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I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • On moving from the Social media capital of Europe to Geneva

    Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a student it was not unusual for me to spend no more than six hours a day at home. The rest of the time I was out socialising, whether helping post grads with their work or with those from my studies. As a result of this I started to pay attention…

  • Snackr and RSS

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith my love for the short form Snackr is a welcome addition to my world as an easy way to keep an eye on rss feeds. It’s a ticker box that scrolls all the latest articles. You can choose whether you whether you want every post over the past day to…

  • May-21st for a twit-out, boycott of twitter

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m not the only person that’s annoyed with the vast amount of downtime suffered by twitter and there is a call for an international boycott of twitter on may 21st. During that day we’ll be using other more reliable services to show that twitter is nothing without the community that makes…

  • A typical Jaiku thread

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor any of those that have never used Jaiku before here is a typical conversation from the users. They’re all interested in mobile phones and what they can do. It’s a nice change from twitter’s web 2.0 and social media slant.

  • J’ai donc cherché qui sont les plus “actifs utilisateurs” de Genève aujourd’hui !

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOf course I’m the most active twitter user in Geneva, as if that was going to be a surprise to anyone. Before that I was London’s most active twitter user with over 5000 posts in a month back in December.

  • Twitter and Breaking news

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce more twitter has shown it’s value. An earthquake occured earlier this morning and people started to twitter about it within half an hour. people like Robert Scoble started linking to the story. It took at least an hour for most of the major networks to start speaking about this news.…

  • Mountain streams

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhilst some people are perfectly happy sitting at a desk chatting to others via webcams I prefer to be out and about streaming daily life. Today was one example of what I like to do. I went up to La Dole for a walk with the n95 and streamed a few…

  • Mobile phones and video streaming to the web

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteComputing is mobile and as I sit in the garden to type this post someone else is currently streaming some lions live from his mobile phone. It’s not about you sitting at a desk and typing, now it’s about going out, having a nice day and sharing it with others as…

  • Dominoes, the type of thing you want to see in high definition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe type of thing you want in HD

  • 10 megabits per second on I-HSPA

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMobile data transfer is speeding up 10.1 Megabits per second over I-HSPA. Nokia Siemens Networks, a provider of mobile broadband solutions, completed tests with Mobilkom Austria recently testing its new I-HSPA solution. The call, conducted with an unspecified mobile device, reached downlink data speeds of up to 10.1 Mbps during the…