http://t.co/KDKfgQPi #
  • Tim Attinger on WIMA http://t.co/pywPjVzj "sheer tremendous variety of mobile value propositions that can be propagated with NFC" #
  • Got an e-mail from Amex inviting me to sign up for their 3D-Secure service "SafeKey". Read all abaht it http://t.co/V0D1AWQs #
  • My headline is better "Big Content tossers bamboozle idiot legislators" http://t.co/EdGfmOr6 via @Telegraph #
  • Our new favourite Xmas movie is "Rare Exports" http://t.co/sOmeA5SR from Finland!! cc @tomiahonen #
  • Christopher Hitchens on Mother Theresa @brokenkey http://t.co/YUWQh8az #
  • Now let's see… gun, check… mask, check… bag with swag written on it, check… ID card, oh wait… http://t.co/OLusDMvL #
  • Do ya wanna be in my gang my gang my gang http://t.co/HZODSOrp via FT #
  • for @guy_herbert http://t.co/QSajNNCu #
  • RT @petervan: http://t.co/o865twrj "modernise the chequebook" > eh? — they're a paper instrument used in inefficient systems like the UK's #
  • "the relationship between pay and performance was low" RT @Chris_Skinner: Banker's bonuses http://t.co/dDnca79B #
  • Is an okapi a separate species or a cross between a giraffe and something else? #
  • RT @doctorow: Holy crap, the extent to which the House proponents of #SOPA don't know what the bill says is insane #
  • Why aren't the guards throwing people off of this train RIGHT NOW? I'm in the "Quiet" carriage and there are people yelling into mobiles. #
  • Not true. I do. “@davidwolman: W/ Biden sums it up: "Nobody wants them," he says of now-discontinued $1 coins. http://t.co/Uk28ql9Z” #
  • M-laundering http://t.co/wW9q36fB #
  • can't be bothered to register, what did you say? RT @TheBanker: Move over mobile http://t.co/AUHHWioG #
  • Companies facing judge-led investigation over HMRC tax deals http://t.co/vdsFH0u9 –at least Fred the Shred will have someone to talk to #
  • BIS checks criminal allegations against Sir Fred Goodwin http://t.co/k9p9mAZj #
  • Electricity bills to rocket by 25% because of 'green' targets http://t.co/zUyTpqi9 –still, David Cameron's father-in-law will be pleased #
  • Microsoft gives up on proprietary 2D barcode, accepts NFC http://t.co/wDT1s3AE #
  • Off to see 50:50 for a family night out at the movies – we haven't done this for ages #
  • He's even being disruptive on twitter now RT @disruptivedean: New! Freemium Twitter model http://t.co/ypk0aYRF #
  • The new £20 note. This explains everything. http://t.co/MNMjkTOM #
  • #addios_avios there are only two days in April with available seats to SFO (17 and 24) but no flights back until Tuesday 16th October #shite #
  • #addios_avios Amex, that Companion Reward is terrific "There is no availability on British Airways for the displayed date range" #
  • #addios_avios "There is no availability on British Airways for the displayed date range" which is ALL OF 2012 #
  • Interesting listening to Pete Waterman on Radio 5 complaining about the laziness and stupidity of British youth #
  • Sorry fixed the permissions so now you can listen to my answering machine http://t.co/1jb74CM5 #
  • Your day is boring? Listen to my answering machine http://t.co/1jb74CM5 (if yours has messages from someone interesting, please post) #
  • Well. I hate to admit it, but Duchy Original scones are much nicer than Waitrose's own brand #
  • What!! The £220K is tax free!! End the cash menace now!! #
  • What? Guy on Radio 5 says his girlfriend earns £220K/annum as an escort – reminds me of @diane1859 (because of her book!!) #
  • Is there anything Facebook can't do? RT @BloombergNews: CHART: Did Facebook drive the Greek debt crisis? | http://t.co/TcOKQ6Xt via @BW #
  • Nice one John RT @jaelliott24: Sold my first #insightsinjazz book to China today –I love PayPal; global reach. #jazz #
  • via @jonmatonis "Competitive money supply would be an improvement, and far better than a gold standard" http://t.co/HUTimHNz #
  • Brett King, Movenbank http://t.co/HEDQbh6F #
  • If they can use them, why can't I? RT @petervan: AA Granted FAA Approval For Pilot iPads http://t.co/QP9Nv3yu #
  • 2nd face: Chinese food safety latest http://t.co/gilZkEHq #
  • Fave story of the day by far, once again it's from Australia: the minister in charge of broadcasting standards http://t.co/JoRtcYZY #
  • Nokia Exec: 'Youth Are Pretty Much Fed Up With iPhones' http://t.co/KSNTSCTz #
  • #addios_avios wish I didn't have to get back to work, I feel like I haven't complained enough yet #
  • #addios_avios RT @GrgRnkn: suspected the Avios cut-over was going to mean a long slow death of Exec Club benefits #
  • #addios_avios RT @markdokeefe: we've been looking at our usual trips +12 months ahead – the maximum in advance -there's nothing! #
  • Nothing in April, May, June, July, August – what is the point of addios? I don't want to go to Dusseldorf #
  • Do Amex know how useless their companion vouchers are on BA? #
  • British Airways are bastards and it's addios to avios "There is no availability on British Airways for the displayed date range" (ie, 2012) #
  • Not wallet wars, but certainly skirmishes http://t.co/8B9YtrQ5 #
  • Green shoots via @socialtechno: The first signs of economic recovery: Swindon's new roundabout. http://t.co/z2oghB3J #
  • New post on our Tomorrow's Transactions blog: http://t.co/jWkGDp20 Not wallet wars, but certainly skirmishes #
  • should have read this before meeting Bank of England “@FinancialTimes: The UK’s inflation myth: @ftalphaville http://t.co/rAmoT1Ey” #
  • Heading to Bank of England round table #
  • Amex payment SDK is out http://t.co/QrIXtAaP #
  • end the cash menace now “@davidwolman: @mattyglesias scrapping cash may be "simple and elegant" way to end recessions. http://t.co/GcPlw3GB&quot; #
  • That was fun – props to Julia Streets – well done FS Club enjoyable Xmas drinks #
  • Waterloo and City Line knackered – save a glass of red for me @Chris_Skinner #
  • “@jonmatonis: Feds Falsely Censor Popular Blog For Over A Year http://t.co/wmNWbE9Q&quot; — the Cliff Richard vision of civil society #
  • “@tomiahonen: RT @GuamGuy @gulf_news Saudi woman beheaded for 'sorcery' http://t.co/ahhQk7Qz” — the Uther Pendragon vision of civil society #
  • “@jonmatonis: In cashless society, how would fathers send money…" through a trusted intermediary of some kind #
  • “@jonmatonis: In cashless society, how would fathers send money…" through a trusted intermediary #
  • “@tomiahonen: Phoning, texting killed 3,092 in car crashes last year http://t.co/wAyF7PcM” ??? A TENTH of road fatalities #
  • Google Wallet to launch in UK http://t.co/BdEMHYzb #
  • Organised crime a least makes you an offer you can live with RT @jackschofield: The secret demands of record labels http://t.co/JSgGUJ8g #
  • Nearly half of Brits say they already pay using their mobilesRT @tonyfish: Banks preferred as mobile wallet providers http://t.co/HFxTxFEl #
  • yes @dngusev celebrated by listening to every version of "Train Kept a Rollin'" i have! #
  • My South West Music this morning because I got a seat and the train was on time http://t.co/RFHWyne3 #
  • http://t.co/S0D7495T #
  • Dropping out of the Eurozone would give countries the chance to launch 21st-century currencies http://t.co/VYh66qs9 #
  • Today's "000s of credit card details stolen in US" story is brought to you by the good people at Restaurant Depot http://t.co/04qfzzSd #
  • “@futureidentity: Businesses: do you have a password strength policy?" — we do, it's a nightmare #
  • let them eat cards “@finansakrobat: More than 100 cashpoints in Latvia had run out of money on December 12” #
  • Ah, papers. Mega Mix? Never heard of them. Sarah Harding? Never heard of her. Nick Clegg? Rings a bell, wait… Beeb faked Frozen Planet!! #
  • Thinking of calling BarCampBank Lindon on 6th Feb "#OccupyThreadneedleStreet". Too long? #
  • No-one is to blame, except for Fred the Shred and there's nothing we can do, is the essence of the FSA report http://t.co/xNCtnNF0 #
  • Diamond Bob has already kicked out 30 "jerks" from Barclays http://t.co/jhnJyzO4 #
  • BBC R4 Today on Alabama – is America becoming more European? #
  • …addios miles are even more crap that air miles were – seriously #BA _no_ reward flights to SF? Stuff your wet weekends in Dusseldorf #
  • having just looked at booking a couple of BA reward flights in March, April, July and August next year, I have scientifically proven that… #
  • Watched "Idiocracy" with the kids. They thought it was amusing, I didn't have the heart to tell them that IQ is indeed falling year on year #
  • Been watching Pesto on BBC2. Now, where was the Samaritans number? #
  • 93 players and official arrested for match-fixing in Turkey http://t.co/NHhYTmgc #
  • Dog bites man, that's news. Dog shoots man, that's _real_ news http://t.co/OVNGfkQk #
  • Sociopath Lar$ Ulrich and the rest of Metallica are troubled by the euro crisis http://t.co/ODYqjQs1 so much for rock and roll #

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Last week on Twitter

Posted in Tweets - 11 December 2011 - No comment
  • Dad's Taxis back in business #
  • Were some eyes off the ball on the Playbook? http://t.co/QIhs3xoX #
  • Sutton have pulled one back at a freezing Kingfield – it's now 2-1 to the mighty Cards #
  • Car insurance to rise by 11% for young women after European ruling – Telegraph http://t.co/X1ZyqvCx no for the retirement age #
  • RT @doctorow: One of the best books I've ever read on copyright http://t.co/KRXkI6dI — Let's send a copy to sociopathic puppetmaster Cliff #
  • Over at the FS Club, our hero http://t.co/48BULMYB the patron saint of the Digital Money Forum, Sir Thomas Gresham #
  • Stewart Holmes, Barclaycard US http://t.co/vYEF31LR #
  • From the same guy – brilliant UK Venn Diagram http://t.co/xVjNbO0z #
  • Death to the penny! http://t.co/UzczbtZm End the cash menace now! #
  • Good grief you can't get away from @Chris_Skinner he's on BBC R5 right now #
  • BBC R4 Michael Joseph "India will dwarf Kenya" — well, it would if it had the same regulation #
  • BBC R4 interviewing Kenyan shopkeeper says _20%_ of transactions now by M-PESA #
  • BBC R4 Asian families in the UK are being targetted by gold thieves, because they keep it at home and its not covered by insurance #
  • Dining out http://t.co/xWotdrh0 #
  • #ff @francesIDexpert @rayleee @alexvans @newsbrooke @sirbonar #
  • so if there's any actual wind they're buggered “@alexvans: Wind turbine bursting into flames during severe weather http://t.co/8SxDArER” #
  • A date for your calendars. BarCamp Bank London 6th February 2012, supported by Consult Hyperion and NESTA is definite. Details next week. #
  • Surely "This American Life" is the world's best podcast. Trying to find a chicken that can play noughts-and-crosses to halt an execution #
  • Bonuses awarded for worlds worst-ever IT project – what do you have to do to not get a bonus in the public sector? http://t.co/M84e8fRk #
  • The other has a mum who had "a bit of a turn" and threw a brick at a neighbour's car. At least I'm in touch with the common people. #
  • One of them has a boyfriend who left a really expensive watch in the arrivals lounge shower at T5 #
  • Great listening to the stories of the two Essex girls behind me #
  • There are 15 people standing in this half of the carriage. I reckon a skilled Japanese metro guard could get half a dozen more in at least #
  • The South West Train Eight AM Express to Hell. Human beings shouldn't have to exist in these conditions. #
  • “@petervan: SAML and OAuth-Enabled Identity: The expanding ID universe http://t.co/IJGsvmch by @pamelarosiedee” #
  • FFS #Arriva just put bus fare up again. It will soon be cheaper to get a taxi to the station. And no sign of rival bus any more. Connection? #
  • They couldn't even use another IP address “@tom_watson: catching out Bell Pottinger changing Wikipedia entries: http://t.co/npEC4jzL” #
  • If we're stuck on South West Trains much longer then the Agency Workers Directive will come into effect and they'll have to give us sick pay #
  • Very impressed with new Virgin TiVo remote programming so I won't miss start of game http://t.co/BllOqMRn #
  • Latest analysis hot from his Blackberry: Leeds divided into multiple teams but Manchester isn't so resourcing more flexible. So that's it! #
  • Its fascinating listening to the guy opposite speaking Hindi. xxx basically xxx bad news xxx meeting xxx — no word in Hindi for "meeting"? #
  • Ooh good question. The Manchester call centre hasn't had the same problems. Hmmm.., what could it be? Lancastrian Stuxnet? Different water? #
  • the stripes coming home to roost “@CNET: More people affected by a Lucky credit card scam than initially thought http://t.co/70QTKqLk” #
  • The guy next to me has much more interesting email than I do. Major problems in the Leeds call centre apparently ACTION REQUIRED #
  • help! I'm being twitter tortured! “@markdokeefe: @dgwbirch it's a close call Dave. Drinking mulled wine in Basel before the utd game…” #
  • I hate this country. Waterloo is a zoo and there are NO TRAINS. I just want to go home. #
  • #europayreg learned a lot about the high costs of KYC/AML/ATF and sanctions. Has anyone done a cost/benefit analysis they could point me to? #
  • How's your afternoon so far? I'm learning about proposed changes to the FATF international anti-money laundering standards #europayreg #
  • #europayreg fantastic lunch well done Katie #
  • Relaxing with Ruth Wandhofer from Citi at European Payments Regulation #
  • “@brettking: @pevansgreenwood Don't think it's live yet. @dgwbirch?” — no it won't be ready for another couple of weeks #
  • "Cash-less" rather than cashless is one of the top 10 consumer trends for 2012 http://t.co/BLJxf8mr #
  • and the dog ate the homework RT @chazbrooks: A novel way of being late for work …. Liaising with police about runaway horse in guildford #
  • National cybersecurity http://t.co/gVkpQqo2 #
  • No! @jonmatonis: Cash = anonymity — I want financial privacy, which is something different #
  • Looking for 65 year old technology virgins http://t.co/qg22uZ1w #
  • Wallet Wars part 97 “@Chris_Skinner: Verizon will not ship Google Wallet and will block users from downloading it http://t.co/s1BpEq2c” #
  • I knew it! Its those Tory Cuts again! RT @tim_harrap: Landed at Heathrow, but there's no-one to open the door >> job cuts? :-) #
  • What a bargain! BA Exec home page is advertising Amex card with 50.1% APR. #
  • Well props to George Clooney http://t.co/dETOejkW #
  • New technology. To ease the queues at the e-passport gates they took some of us out and sent us to a person. #
  • Hilarious. Landed at Heathrow, but there's no-one to open the door, so we're stuck on the plane. Is there a strike or is this normal? #
  • The economy is what should make an economics minister cry, not the damn Antiques Roadshow http://t.co/kq6lOUHc props to Elsa Fornero #
  • Someone did actually drop the dead donkey http://t.co/t9TuYoCI #
  • For this violation of etiquette I have every right to record and transmit the contents of these conversations #
  • Oh FFS. I've SPECIFICALLY gone to sit in QUIET area of the BA Lounge which is MARKED AS SUCH and yet another person is yelling into a mobile #
  • Why does Canada waste money on the plastic $100 http://t.co/14EeITWt when I was last there shops wouldn't take $100 bills at all #
  • I love @Chris_Skinner's on-the-spot report from the pointless #AnnoyStPaul #039;s "protest" http://t.co/3cm25OMb #
  • What a beautiful morning http://t.co/V5hNt2NX #
  • £6/Mb with O2 RT @disruptivedean: 2x US trips + 1 Asia trip with data roaming off & just using WiFi. Mild inconvenience not worth £3/MB #
  • The running dog lackeys of the reactionary anti-progress payment terrorists and their criminal puppetmasters http://t.co/xjh4N1JP #
  • Conservative? Nein. http://t.co/h73N9vVM #
  • More opponents of my war on cash – this time it's corrupt council employees http://t.co/ohnR36k4 in the Maasai Mara #
  • "Despite the surge in sales, only 36.5 per cent of American houses own guns" http://t.co/geR277Md Xmas present problems solved! #
  • RT @rayleee: Tesco Rolls Out Free Wi-Fi in Stores Nationwide http://t.co/fqznUXEv #
  • Glad to see the US crackdown on money laundering is stopping that Mexican drug money from entering the system http://t.co/3tJZGdpU #
  • For goodness' sake, please stop printing these http://t.co/VKGjeCxr #
  • "The use of cash is both dead and growing" according to BBC Click http://t.co/ZwP0zvAC #
  • RT @socialtechno: What SOPA is: 5 years jail for uploading a Michael Jackson song. That's a year more than the doctor who killed him. #
  • Brilliant idea! Why put skimming devices on ATMs when you can install them in supermarkets instead? http://t.co/FKDlb1IT #
  • Rocer! Amex wielding Jack Bruce "strongly advise people not to get involved in multihull commercial boating" http://t.co/ZLT6YSFe #
  • Swindon vs. Wigan is the obvious tie of the round, because United haven't got a prayer against the Blues http://t.co/GZCDuMAd #
  • Great spot tx RT @socialtechno: Medellin cartel spent $2,500 per month on rubber bands for bricks of cash http://t.co/tI08yjpf #
  • Deusche Bank – Will BRIC currencies take over as reserve currencies http://t.co/jCwuWpBL (Answer: No.) #
  • How's the "War on (some) Drugs" thing going? The Mexican drug cartel had THEIR OWN CELLPHONE NETWORK http://t.co/6UMXegYz #
  • Reading about DSK conspiracy theory. The porn version can't be far off. Dominique Strauss Can? Central Bonker? The French Erection? #
  • The hot dog vendors you see on street corners in New York pay $50,000 PER MONTH rent to the city http://t.co/U4WazHXv #
  • Indian households hold 18,000 tonnes of gold, 11% of global stock, worth over $950 billion (half of nominal GDP) http://t.co/owfMiAA0 #
  • We should get Icelandic on their asses http://t.co/hOArQKCF #
  • Collapse of the telephone in the US took just five years – one in three homes now without one – and TV is next http://t.co/yEwq2mkh #
  • Germany passes stupid and pointless law to restrict the use of prepaid cards http://t.co/9QG17E0G #

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Liberal interpretations

Posted in Technology - 5 December 2011 - No comment

I once read a fascinating article in Prospect magazine about an experiment to explore moral dilemmas. The thought experiment rests on notions of railways, tracks and switches: essentially, people are asked to make choices about life and death. In one experiment, you can set the switch to send an out-of-control train down one branch, where it will kill five people, or down another branch, where it will kill one person. That sort of thing, in all sorts of different configurations.

I thought the most surprising result of the experiment was the difference between liberals and conservatives. In an experiment where subjects could save a Philharmonic orchestra by pushing an African American on to the tracks or could save the Harlem Jazz Orchestra by pushing a WASP on to the tracks, the liberals showed a marked propensity to make different choices, whereas conservatives did not. This suggests to me, at least, that there is a deep-seated difference between the world views, more than simply political attitudes.

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