David Coveney

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

  • Our office cleaner doesn’t vote. I think I know why.

    Our office cleaner doesn’t vote. I think I know why.

    Ever noticed that there’s a group of people who don’t vote? Good people, by and large… but they don’t vote. Eventually, I think I worked it out.

  • Staleys in the Isle of Man

    Staleys in the Isle of Man

    One of the funny things about children and their memories is just how fallible they are. Full of false memories and forgotten realities. I lived, for a while, somewhere on the outskirts of Douglas on the Isle of Man, when I was about nine years old. The family I stayed in had a boy about…

  • Bono’s office, some time in 2014

    Bono’s office, some time in 2014

    Hi guys, I suspect you know why I’ve called you in here for this meeting. Adam, Larry, uhm… hat guy… you know that costs have been rising and, what with piracy and everything we just don’t get the receipts we used to. Obviously that means we have to find some savings and, after looking through…

  • What a difference a tyre makes – mini review of Yokohama Advan Neovas on track

    What a difference a tyre makes – mini review of Yokohama Advan Neovas on track

    Yesterday, finally, after a break of nearly four years, I returned to the race track. Not for a competitive event, but for a track day. And I learned a little… The scene has changed. Maybe. Track days were mostly full of road cars. Lotus Elises were hugely popular, but you’d see a collection of Porsches, various…

  • Liverpool Central Library

    Liverpool Central Library

    So, Liverpool Central Library has had a revamp. The reading room was always ace, but had been closed for ages and I’d not been able to show it to friends. It’s now all been lovingly restored, and the ‘modern’ bit done in a much more interesting manner with wonderful natural light. It’s great to see…

  • Twitter is about to die. Here’s why.

    Twitter is about to die. Here’s why.

    Something odd has started to happen on Twitter for me, and it’s cutting my usage of it down quite dramatically. Why? It’s because it seems the spammers are winning… https://twitter.com/nrhansonp/status/318959016602660864 https://twitter.com/fierofan11q/status/318758157247709184 https://twitter.com/DavidThiebaudc/status/318665593605738497 https://twitter.com/catazettler3/status/318327663506890752 https://twitter.com/clintonxbaurer/status/318093880182591488 Every. Single. Day. I get lots of these. Some disappear into the ether, others remain on the Interactions tab on Twitter.…

Why I blog

Thanks for turning up here. I blog because sometimes I need to get ideas and thoughts out without boring the people immediately around me. Feel free to read around, and if you want to know more, there’s an about page.

David Coveney

Easily distracted technologist, writer, publisher, developer and old fart.