Rhizomorphic

Rhizomorphic is the homepage and lifestream of J. F. Pickard.

A research associate at the University of London, Pickard's work focuses on the intersection of technology, politics, and everyday life.

He also dabbles in freelance journalism, pervasive games, and speculative fiction.

Shockwaves

Having left my last post on something of a cliffhanger, I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised to get an SMS from Luke, making sure I’d made it home okay.  I know this platform is public access, but it took a while for me to get what he was talking about, poor chap.

So, yes, I made it home safely.  Turns out that yesterday’s unreliable tube coverage was the result of a wave of one-unders.  Following the GEAS announcement, the BBC are reporting a spike equivalent to ten times the expected base.  So while Mark and I were out partying, a fair few Londoners couldn’t even find a reason to carry on.  A sobering thought, that.

Wouldn’t want to be a GEAS employee right now.  I mean, surely they could have anticipated the range of likely responses?  Who made the decision to go public?  And did they run their findings past national governments first?

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