This month I hosted a session at The Guardian’s annual technology and media-focussed conference in London. The aim of my masterclass was to demystify, explain and contextualise Snapchat’s...
A man with zero military or political experience has just been elected as US president for the first time ever. The ultimate example of winging it all the way to the top. Despite multiple hurd...
Image: Veggie Pret in Broadwick Street, London NO REALLY, CHEERS Thank you for having the idea of converting one of your high-profile branches to a vegetarian and vegan-only shop, and then ...
I spent a day exploring what’s possible with Samsung’s Gear VR, for the UK mobile carrier EE and leading tech magazine @techradar . If you’ve followed me on Twitter you might have gue...
I recently had a thorough look at LG’s latest phone, the G5. It’s a very cool piece of kit and can be made all the more awesome with add-ons. Here’s my in-depth look at its features for Tec...
So, the polar exploration ship will now be called Sir David Attenborough, instead of the overwhelmingly popular Boaty McBoatface, for the obvious reason that it’s a more ‘sensible’ name...
Remember Myspace? (I have to say that now when I intro myself to new people — my years working there are still a key part of my career history). More importantly, can you remember the...
In today’s world of relentless distractions including email, social media and app notifications, we’ve also become obsessed with organising that chaos through tools and processes which pr...
Having read so many posts online about the perfect morning routine I really thought I should share my own. Hope it’s helpful 🤓 THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MORNING AFTER It goes without sayin...
I spoke at Enterprise Nation and O2 Business’ Digital Marketing Demystified event in London last month. I met some great business owners and marketers who were looking to take their digital...
I’ve been stuck at home with a chest infection this week so suddenly had time for doing some random stuff, which included playing around with Apple Watch faces and ‘complications’. I ha...
To achieve great things, we need to create great opportunities. But we also need to know when to turn them down. The decision to say “no” to someone is hard to make, and saying it is hard...
We’ve read the horror stories about people returning home from their dream holiday to find they’ve spent thousands on data. It’s remarkably easy to incur these charges, depending on yo...
With the peak festive season fast approaching I set about creating the perfect two cocktails to serve at my house this Christmas. Based on a few ingredients you may well have lying around, ...
This weekend I went along to Abbey Road in London, the world’s most famous recording studio, to attend a talk by Alan Parsons. As a producer and audio engineer he’s worked on some of the ...
The game that sounds like the most awful genre mash-up ever - racing and soccer - has been a surprise hit amongst gamers. I, like many, first took a look at the PS4 version when it was one of the...
Last week I received Rock Jaw Audio’s latest in-ear headphones, the Alfa Genus V2. The follow-up to their Alfa Genus (which I never tried), they sport improved aluminium casing in place of wood...
Iron Man's Dirty Martini. Casablanca's French 75. The Thin Man's Bronx. Tootsie's Dubonnet Cocktail. nprbooks : > This week in COOL STUFF IN THE MAIL: Cocktails of the Movie...
It looked for a while that podcasting was on its way out along with the now-discontinued iPod it was named after, but thanks to factors such as Serial , the phenomenally popular podcast ...
My latest video for EE looks at wifi calling, a pretty cool feature allowing you to make calls on your phone wherever you have a wifi signal. Handy for places with bad signal or on the subway ...