Bobbing for Apple (predictions)

A slightly silly (but not entirely insincere) prediction for the next Apple event.

Being underwater

I was always a terrible swimmer. I mean “walking at the swimming gala, struggled to get even my 50m badge” terrible. And basically, like so…

Truth in trolling

Was on a break reading through some of the aggressive GamerGate style @-replies to Martin Belam, when I ended up looking into a couple of…

The Lookback, Issue 3

Linkedin IPOs, Facebook IPOs, Lenovo buys Motorola

The LookBack, Issue 2

Microsoft buys Skype, Facebook’s PR blunder, Twitter launches Mute

Really like this way of looking at Apple Watch and comparing to Windows Mobile.

Is there an argument to say that we can’t judge the Watch a failure for not being the iPhone? And that to try and usurp the other device…

Great PRs and marketers “resist PR” as much as journalists

I saw this shared in the TechJPR community recently and made me realise something I hadn’t thought about before.

Getting better at what’s now vs what’s next

I find myself fascinated by new ways of doing things. Sometimes more than actually doing things. And that’s both a flaw and a strength, as…

Well, there goes the article I was planning to draft up and pitch to the tech editors…

Read this – if/ when bots and messaging become a big deal, this is a sleeping giant. Would also make sense if it was the segue when…

A really enjoyable read and compelling argument, if it turns out to be true.

I think this antifragile approach is actually perfectly suited to modern storytelling. Examples like Breaking Bad show me how well you can…

The Lookback, Issue 1

Apple Beats, Samsung in Second and Twitter Buy

Apple

iPad Pro improves my work/play

When I was little, I remember my Dad had all sorts of work-given gadgets that made me jealous. Nokia 6210, Palm Pilot – they all seemed so damn executive. When he wasn’t looking, I’d steal said gadgets and play with creating calendar events for meetings or *gasp* scheduled calls.

Useful Little Things

Sometimes you find a little tweak, tip or hack that saves you time every day and makes you dread the thought of living without it. Think…

So Far With

So Far, with… iPad Pro + Pencil

Picked up 9.7" iPad Pro + Pencil a couple of weeks ago after owning almost every model and wanted to share some initial thoughts and…

Having spent a morning watching a client’s coverage be tweeted by hundreds of fake, vapid, empty…

It has ruined these

Who do we have to thank for Twitter?

Ten years in, Twitter has had a huge impact on the world.

Agencies have a funny habit of priding themselves on a connection to media.

Things like reading the papers every morning, having TVs on in the office with a news channel going.

Twitter’s missing manual / fuzzy notepad eev.ee (via John Gruber)

After more than 8 years, I thought I had Twitter pretty pinned down but some of these are new (and useful to me).

Can’t believe Boston Dynamics missed the opp to produce a Valentine’s Day video where they show…

At least the abuse of DeepMind only extends as far as making it identify cat pictures.

Beyond a certain point, “saving time” is wasting time.

I read a great little piece by Dan Quine this week, about “How Developers Think”.

Old PR sold editorial just like ad space

In a recent chat with Danny Whatmough, the thought struck me that old PR agencies were really almost like an “editorial ad agency”.

What If The Press Release Exists For A Reason?

The process of releasing your story to relevant audiences will always be a part of building positive understanding around what you’re…

This is what has attracted me to “iPad afternoons”.

There’s nowhere to hide, you don’t suddenly find you’ve been trawling Twitter for 30 mins or ricocheting between tasks that have stolen…

I really feel what Adrian has described here.

This is part of why, among other things, I’m trying out afternoons where I only work on my iPad (with almost all notifications off.) It…

I think this is one of those things that is obvious in retrospect but counterintuitive to our…

By contrast, there’s a lot to be said for how you power up your consciousness to explore the dots between ideas in a more mellow way.