As I start another gruelling month of blog posts for NaBloPoMo, it strikes me that I’ve had an incredibly busy year. 12 months ago, I was working at IPC Media – doing all sorts of interesting mobile stuff for them. Launching around 28 mobile versions of their existing websites. I then went and joined WAC [...]
Nov 302010
This has been a really tough NaBloPoMo for me. Work has been frantic – meaning that my lunchtime blogging has been restricted to a quick bit of copy editing. I’ve also had some wonderful new toys to play with – which has distracted my attention. But the biggest problem? My Android phone. Don’t get me [...]
Nov 242010
I am incredibly gratified to be in the running for Geek of the Year 2010. Thanks to The 405 for picking me as one of their favourites. You can check out the other entrants on Facebook – don’t worry, you don’t have to vote for me! You can also find GeekOfTheYearUK on Twitter. I am [...]
Nov 212010
I love being vegetarian. Don’t get me wrong, there are some annoying aspects of having a restricted diet – but mostly it’s plain sailing. I also love visiting food fairs – but recently it has felt like I’ve seen every vegetarian product under the sun. There doesn’t seem to be much more innovation in veggie [...]
Nov 202010
It looks like I’ve missed an anniversary! I’ve been blogging continuously for three years. I’ve also recently turned thirty-one – and it’s got me thinking about the digital trail that I leave across the Internet. I started blogging nine years ago – but they were private blogs. Love letters to the woman who would eventually [...]
Oct 222010
Almost a year ago, I postulated a way to turn the tables on the News International paywall. After playing around for a bit, I discovered that it was easy to block The Times from reading a blog, but I couldn’t find an easy way to disable the paywall on receipt of payment. So, I’ve set [...]
This blog is proud to be XHTML 1.0 Strict Compliant. Just like it is polite to use correct spelling and grammar for human readers, I believe that correct markup is “polite” for rendering engines. I’ve recently started using DynamicWP‘s Simple White Theme. The theme is excellent, but generated around 60 validation errors. Luckily these were [...]
Apr 162010
If you haven’t already heard, I’ve joined the award winning team at Touchnote ltd. I was overwhelmed by the support of my friends on Twitter and by the excellent bloggers at Mobile Industry Review and The Really Mobile Project. Starting a new job is never easy – but you guys have given me wind in [...]
Apr 112010
In 1974, a post-boxing day Britain tuned in to BBC 1 to watch “Robot” – the first Doctor Who story to star Tom Baker. For the next 6 years, 2 months, and 22 days, Tom Baker was The Doctor. But, as these things are wont to do, it came to an end. Forgive the spoilers, [...]
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