George MacKerron
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George MacKerron
@jawj.prof
Associate Prof in Economics: environmental, spatial, behavioural, wellbeing (Mappiness project). Coder. Parent. School governor. Bass 1. http://mackerron.com
Because what voters really want is an unliveable world where Government can abuse their human rights with impunity. Isn’t it obvious?
October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Seems @ofcom.bsky.social really dropped the ball with new rules on in-contract price-rises. Last time I had to get a new telecoms contract, the big players mostly did CPI/RPI (= vaguely reasonable) + 3.9% (= pure money-grab). Now they add on whatever the hell they want — e.g. 13% here from EE.
September 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Can’t decide whether to use ALL CAPS, all lowercase, Sentence case or Title Case in your app UI?

No worries: just pick a different one at random, separately for every control, like Renault do. 🙄
June 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just back in the habit of bread-baking after a long hiatus. This recipe takes only about 10 minutes (spread over a few separate occasions) and makes zero mess. mackerron.com/bread #warm #crusty
November 13, 2024 at 8:37 AM
A shining example of how not to communicate, courtesy of Brighton & Hove. Obviously wholly unenforceable (how can you prove who did it?), so its only effect is to make everyone hate them. The cherry on top is that our bins only ever block the pavement when the bin collectors leave them that way.
November 11, 2024 at 9:08 AM
I have a PhD. I teach programming to PhD students. I've been responsible for information security in a small company.

Nevertheless, my university insists that I do anti-phishing training which appears to have been very specifically designed for 6 year olds.
September 17, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Agreed! But not so many points for originality.
August 24, 2024 at 9:47 PM