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richard
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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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  • Two mobile content mentalities.

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen’s the last time you visited a wap site? Have you thought of how content displays on mobile phones other than the Iphone? I hadn’t until quite recently. Recently I moved back to Switzerland and have started to work for Allthecontent / Toutlecontenu.com and they provide multiplatform content for devices ranging from…

  • Eight things you didn’t know about me – Tagged by Nik and Neil

    Reading Time: 2 minutesBoth Nik and Neil have tagged me to talk about eight random things about myself and since I have some time tonight I’ll work on this. 1) I reached competition level as a skier in France after progressing through all the levels but have never bothered to compete. I love the sport…

  • The Nokia N95 and some fun to be had.

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSeesmic’ favourite phone at the moment appears to be the Nokia N95 and after months of thinking about whether to get the Iphone or the Nokia I turned to the Nokia because of everything it allows you to do. It’s a GPS, web streaming camera, time lapse camera, e-mail and web browser…

  • Did I mention I’m up to twenty thousand tweets

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDid I mention that I got all the way up to twenty thousand tweets last night? I’m officially a very heavy user of twitter and many people celebrated the event with me in true twitter style. They @ed me. It’s not everyday you get to that number. I also seesmiced a…

  • Playing with HD some more

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I was playing some more with the High definition camera and got a few more seconds of footage uploaded. Right click or control click to download the files and alt/option F to play them full screen. Leaves Castle Bird Waves Now I wih I had an HD monitor to view…

  • Practice with the Canon XH A1

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith a screen resolution of 1920*1080 interlaced this is one of the higher resolution cameras currently on the market at the moment. It’s beautifuly designed for camera men rather than engineers (unlike the red). I already wrote about earlier.The light wasn’t so interesting but here are 11 seconds of footage. (92 megs) Right click…

  • Guided by the Nüvi 250

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFinding your way around London is hard and after seven or more hours of driving across France from Geneva it can be a little daunting. That’s why I decided to use the Garmin Nüvi 250 to help me. It’s a small pocketable driving GPS that’s easy and intuitive to use. That’s…

  • The drive home – My 400th post

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night’s drive was amazing. It’s just the type of drive you want to have. It starts in the middle of the afternoon as a friend helps you load the car and you set off for a 900 kilometer drive. At the beginning you have to deal with London traffic/congestion. After this…

  • Joke of the day

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteApologies if the site has been slow or intermittently available. We were having an issue with a new database, but it’s been fixed. Twitter Status So they’re going to start apologizing for the site being up now?

  • I got a job and I’m moving back to Geneva next week

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe week is almost over and I’ve got a job. Spent the past week being trained in certain softwares I’ll need to use, as well as hardware. I’m looking forward to that. In the meantime I have a little roadtrip to London and back to get out of the way. More…