Neil Hopcroft

…a whole bunch of wicked problems, some thoughts about defining the problems and creating solutions.

I’ve just downloaded my life. Well, the last couple of years of it at least. The 6A/LJ news has finally pushed me to figuring out how to download all the entries I’ve made here. You can do it too

One of the great things about short term contracts is that when you are asked your opinion you are prepared to give it – theres nothing more dangerous than a man who has nothing to lose. Describing an entire team as ‘haphazard’ would, under most other circumstances, be somewhat career limiting. Also, something for the […]

Firstly, Happy Birthday to the mobile phone industry – “The first call was made [on 1/1/1985] from St Katherine’s dock to Vodafone’s head office in Newbury which at the time was over a curry house.” “Thieves take brain remote control” “Numerous people have been questioned by the FBI about this laser beam activity, but no […]

I’m just watching the video for “The Grudge” by Mortiis – its a good deal sillier than I’d really expected from him. Is the rest of his stuff this daft? We’ve made it to 2005, it was welcomed in with a healthy dose of the second most addictive thing to come out of South America […]

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