Rehosting podcasts
Last year I recorded a bunch of podcasts that people seemed to enjoy. They were hosted on a service that needed paying for, and when I stopped paying, they dropped off the internet! Oh no! So, have rehosted them on…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
The war against crap software
The end of my second week at Adur and Worthing and it has been relentless. I’m loving it, but feeling the need to come up for air – you may perhaps have noticed I’ve been quiet on this blog and…
The Linx 7 tablet – so bad, it’s good
So, as a bit of research and development, I bought a Linx 7 tablet the other day. It was pointed out to me by my pal Paul Webster, who thought it had some intruiging digital inclusion possibilities. First up, the…
Published elsewhere: mobile stuff and intranets
Light posting in these parts recently. I’ve been somewhat distracted by the so-far unsuccessful job hunt. I have had a couple of pieces published elsewhere though. Firstly, a post on Comms 2.0 about mobile: The growth in popularity of messaging…
Bits and bobs for Thursday 29 January 2015
An occasional effort to link to interesting things I have seen. Not convinced about the format yet – let me know what you think. One of my current obsessions is around mobile messaging apps. This interview with the CEO of…
The triumph of the nerds
If you have a few hours to spare, you could do a lot worse than to spend them watching the three episodes that make up Triumph of the Nerds, a 1995 documentary charting the history of the microcomputer industry. From the…
Some favourite things from 2014
Here are a few of the things I’ve really enjoyed on the internet in the last 12 months. Some new, some not so new. Hope you find something useful in them! Mobile apps Nuzzel – this does a great job…
The Innovators – lessons from the digital revolution
I’ve just finished a rather excellent book, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson. It takes a wonderfully long term view of digital – starting with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace and ending with Larry and Sergei in more recent times. I…
Lessons learned from web chatting
So yesterday I ran the ‘what next for digital engagement’ web chat. It went ok. You can find out for yourself by checking out the archive of the chat. In the end not that many folk turned up – but…
Be opinionated
To make things happen, it helps if you have opinions. Apple are a great example of a company that has opinions. They express those opinions in their products, and like most opinions, some people don’t like them – but that’s…