As people search for the ultimate in shiny mobile blogging tools, I'm sometimes asked.. "What's your most important bit of kit?" In the past, without thinking, I've said my smartphone. In reality it's my sim card and the data connection that it offers. I have countless ways of documenting what's around me. Various smart phones and their apps, flip cams, hybrid cams, audio recorders a laptop and … [Read more...] about My Most Important Bit of Kit
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Location Based Apps for the Homeless
During the 90's I spent a lot of time 'roughing it' and wandering Europe. I'd walk between France, Switzerland and Germany sleeping under the stars and making money where I could. If you've ever read Narcissus and Goldmund by Hesse you'll get the idea. I starting writing a book called the 'Blaggers Guid To The World'. I never finished it. At the time I felt I could easily justify some of my … [Read more...] about Location Based Apps for the Homeless
The Do Lectures
For me the Do Lectures hasn't just broken the conference mould. It's turned it outside in. Diverse, inclusive, unbranded, organic, fluid, honest. Soon after my arrival I realised as a participant that this is not just a ride. It's not something people are paying to see. This is an investment in yourself and others. A rollercoaster with a steering wheel everyone can get their hands … [Read more...] about The Do Lectures
Gordy’s Camera Strap on the Fuji X100
I find neck straps really uncomfortable with any size of camera. I guess that's why I like the Black Rapid sling type straps. All my Nikon pro SLRs are equipped with Black Rapid straps & I could never go back to the old traditional neck straps now. Also the SnapR20from black rapid has been good with small cameras as it houses and protects them allowing easy access via the same sling … [Read more...] about Gordy’s Camera Strap on the Fuji X100
We Were Thinking Digital 2011
There is software somewhere tracking all the IMEI's on the phones that were momentarily clustered in the intimate auditorium of the Sage, Gateshead. A three day hotspot of creatives, thinkers, do'ers and disrupters. The transmitted signatures have now spidered their way back across the country, across the water, across the world. And the digital echo of an amazing meeting of minds still hangs in … [Read more...] about We Were Thinking Digital 2011