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Is everyone a content creator?
A couple weeks back, I spoke at a client conference for Zengenti (where I work). We split the day into two broad streams – one focused on…
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Pastures new
I have some news. I will be leaving the lovely team at Fluent, where I have been their in-house content strategist for over a year. I have…
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Remember your baptism!
“Remember your baptism!” Droplets splatter my face, and a strong scent of rosemary fills the air as the grinning bishop flicks water at us. This was not…
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I used FaxYourGP to opt out of care.data.
Update below For a couple weeks, Radio 4’s PM has been sharing dreadful worries over care.data, an NHS initiative to collate our medical records into a single…
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Media Temple was great, but No to GoDaddy
Media Temple (mt) have looked after this site’s hosting superbly. They handled problems (all of which were down to user error) promptly and with a bit of…
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This is the shape the wood wants to be
Birch smells amazing while it’s still green. It is easier than I thought, shaping half a log into a bowl. It is harder than I thought possible…
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When I just can’t, Just Type
This spring has been an interesting season. Often, I put words up on a screen to make my thoughts make sense. If I can organise the paragraphs…
All change
All change… For the past decade, my wife and I have been very busy, and constantly shifting. I emigrated, and started university. We were learning how to…
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Kickstarting Home Espresso: ZPM Nocturn
Update ZPM’s espresso machine Kickstarter project failed to produce the machine. What follows is the original interview, published back in March, 2013: ZPM‘s Gleb Polyakov and Igor…
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Cycling: I cannot know your context
It is cold. I have just decided to carry on, trying to ignore the tightness in my chest, and the retching tickle at the back of my…