Hi Louis, as my username probably gives away, I'm the first author of Speed and Balding (not to be confused with that terrible work from Speed and Baldwin infodoc rightly dismisses ;) ). I don't follow the ISOOG blog, but a colleague alerted me to your blog post
Firstly, I'm incredibly flattered if it's true ...
Revisiting Speed and Balding - Blog comment by dougspeed - 7 Nov 2017