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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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  • A crude Awakening, the oil crash

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat makes a good documentary is the quality of the interviews and how they are put together to inform and educate us on the topic they are tackling. A Crude Awakening – The Oil Crash is a perfect example of this. Using a great wealth of interviews and archive material it…

  • How Using a Laptop for Client Led Video Editing Work Helps The Environment (Blog Action Day)

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I started video editing it required a powerful desktop computer and moving it around was hard. Now I’m working on a laptop. This is great for the environment and here’s why. When the equipment you are using is portable it means that you can edit from the client’s offices rather…

  • Bandwidth Upgrade

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThose stats are the current upload and download speed test results whilst watching France 24 on Zattoo. In other words I should have enough bandwidth to use operator11 without too many problems now.

  • Bill Palmer of Iprong 3c, twittermail3k twittter 3k+

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday’s news is as follows. Having seen that Bill Palmer of the Iprong podcast and website would add the 300th friend on Facebook I decided I would take this opportunity to add him. His podcast is “for the ipod generation so take the time to listen to it. It’s mainly about…

  • Why Audiovisual Content That’s Not On-Demand is Dead to Me

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m online from 10-15hrs  a day on average and as a result I’m used to having everything available within a short amount of time. I also had access to a PVR with a hard disk upgrade for quite a long time. As a result of both these developments anything that is not…

  • The Kendra Party – Networking Event and Party

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I went to the Kendra event not knowing what to expect from the event. It started at 6pm and ended by 9pm and i had the opportunity to meet with a few people of which Brendon Kenny of VK media and the Jummp project. A large amount of metadata…

  • Vtap to play videos on the Iphone and Itouch

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday whilst surfing through the webapps I found one that’s great for what I do, share video content via the web. I found Vtap, a video sharing website that allows you to search through, select and stream videos straight through to your iphone or Ipod touch without either converting it to…

  • The Facebook Friend Density Map

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Friend density map is an interesting one. It shows you where the highest concentration of your friends is. It’s a good idea when you’ve got friends spread around the world as we do. It’s a shame it’s limited only to the US at the moment. I can only see six…

  • England is Top EU country for social networking

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to a recent article in the Times England is top EU country for social networking with 5.6 hrs a month spent on social networking websites such as Facebook: Britons are the ‘social networking’ champions of Europe, displaying a far greater appetite for websites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo than…

  • CCTV, Two Exhibits, one town crier and of course John Bull

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteEngland is a CCTV nation with more cameras per capita than any other nation. As a result there is great interest from people like Christian of documentally.com and Our Man Inside and John Perivolaris. Both of them are working on CCTV related pieces. At Parliament Square Christian demonstrated his great ability…