secrets

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Executive secrets

Posted by Richard Coyne ⋅ February 9, 2019 ⋅ 1 Comment

Who doesn’t want some unstructured time, especially at work! The gaps in the US President’s daily schedule surfaced again this week. 60% of his time is labelled “Executive Time.” Like many others, I’m content to attribute his work patterns to sloth, contrarianism, disorganisation, and tv addiction. (See Axios article.) The main defence from his PR … Continue reading →

Secret listening: Private, personal, portable podcasts

Posted by Richard Coyne ⋅ October 27, 2018 ⋅ 2 Comments

Podcast listening is a personal and private matter, especially if the listener wears headphones. No one need know what you are listening to. That’s not to say that privacy and secrecy are the same. I’ve been listening to the Podcast Radio Hour published by the BBC. In the 19 October 2018 edition Stephen Fry speaks about … Continue reading →