Glare
It has been a lovely weekend for walking in the sunshine. Yesterday we went to one of our favourite haunts, Virginia Water. It was mid-afternoon and the sun was pretty bright, so I thought I’d try...
View ArticleYoungsters, social media, and online privacy
While I was driving to work this morning I listened to a piece on Radio 4 about an Ofcom study published today (also reported on the BBC News website). The report and interview on the Today programme...
View ArticleThe Flip Mino in the UK
Regular readers will know that one of the things that I’ve been getting more into this year is video editing (see the page that I’ve just added as a teaser for things to come in 2009). This has been...
View ArticleSome thoughts on openness and trust in government
One of the things I’ve been taking an interest in lately is the slow progression of Internet technologies into UK politics – or should that be the progress of UK politicians onto the web? We have a...
View ArticlePostcodes should be free?
Something I picked up from a tweet recently (can’t remember who from) was the effort to create a free database of UK postcode data via a site called Free The Postcode!. For those who don’t know, UK...
View ArticleIs Amazon neglecting the UK and Europe?
Just an idle thought. Consider: the delayed MP3 store launch in the UK the continued lack of an iPhone app for the Amazon store no Kindle launch outside of the US, and they’re on the second version...
View ArticleSpeedier connectivity
I’ve been thinking about making a change to my broadband arrangements for some time now. When I heard that Tiscali (owners of my long-term ISP Pipex) had been snapped up by Carphone Warehouse, it...
View ArticleWhuffie and the importance of loyalty
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been dipping into Tara Hunt’s book The Whuffie Factor. I’d intended to write a post discussing the book in more detail, but a case study has just presented itself...
View ArticleNever mention politics or religion
Disclaimer: as it says over in the right-hand sidebar of this personal blog which belongs to me, and no-one else, the opinions stated here are my own and not those of any organisation that employs me...
View ArticleEchoes of Digital Surrey
Leafy, sunny, and sleepy Surrey… it’s a hub of digital excitement and innovation, don’t you know! On Thursday evening I spoke at the third Digital Surrey meeting over in Guildford. The venue for all of...
View ArticleDigital Local Government
I just saw my mate Dominic Campbell retweet something interesting from Monmouthshire County Council (yes, really!) For those who don’t know Dominic, a) you NEED to be following him on Twitter, and b)...
View ArticleHistorical perspectives
For those of you who have never read my About page, you may be surprised to know that as well as being a “techie”, I’m MA in Modern History (the story of how I came to have a career in … Continue...
View ArticleThe late, late OggCamp 11 write-up… and more UUPC
Forever Delayed It has been several weeks since OggCamp 11 now. I’ve been meaning to post a quick recap for a while. I’ve written before about being friends with the crew from the Ubuntu UK Podcast...
View ArticleTeaching technology in the future – Raspberry Pi
Before you dismiss this as TL;DR – it’s a subject dear to my heart, and I believe that there’s some cool content as well as some storytelling – do give it a chance! A sad state of affairs I believe …...
View ArticleMakers. Creativity. Learning. LEGO FTW.
It began, as these things sometimes do, with a childhood passion. One of my earliest memories is of kneeling on the floor at the back of my bedroom making LEGO cars – it was in version 1.0 of my...
View ArticleEmbracing my inner geek and fandom: Nine Worlds
In February, I backed a Kickstarter campaign for a new conference event called Nine Worlds Geekfest – an event which promised to be a first-of-its-kind mixed genre gathering of geeks, sci-fi fans,...
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