A new paper out today from Deloitte called ‘TV+: perspectives on television in words and numbers‘ which covers some subjects close to my heart. I was particularly pleased to be invited by the Guardian to appear in some brief podcasts discussing it (along with Tess Alps from ThinkBox, George Entwistle from the BBC, Richard Welsh […]
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GX Buggy micro RC car – hands on review
The Tomy GX Buggy is a micro remote controlled car from Tomy, the people who bought you the Q-steer and, before that, the Char-G. I reckon they’ve managed to come up with something even more fun here, and was very pleased when I was offered a sample to review. To get the obvious stuff out […]
Greenpeace + VW – an integrated rebellion
A fascinating new campaign from Greenpeace launched this morning, subverting the popular (and award winning) VW The Force ad. I first noticed it because Twitter was abuzz this morning with news of Greenpeace’s hijack of a poster at Old Street’s ‘Silicon’ roundabout. Some people on the ground, including some friends, initially seemed to think the […]
Interesting 2011
Interesting 2011 was, as promised, more about activities than talks. After the traditional Final Countdown singalong and introductions from Russell, we were all very much in the mood for an interesting day. Stanley James Press provided all the equipment, instructions and patient help required for us to bind our own notebooks. Next up, Leila Johnston […]
Fortnotes 14
[Being the fourteenth in a fortnightly series of brain dumps: what I’m working on, wondering and worrying about.] A busy fortnight. As usual. Now that the Kaiser Chiefs album has been released, I continue to be excited about the analysis the Rev Dan Catt is doing with it. Keeping half an eye on things, but […]
Fortnotes 13
[Being the lucky thirteenth in a fortnightly series of brain dumps: what I’m working on, wondering and worrying about.] I can finally reveal the super secret project I’ve been getting increasingly excited about in these fortnotes for the past few weeks. The Kaiser Chiefs new album The Future is Medieval is out now, and it’s […]
Podcast recommendation: Off the Wall Post
As you might know, Shift Run Stop (that podcast I used to edit every week) is on holiday at the moment. While we work out when/how/whether to restart, I’ve found myself listening to lots more podcasts. There’s one in particular which I think you might like. Off the Wallpost (‘a conversation about digital media in […]
Fortnotes 11 & 12
[Being the 11th and 12th in a fortnightly series of brain dumps: what I’m working on, wondering and worrying about.] Bankholapalooza; a week-and-a-bit off work thanks to Easter, a royal wedding and taking the 3 days in between as holiday. It’s only once I’m on holiday for a few days that I realise how exhausted […]
Mash 2011
I spent a couple of days in Dublin this week for the Mash 2011 conference. 20 speakers (including me), three workshops and a whole lot of really nice people. Here are some patchy notes from what I saw. Nathan Hull, Penguin – The future of digital storytelling Nathan took us through Penguin’s approach to eBooks, […]
Color: why it’s interesting and why it won’t be “the next Twitter”.
Color invites you to “creates new, dynamic social networks … wherever you go”. It’s getting a lot of attention at the moment, largely because of $41M VC funding. It’s even being hailed as having ‘a very good chance of becoming a large scale success like Twitter‘. In case you have not yet heard of Color, […]