Jamie Greene

1 month ago | msn.com | Jamie Greene

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Feb 14, 2025 | greenocktelegraph.co.uk | Jamie Greene

UNLESS you’re really interested in parliamentary procedures and public scrutiny you may not be aware of the work of the Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit Committee, of which I am the deputy convener. It’s not the most glamorous job and rarely gets the headlines going, but it does provide me with the unique opportunity to question senior civil servants - the people who actually make things happen in the country.

May 7, 2024 | geekdad.com | Robin Brooks |Jamie Greene

May the 4th has been and gone; I hope you had a good one. The month marches on and I’ve failed to write a timely preview of the books I’m hoping to read during May. Pushing on from a very successful April, I’m aiming to read 10 books this month. This is ambitious, but quite a few are children’s books, so I’m hopeful I can reach at least 8 or 9. Here, then, is my May 2024 book preview. Children’s Books.

Nov 28, 2023 | geekdad.com | Robin Brooks |Jamie Greene

I have been a big fan of Cory Doctorow novels ever since reading Little Brother some 15 years ago. I’ve reviewed a couple of his more recent novels on GeekDad. Doctorow has his finger on the pulse of technology; how it is evolving, how it can be harnessed, as well as how it can be abused. He brings all this to bear in his latest novel, ‘The Lost Cause,’ a near-future examination of climate catastrophe and how technology can bring us back from the edge.  What Is The Lost Cause?