David Coveney
David Coveney

A personal blog transitioning into an exploration of the intersection of design, technology and ethics

Hertz doubled the cost of my car rental. Here’s their process design trick. 16 August, 2024 by David Coveney

Taller buildings let us design better towns 30 May, 2024 by David Coveney

Don’t design in customer traps on your systems 26 May, 2024 by David Coveney

A new manifesto for the web 20 May, 2024 by David Coveney

AI is predictive, not intelligent 16 May, 2024 by David Coveney

Design Dilemmas: When bathrooms become battlegrounds 11 May, 2024 by David Coveney

A little change on this website 3 May, 2024 by David Coveney

A photo of a Core S3 Development Kit held in the hand

The astonishing power of modern computing 30 April, 2024 by David Coveney

The productivity paradox 28 December, 2023 by David Coveney

Black and white picture of a server rack

Off-Cloud Backup for Heroku apps – a possible answer 16 November, 2023 by David Coveney

Recovering from a heart bypass. The physical and mental challenges. 28 June, 2023 by David Coveney

Are VW in trouble with their electric car strategy? 28 November, 2022 by David Coveney

Steps and missteps on my path out of poverty 4 September, 2022 by David Coveney

Interesting times in the world of software 15 February, 2022 by David Coveney

I broke my heart in five places and got it fixed 26 April, 2021 by David Coveney

The great pension scam, how people were conned, and how young people fixed it 5 December, 2019 by David Coveney

Wealth, income, and why that bloke on Question Time with £80k was wrong (and right) 23 November, 2019 by David Coveney

Runcorn train station

The EU are bullying the UK 18 November, 2018 by David Coveney

Start line for 100m sprint.

Why learning to lose is the path to winning 12 October, 2018 by David Coveney

Why political parties lose support by winning. 17 December, 2017 by David Coveney

Our office cleaner doesn’t vote. I think I know why. 23 November, 2017 by David Coveney

Staleys in the Isle of Man 25 February, 2016 by David Coveney