There's been eight newsletters since my last blog post. If you subscribe to my newsletter you will have recently read me wondering how I might manage without my iPhone and Apple Watch for a week. The more my mobile devices can do, the more they seem to want me to do. I was considering a dumb phone to try and experience 7 days with fewer distractions. Yes it's a drastic step when all I … [Read more...] about Rebalancing my relationship with technology
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End to End – The Vodafone FreeBees Challenge
In late November 2010 I was challenged by Vodafone to travel from Lands End to John o'Groats with no money or food. I was given five £10 pay-as-you-go FreeBees SIM cards to use as currency and I bartered my way for 900 miles using social media. I took only my iPhone 4 for photos, video and audio and a macbook air 11" to edit on the move. Thanks to @RichardMackney and @Buddhamagnet there was a … [Read more...] about End to End – The Vodafone FreeBees Challenge
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Credit where credit is due. In the Nick of time a Vodafone micro sim arrives in the post. I met @Martuiak for a beer a couple of days ago and he said Vodafone would be happy to sponsor the data from my trip into Africa with @DarenBBC on his #TAGid project (more on that later). This is a bit of an experiment for both of us as we have no real idea what coverage is likely as I have no idea where my … [Read more...] about Powered by Vodafone #tagid