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Does democracy matter?

With the EU referendum in the final throws and the likes of Trump or Clinton running for US presidency I am reminded that, while we...
Piers Daniell on June 14, 2016
Piers Daniell 2016-06-14T15:00:17+00:00
Motoring

Is less more?

This isn’t a blog about the EU referendum although I am sure the title could work… No this piece is about my favourite subject, automobiles....
Piers Daniell on June 13, 2016
Piers Daniell 2016-06-13T19:08:13+00:00
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What about the Commonwealth?

When I returned from my honeymoon last year to Australia I was dumbfounded by the number of references to the Commonwealth and Britain in newspapers...
Piers Daniell on March 30, 2016
Piers Daniell 2016-03-30T13:21:27+00:00
General

Robots will take over the world

There has been a lot of talk recently on the march of the machines and the imminent demise of jobs across the world as computers...
Piers Daniell on February 23, 2016
Piers Daniell 2016-02-23T14:14:18+00:00
General

Tiger Mothers

With a new small person joining our family in the very near future, my wife and I have been discussing our planned parenting style and...
Piers Daniell on January 22, 2016
Piers Daniell 2016-01-22T12:31:35+00:00
Motoring

Driving addiction

With the march towards autonomous driving and the electrification of the car the ability for a petrol head to really enjoy a day behind the...
Piers Daniell on December 3, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-12-03T08:30:39+00:00
Internet

Back to the floor

One of my favourite programs was ‘Back to the Floor’ where owners and high level executives went back to the grass roots of their business...
Piers Daniell on December 2, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-12-02T15:20:44+00:00
Motoring

Emission scandal – the death of VW?

As an avid fan of the VW group and the cars they develop I have been interested in the emission scandal, which is again in...
Piers Daniell on October 28, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-10-28T12:29:14+00:00
General

Robots will take over the world

An interesting debate that is raging at the moment is that robots will not only take over the world, but also take our jobs. The...
Piers Daniell on October 22, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-10-22T20:32:33+00:00
Internet

It is easy to tick boxes

In a letter in the Financial Times this week SKY, Vodafone and TalkTalk signed a letter asking Ofcom, the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate...
Piers Daniell on September 23, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-09-23T15:48:01+00:00
Business

The internet going around in circles

With any technology adoption there seems to always be an ebb and flow as to what has been delivered yesterday, today and then tomorrow –...
Piers Daniell on August 26, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-08-26T19:28:48+00:00
General

An old idea reinvented

With Elon Musk's recent announcement of a battery for the home, I got thinking about how innovative this idea is and if it could change...
Piers Daniell on July 16, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-07-16T09:00:32+00:00
Motoring

The future is electric

Previously I have written about the advancements in electric cars, notably the Golf GTE which combines electric power and a petrol engine in a classic...
Piers Daniell on July 13, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-07-13T09:10:53+00:00
General

Have Microsoft gone mad?

I am not sure if you have seen a little icon appear on your Windows desktop next to your time on your taskbar, but last...
Piers Daniell on June 10, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-06-10T15:21:49+00:00
Business

The Speed of Change

Moore’s Law famously states that every year the number of transistors per square inch would double. Being the co-founder of Intel it was an insightful...
Piers Daniell on June 4, 2015
Piers Daniell 2015-06-04T11:16:05+00:00
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