A friend in Kenya emailed me today and told me of a plane crash. Writing about the death of a pilot I've flown with once is bad enough. But now to write about another so soon. Well, I don't know what to think. Statistically flying is meant to be pretty safe. The chance of an average American dying in a plane crash is 1 in 11 million. Compared to one in 5000 being killed in a car … [Read more...] about Captain Moses Lelesit – He died doing what he loved best
Journalism
Following Twitter in Syria
A Journalist friend is holed up in Syria. Yesterday he told me he needed more mobile web options and asked for advice. As foreign nationals are being told to leave, he is staying put. As an experienced journalist he's seen worse, but he has no idea how bad this is going to get. It's getting harder and move around as recent reports talk of snipers on roofs. Of the smart phones available on … [Read more...] about Following Twitter in Syria
Minicaster H.264 Live Encoder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMuN1rQhoAA [Just found this posts in my drafts. Posting it 3 years after I wrote it and added the video and a note at the bottom.] This looks like a proper sexy bit of kit. Compact live video encoding on the fly.. I'd have to see what the gains are to having a netbook do the work.. but the things I would do with one of these.. And of course some bandwidth. I … [Read more...] about Minicaster H.264 Live Encoder
Playing Dead
Spent a hot and dusty day with the Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS). Somewhere not far from here Al Shabaab are making forays over the Somalian border and into Tsavo. Their mission is to kill and slaughter elephants for their ivory. One tusk is worth 25 kalashnikovs. Today the KWS were training. Learning how not to die. No one skipped class. … [Read more...] about Playing Dead
Politics In The Social Media Playground
We may never know the Impact social media had in shaping our new rather bewildering government. Maybe it reached a lethargic non-voting population and changed their minds. Perhaps it taught the party campaigners to engage with more mobile tools in order to rally their troops. Maybe all it did was introduce other channels of communication to the mix. All I know is it certainly played a part. … [Read more...] about Politics In The Social Media Playground