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A collection of 36 posts

A year in review

Technically speaking, Bloomsbury Digital began its life around October 2015, but it didn't really spring into action until July of this year, after a few weeks of stress. Six months on and things are looking strong for my little studio. This is the most successful freelance venture I&

Some untidy thoughts on podcasting

TLDR: I'm fed up with the tech around podcasting; it's created a barrier and someone needs to step up to own the space, to make it easy for my parents to receive and enjoy podcasts wherever they want to, like Amazon Prime or Netflix. In my

I risked my health to start this business. Was it worth it?

After a trip to Atlanta in September 2015 I did a little soul-searching, and came to the conclusion I wasn't happy in my job. I worked for a great agency who was attracting diverse and interesting clients, but I'd lost that lovin' feelin', to

The insidious chilling effect of communities built on compassion

Here are some facts upon which we can readily agree: * People on the Internet are kind of the worst, a lot of the time. * You should never read the comments. * It would be great if people could be nice to one-another. I like communities that are warm and that look

Missed Connections... and being "that guy"

I'm writing this directly after returning home from seeing Frank Turner at the O2 Academy in Birmingham, so what you read might be misspelled, ranty or unfair. If so, apologies (if you care). In the shuffle back from back room of the Academy to the exit, I got

The ego diet

Remember when you were young, and you were certain you'd become a famous pop star, footballer, rocket surgeon or whatever? Well, I'm 32 now and that feeling has remained with me. Until a couple of weeks ago. My holiday to DragonCon taught me that I needed

The man with the unending fascination with the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

A trip to Stockholm for an event that was OK was the perfect excuse to see some of the sights that inspired my favourite trilogy in modern fiction: Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy (you know, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and all that). Bellmansgatan 1, where

Heads-up innovators: don't leave the visually impaired behind

Between Google Glass and the Oculus Rift, there are some amazing pieces of technology being built around content beamed straight into your eyes from a very short distance. This is great, except if you have a problem that affects your depth of focus. I've been blind since birth,

Alan Turing was gay, but we forgive him

Alan Turing is regarded by many as one of the parents of computing (I don't say fathers as not all of those that gave birth to the things that power this Internet machine were dudes). During World War II he was a codebreaker at Bletchley Park and helped

It ain't what you do

If we respect the premise that some bands are better than others, why don't we all listen to the best band? You can demonstrably tell that some musicians are better than others, but we make our choices not based on an innate sense of quality, but on feelings.