I'm not a Journalist and have never trained as such. You only have to look at my grammar to see that. That doesn't stop me practicing journalism once in a while. As a blogger I feel I get to have fun experimenting with all forms of story making, reporting, documenting. I'm pretty sure first personal contact for me with Scottevest was back on the 23rd of June 2008. I received an email … [Read more...] about Disclosure and the Scottevest Experiment
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Scottevest Vs Ayegear
I've been a fan of Scottevest clothing for a few years now. I was first impressed by the design, then by the way that @Scottevest engaged his customers on twitter. I even made a few videos. When I bought my first couple of items from the States I got stung with some import tax. It must have been a fluke as it has never happened since. I mentioned it to Scottevest and they/he offered me some … [Read more...] about Scottevest Vs Ayegear
The Noises on the Roof
I am currently in the process of updating a couple of Mobile Media Making courses. I'm running a number of courses in various locations over the next few weeks. This means I have to play and experiment with apps that have either been updated, or that I've not used for a while. Those that follow me on twitter will know I record and upload much more audio than video. Mainly because my workflow … [Read more...] about The Noises on the Roof
The Potential of the Raspberry Pi
Well it seemed a long time coming since my first email registering interest, but today I finally had the tiny Raspberry Pi land on my door mat. This credit card sized computer was developed not far away from me in Cambridgeshire and was created with the intention of being an aid for teaching computer science in schools. I hope this works and the curious and passionate teachers that are needed … [Read more...] about The Potential of the Raspberry Pi
Mobile editing images from the Nikon D800.
It's all well and good having a 36 megapixel camera but unless you have the processing power and bandwidth with which to edit and upload, you're going to spend more time fiddling with your photos on a screen than actually taking them. The above image what shot in an allotment with the Nikon D800 set to shoot and record Raw to Compact Flash and jpegs to the SD. I used the camera connection kit … [Read more...] about Mobile editing images from the Nikon D800.