When I joined Twitter in 2009, it was a place to find interesting people sharing interesting ideas and learning from one another. You could ask questions on very technical topics, and people would take the time to reply in detailed and thoughtful ways. Over time, more and more people joined and the conversations grew. Twitter […]
During a recent holiday in England, I spent a few days in a location without any links to the internet at all. No mobile phone signal, no WiFi hotspots. Nothing. It was interesting to see the impact this had. There were countless times when I wanted to check something on a map. Or the opening […]
I attended my first ever OggCamp on the weekend of 31st October / 1st November. Having never been to any kind of ‘unconference’ before, I didn’t know quite what to expect. So here’s a few thoughts on what I learned: Free culture and free software types are a friendly bunch. This happened even before I […]
Today I decided it was time to try and consolidate some of the things I’ve been learning about. It’s long overdue. So, I’m going to be pulling my best thoughts from various online spaces and try to keep them all in one place. Of course, my new ideas will go here too. If nothing else, […]