I applied to be a Games Maker for the 2012 Olympics this morning and had to struggle through the application form. Not too bad, but some annoying design and validation issues that just make it hard… They do their best to put you off by asking all sorts of personal questions first. What’s your Passport […]
Impressions from Over the Air
It’s autumn and Over The Air has come around again. A mobile hacking camp with some really decent talks, it’s a regular fixture, a place i come to and listen to stuff I only just about understand whilst pretending to build things. This year, I made it to far more talks than usual, some not […]
Google Instant Search Results A-Z
From the UK, here’s the top results for each single letter. It’s interesting what it says about the UK (or is it just my results?). Top online retailers, internet services and TV programmes. Argos BBC Currys Debenhams eBay Facebook Google Maps Hotmail ITV John Lewis KLM Lotto MSN Next O2 PayPal QVC Rightmove Sky Tesco […]
Getting the Olympics
The news comes through, originally uploaded by RachelC. Five years ago, a colleague and I ran down to Trafalgar Square in our lunch break to join the crowds waiting to see if we had been awarded the Olympics. And we had! Here’s the crowd just after the announcement.
F1 FOTA Fan Forum
You may have noticed a stream of blog posts live-blogging the F1 FOTA Fan Forum last Thursday. This was the first event of its kind for the sport, coming out of blog comments on James Allen’s website. It was first come, first served for places and 150 of them were taken up within 24 hours. […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – New Teams and Driver Skill
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Updated 4/7: added video Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta ?? How are the new teams? TF: we […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – Environment
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Updated 3/7 with video Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta JA: FOTA announced about cut in carbon emissions, […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – Cost vs Innovation
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Update 2/7: Video added Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta Joe Cardoza: So McLaren with Fduct, then copied, […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – The Overtaking Question
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Update 2/7: I’ve added the video Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta Christopher Nolan: F1 has reached a […]
F1 FOTA Fan Forum – Fan Experience and Show
This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Update 2/7: I’ve added the video from the event Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta Q: Daniel Hughes. […]
Watching Football online
I think STV wins on this, far fewer clicks to get to the content STV (as recommended by Ewan) Go to STV home page Click on ‘live now’ in programme listing Go to page, watch some ads. Start the football The BBC Go to BBC home page Click on ‘what’s playing now’ in programme listing […]
Motorsport at the Palace
I like F1, a fandom that has crept up on me over the last few years, but my experience of in-person car events has been limited to work related trips, the Paris Motor Show (which was far more shiney than any tech show) and a McLaren F1 test day at Silverstone (the benefit of working […]
A Media Circus
With all the political shenanigans, I thought I’d wander down to Westminster to take a look at the media circus and see what was going on. All the news groups have mini studios set up and lots of politicians, ex-politicians and other commenters were coming and going. I was busy just taking in the atmosphere […]
SXSW: Extending your brand, there’s an app for that
Extending your Brand, there’s an App for that. For many, brand extension into the digital realm means a Web site, a banner add, a viral campaign. But applications can extend conversations and perceptions of a brand, as well as add to discussions and ideas in compelling new ways. How can applications help your brand and […]
SXSW 3 days in
It’s the start of my 3rd full day at SXSW and again it’s a completely different experience from all the others. Friday was spent at an off-site event, Tweethouse. Saturday was spent in panels and today there’s going to be a mixture of panels and parties, at least when I get started on the day. […]
SXSW: Andrea Phillips ARGS and the hot Brunette
LIVEBLOGGED: taken during talk, so any mistakes are mine. Andrea Phillips ARGS and Women A freelance game designer and writer, involved since they started. Also Chair if IGDA SIG ARG argology.org One of community moderators of Cloudmakers, one of the key moments in ARGS, when we recognised that something had happened. One of the ingredients […]
SXSW: Chris Messina and Actvity Streams
LIVEBLOGGED – so pretty much as said Google Data Liberation – most excited to be part of this team Ingeneral, interested in generative systems and structures, rhizomatic structures, built into the fabric of how they work. Start spill with constructs that grow into the systems. Thats how it all started, hashtags etc. As in The […]
January Update
January is over, we’re 1/12 of the way through the year, so time for a monthly update. Gym: I’ve finally activated my corporate gym membership, going consistently through the month, so much so that I’ve unlocked the Gym Rat badge on Foursqure ;-). I’ve been doing a combination of classes and running on treadmills. New […]
Taking Video Games Seriously
A discussion panel held 25 Jan 2010, Westminster Hall (WARNING – Liveblogged at the time, so may not make 100% sense) Chair: Tom Watson; Tom Chatfield, Philip Oliver, Sam Leith Each panellist gave a talk about their position on games, it them moved into a series of statements from floor combined with some questions. Tom […]
New Year’s Ambitions
This year, I’m not making any New Year’s resolutions, but am stating some ambitions for the year. I’m only starting with 2, although more may be added later. 1. Be able to run 5k. It’s been a long time since I could do this comfortably, so the ambition is to get back into shape to […]