So here is what the fuss is all about. Finally a low cost hand held HD video camera with a microphone input. I’m yet to get my hands on a Kodak Zi8 for a proper test but I had a quick fondle for a couple of minutes behind the Kodak stand with Jenny Cisney at [...]
Paul Carr – 140 characters conference New York
June 24, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
When I told people I was to be sat on a panel with Paul Carr from the Guardian a couple responded.. “Paul Carr? He’s a bit of a dick.” “What makes you say that?” I asked. “It says so on his twitter profile.” Fair enough I thought, but when I met him he was just [...]
Panasonic HDC-TM300 (Review)
June 10, 2009 by · 41 Comments
Background It’s been ages since I was the proud owner of a decent HD camcorder. The last one I had was a 3ccd Panasonic that took DV tapes. At the time it was way too good for what I needed, so I sold it to upgrade my stills camera. Ever since then I’ve been dabbling [...]
Blogging the E3 Expo – Los Angeles 2009
June 1, 2009 by · 2 Comments
I’m writing this on my last few minutes of battery power, about 38,000ft above sea level, with six and a half hours left on my flight from London to Los Angles. I am traveling in a group of thirteen after being asked by Digital Outlook, in association with Xbox, to blog the E3 Gaming Expo. [...]
Multi-Multimedia
March 30, 2009 by · 6 Comments
The other week while on assignment at Reuters with @sizemore, I was talking to @ilicco about how the more kit i try to juggle the more diluted the content can become. I was sat at the front of an almost exciting talk from the FSA with laptop, iPhone, N95, Kodak Zi6 and a pocket camera. [...]
PICNIC'08 – A meeting of creative minds.
September 4, 2008 by · 8 Comments
“From 24 to 26 September 2008, thousands of creative minds from all over the world will come together in Amsterdam for the third PICNIC. …” So how does one particular creative mind get to this kind of event on a budget? It looks huge, expensive dripping with free bars and full colour laser projection backdrops. [...]
iPhone 3G In Car Charger
July 30, 2008 by · 32 Comments
If like me you were a little pee’d off to see that many of the iPod and iPhone chargers would not work with the new iPhone 3G you may be pleased to know I have finally stumbled upon an in car charger that works with the new iPhone. Apparently there are a few that work [...]
