Month: November 2016

  • Getting Rid of Preinstalled Apps on an HTC 10

    This is really just a short blog to explain one of the most annoying things on my otherwise excellent HTC 10. The phone comes with a number of preinstalled apps, whether you want them or not. That’s not unusual for Android phones. Aside from Google’s own devices, it’s as common as the crapware you get…

  • NFL on Twitter… in the UK

    Earlier this year, Twitter signed a deal with the NFL to stream 10 Thursday Night Football games. They paid around $10m, and the NFL noted that theirs wasn’t the highest offer on the table. I’m not going to get into the whys and wherefores of Twitter’s strategy. For the NFL, it’s about reaching harder to…

  • Girls on Trains

    That sounds a bit creepy. I’m actually talking about the phenomenon that is Paula Hawkins’ novel The Girl on the Train. It has been the book that everyone has been reading for the past year or so. Indeed, it if it weren’t for the fact that everyone watches iPlayer and reads Kindles, you’d have seen…

  • A Final Farewell to Demon

    My first use of the internet was when I started university in 1988. We were all allocated an email address, but it was mostly used for sending around messages between ourselves, and gaining access to the mainframes that we conducted most of our work on. At least until I discovered the joy of news groups…

  • The Salt Marshes of North Norfolk and the Supermoon

    I spent a few hours out in Blakeney and Cley next the Sea, flying my drone today, and shooting both some stills and video of the landscape there. The marshes remain busy in the winter with many birds either passing through or spending the winter months amongst the marshes. The colour of the salt marshes…

  • Diversity in Radio

    Yesterday, two things happened. I got an email from Sound Women telling me that the organisation will be closing down at the end of next year. And I went to a radio and audio conference in London. I’ll explain the link in a minute. But let’s just say for the moment, that I learnt a…