Category Archives: Journalism

Published in Whitehot Magazine, 2012. Original article here. Art about the Unseen Hayward Gallery, London ‘Art about the unseen’ asks a lot from us. After all, most of the works are things we cannot see: blank papers, empty pedestals, a charge in the air. So when you first step into the Hayward Gallery, all youContinue reading “Art about the Unseen”

Megabuyte, July 2012. Original article here (£). Letter from the West Coast The view to Britain While the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem is the biggest in the world, this does not mean it is the only place capable of growing good technology companies. The West Coast scene is 4.5 times bigger than London, according toContinue reading “The view to Britain”

Megabuyte, July 2012. Original article here (£). Letter from the West Coast The dark art of content monetisation As the internet is becoming the primary portal for the delivery of the written word, this structural shift is rendering old revenue models in need of some significant new thinking. Newspapers have long accepted the inevitability ofContinue reading “The dark art of content monetisation”

Megabuyte, July 2012. Original article here (£). Letter from the West Coast The mobile internet takes shape HotelTonight is a mobile business with its eye on a future. Specifically, the future where we will all have fast internet available on clever gadgets in our pockets. HotelTonight, which is just this summer launching in London, providesContinue reading “The mobile internet takes shape”

Megabuyte, July 2012. Original article here (£). Letter from the West Coast The social revolution “Yammer is going to be huge,” I remember thinking as I walked down the street after meeting with co-founder Adam Pisoni in San Francisco, feeling buzzed up and inspired about how technology is changing the way we live and work.Continue reading “The social revolution”

Megabuyte, June 2012. Original article here (£). Letter from the West Coast The innovation cycle: The agony and the ecstasy Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app, drew a $1bn price tag when Facebook came knocking back in April. It is a massive leap of faith to pay this much for a company lacking that pesky thingContinue reading “The innovation cycle: The agony and the ecstasy”

Lionheart Magazine, Warmth issue, 2012. Original article. A certain process Beauty isn’t really a part of the equation for product designer Bernadette Deddens, but somehow it happens anyway. “I don’t care about pretty things,” says Bernadette Deddens, as I’ve just asked her about the clean look of her work. Her considered and specific processes createContinue reading “A certain process”

Lionheart Magazine, Warmth issue, 2012. Original article. The years shall run like rabbits ‘Time flies’ – it’s an old person’s saying and I keep saying it. But instead of getting used to it, this racing of time, it just seems to scurry on more intensely. Time rushes along at an increasing pace, which doesn’t make anyContinue reading “The years shall run like rabbits”

In the spring of 2012 I spent a month in San Francisco, speaking to technology entrepreneurs about trends and start-up culture. Letters from the West Coast is the article series I wrote about this for Megabuyte, the specialist technology newswire. [The Early View is my follow-on series on technology start-up culture in the UK.] *Continue reading “Letters from the West Coast”

Megabuyte, June 2012. Original article here (£). Letter from the West Coast The magic in the Valley Silicon Valley sounds like it should be an airborne construction of glass and steel, with flying cars whizzing around as entrepreneurs test out their latest inventions. But instead, this capital of innovation is string of small suburban towns:Continue reading “The magic in the Valley”