South by South West (sxsw) is nearly upon us again. For those that have never been, it’s understandably a bit of a mystery. For those of us who do get to go, it is a unique chance to catch up with people from around the world who are passionate about The Web, technology, film, music and all sorts of digital interaction. It’s a marker in the year for me. A chance to look forward and a chance to look back. I’ll do my best to share what I learn. This little video I shot of Documentally last year is a good reminder of the mental chaos that ensues!
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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).
This isn’t a political blog, nor is it a news one. It’s my personal blog, but today I’m feeling a bit “ranty” – it’s the ‘meeedja’ you see. Not all of them – I’m privileged to know some great journalists, who do a fantastic job serving the public and covering stories in interesting ways. However a minority seem to be turning into a bunch of muppets, and have taken over the airwaves. Or, at the very least, some otherwise sane people have serious lost the plot in their coverage. Continue Reading…
What a year 2009 Was… I’ve been looking through my Flickr stream and pulled out some highlights. Apologies, as the page may take a while to load, but pictures seem to express the year better than any words I could write. Towards the end of 2008 I was at a dinner with Caalie and the Scobles. There were quite a few faces at that meal that ended up playing different roles through out 2009 – you can see Neville Hobson and Chris Heuer as well as Robert Scoble here.
As predicted, I received a huge amount of flack for my moustache when I spoke at the 1pound40 conference at Reuters news agency. I’m pictured above, squeezed in between Sam Brook and Kate AG (who is currently working on the BBC’s Treeoclock project) – off to the right of the photo is Christian (aka @documentally – the man who first taught me to take photos), Hannah Nicklin and Sue Thomas. You can’t see the tache these, but it did end up in a sketch… Continue Reading…
This post is three days late, for which I beg your forgiveness, and not easy to write – for reasons that will become clear. First, a public notice:
I am growing a moustache.
At this point, some of you will know what I am about to say, for the rest, an explanation is in order. It’s movember:
Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer. Mo Bros, supported by their Mo Sistas, start Movember (November 1st) clean shaven and then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their moustache. During Movember, each Mo Bro effectively becomes a walking billboard for men’s health and, via their Mo, raises essential funds and awareness for Movember’s men’s health partner – The Prostate Cancer Charity. Continue Reading…
