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May 2006

Sultan’s Elephant on Flickr

By the end of last week everybody I know was talking about the Sultan’s Elephant. Not only did thousands of people turn out to see it, just look at all the 3512 (when I looked a few moments ago) photos on Flickr of the weekend. Amazing.

Vote if you want to

I saw David Cameron in action again yesterday at the Power Inquiry’s conference to discuss the findings and recommendations of their report. He’s getting much better at speaking and growing into the role of leader. I’d venture to suggest that the majority of the audience were traditionally Labour, Lib Dem or Green voters, but he had them all on his side by the end of [...]

Pro-ams at the ICA

Charlie will be talking about the Pro-Am Revolution at the ICA on 15th May alongside some other very interesting speakers. We’re just about to start spreading the word about a Pro-Ams blog on the way to a book and will start posting more next week.

Why Malcolm Gladwell is a millionnaire

“The process of moving from the specific to the general is both necessary and perilous… How do we know when we’ve made the right generalization?” So writes Malcolm Gladwell in a now widely cited piece about profiling for the New Yorker. He’s challenging the idea that all pitbulls are dangerous, all asian people with beards are suicide bombers, or that all single men in London [...]