Nisha Pillai (@island_nisha – do say hello to her if you are on Twitter) asked me what advice I’d give to someone new to Twitter. Here are my thoughts, as I await my next cup of coffee. 1. Give it a try. [for those of you not on Twitter already, it is free and quick [...]
Last year I went up to Bletchley Park during the veterans’ reunion. Last year was quite a year for Bletchley. Simon Greenish, the Director of Bletchley Park, recounted the events of GCHQ succeeding in getting the government to recognise the people who worked there during the war, with the foreign secretary giving out medals to some [...]
Thanks to pummelvision, here is my 2010 – 2,500 photos turned into one four minute 34 second video: The big event of the year was, of course, South by South West – The largest digital festival on the planet. Once again, a great set of British Businesses set off to Austin, Texas, on the Digital [...]
Video Post via Qik: It’s November (in case you hadn’t noticed!) and I’m doing Movember again, which means my nearest and dearest putting up with facial fungus, but all in a good cause (see last year’s post). Head over to my Movember page to donate and have a read around the Movember site too.
It’s been a little while since I blogged about my photography toys… Erm… I mean tools [shaky keyboard]. I’ve cycled through a large amount of kit recently, shotting several thousand photos over recent months, from the top of the BT Tower to Bletchly park and many things in between – even a demo video for [...]
I keep getting asked when I’m getting an iPad. I’m not. Part of the reason is covered in a lovely post by Cory Doctorow on Boingboing: “Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either)” “I believe — really believe — in the stirring words of the Maker Manifesto: if you can’t open it, [...]
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