Ian Gibson
@ianthesonofgib.bsky.social
Systems Engineer, Enterprise Architect, Past President of INCOSE UK and founder of IfSE, Human, Husband, Dad. Nottingham Forest fan. Citizen of Earth.
All views expressed are my own.
All views expressed are my own.
The Football World Cup draw must be a real kick in the teeth if you're from a European nation that didn't qualify.
There are countries in the Group stage where I would struggle to name a single player from that nation playing in a major world footballing league.
There are countries in the Group stage where I would struggle to name a single player from that nation playing in a major world footballing league.
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Football World Cup draw must be a real kick in the teeth if you're from a European nation that didn't qualify.
There are countries in the Group stage where I would struggle to name a single player from that nation playing in a major world footballing league.
There are countries in the Group stage where I would struggle to name a single player from that nation playing in a major world footballing league.
325-9
That'll do. 350+ would have been better.
Well done Joe Root for finally getting that century Down Under.
Slow bowling Aussies.
#Ashes
That'll do. 350+ would have been better.
Well done Joe Root for finally getting that century Down Under.
Slow bowling Aussies.
#Ashes
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
325-9
That'll do. 350+ would have been better.
Well done Joe Root for finally getting that century Down Under.
Slow bowling Aussies.
#Ashes
That'll do. 350+ would have been better.
Well done Joe Root for finally getting that century Down Under.
Slow bowling Aussies.
#Ashes
Cricket doing better than I feared it might be when I turned TMS on this morning.
Root and Brook well set against an older ball could be tasty.
#Ashes
Root and Brook well set against an older ball could be tasty.
#Ashes
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Cricket doing better than I feared it might be when I turned TMS on this morning.
Root and Brook well set against an older ball could be tasty.
#Ashes
Root and Brook well set against an older ball could be tasty.
#Ashes
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🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
I hate my work iPhone, closely followed by the Authenticator app.
They've had me running around in Kafkaesque circles all morning...
They've had me running around in Kafkaesque circles all morning...
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I hate my work iPhone, closely followed by the Authenticator app.
They've had me running around in Kafkaesque circles all morning...
They've had me running around in Kafkaesque circles all morning...
Just enjoying the awesome techno tunes on the #BBC6Music "Desert island disco" and trying not to dwell on them all being about 30 years old now!
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Just enjoying the awesome techno tunes on the #BBC6Music "Desert island disco" and trying not to dwell on them all being about 30 years old now!
So what formation are we playing tonight? BBC has it as 4-2-3-1, Google says 4-4-2. Both give a back four of centre-halves so presumably Abbott is on the right (hope he keeps an eye on the offside trap rather than tracking back all the time).
Good to see some fringe players getting a run out.
#NFFC
Good to see some fringe players getting a run out.
#NFFC
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
So what formation are we playing tonight? BBC has it as 4-2-3-1, Google says 4-4-2. Both give a back four of centre-halves so presumably Abbott is on the right (hope he keeps an eye on the offside trap rather than tracking back all the time).
Good to see some fringe players getting a run out.
#NFFC
Good to see some fringe players getting a run out.
#NFFC
First day at the #IfSE #ASEC2025 conference, kicking off with a superb keynote from Victoria Bunyard puling together the Viable Systems Model, the law of requisite variety, the Systems Engineering Vee model, and a large dose of pragmatism when dealing with stakeholders.
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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This seems important to me. The current global energy transition breaks our key GDP metric.
Any economists out there care to comment?
From @allanpatterson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/allanpat...
Any economists out there care to comment?
From @allanpatterson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/allanpat...
What Deflation Actually Looks Like: Lessons from China
A Lesson In Understanding GDP
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This seems important to me. The current global energy transition breaks our key GDP metric.
Any economists out there care to comment?
From @allanpatterson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/allanpat...
Any economists out there care to comment?
From @allanpatterson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/allanpat...
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Interesting line up for this evening's game.
Is this the last match in the league stage?
#nffc #NottinghamForest
Is this the last match in the league stage?
#nffc #NottinghamForest
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Interesting line up for this evening's game.
Is this the last match in the league stage?
#nffc #NottinghamForest
Is this the last match in the league stage?
#nffc #NottinghamForest
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As the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire lay on his deathbed, a priest urged him to renounce Satan. Voltaire, characteristically, purportedly replied: 'Now is not the time for making new enemies.'
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire lay on his deathbed, a priest urged him to renounce Satan. Voltaire, characteristically, purportedly replied: 'Now is not the time for making new enemies.'
Football is a simple game when your manager isn't a total bell end.
2-0 to the famous team...
#NFFC #NottinghamForest
2-0 to the famous team...
#NFFC #NottinghamForest
October 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Football is a simple game when your manager isn't a total bell end.
2-0 to the famous team...
#NFFC #NottinghamForest
2-0 to the famous team...
#NFFC #NottinghamForest
Listened to the excellent #RestIsHistory podcast episode on Enoch Powell this week. Such a promising start for someone who ultimately followed their own obsessions and tortured logic, turning into a divisive, self promoting, nasty man.
Paved the way for so much that's gone wrong since in the UK.
Paved the way for so much that's gone wrong since in the UK.
October 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Listened to the excellent #RestIsHistory podcast episode on Enoch Powell this week. Such a promising start for someone who ultimately followed their own obsessions and tortured logic, turning into a divisive, self promoting, nasty man.
Paved the way for so much that's gone wrong since in the UK.
Paved the way for so much that's gone wrong since in the UK.
So the big question should be:
"What trophy should Ange Postecoglou be awarded for his efforts?"
A golden turd?
A figure of a footballer kicking the ball into their own face?
A bust of a grumpy beardy man?
I mean, he was always going on about ending up with a trophy...
#NottinghamForest #NNFC
"What trophy should Ange Postecoglou be awarded for his efforts?"
A golden turd?
A figure of a footballer kicking the ball into their own face?
A bust of a grumpy beardy man?
I mean, he was always going on about ending up with a trophy...
#NottinghamForest #NNFC
October 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
So the big question should be:
"What trophy should Ange Postecoglou be awarded for his efforts?"
A golden turd?
A figure of a footballer kicking the ball into their own face?
A bust of a grumpy beardy man?
I mean, he was always going on about ending up with a trophy...
#NottinghamForest #NNFC
"What trophy should Ange Postecoglou be awarded for his efforts?"
A golden turd?
A figure of a footballer kicking the ball into their own face?
A bust of a grumpy beardy man?
I mean, he was always going on about ending up with a trophy...
#NottinghamForest #NNFC
Interesting to see the penny drop for Joe Wilkinson that the Faithful are firstly playing against Claudia as she picks the Traitors team.
#CelebrityTraitors
#CelebrityTraitors
October 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Interesting to see the penny drop for Joe Wilkinson that the Faithful are firstly playing against Claudia as she picks the Traitors team.
#CelebrityTraitors
#CelebrityTraitors
Tried some matcha tea today. Still not sure if I would have been better off just putting a handful of grass clippings in the bottom of the mug instead.
October 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Tried some matcha tea today. Still not sure if I would have been better off just putting a handful of grass clippings in the bottom of the mug instead.
Always a frisson of excitement when "Killing in the name of" gets played on daytime radio, just to see if they accidentally play the proper sing along version.
#BBC6Music
#BBC6Music
September 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Always a frisson of excitement when "Killing in the name of" gets played on daytime radio, just to see if they accidentally play the proper sing along version.
#BBC6Music
#BBC6Music