BBC Watch

The world's most powerful broadcaster was at it again last night, confusing the role of news reporter, priest, advocate and self-publicist. On its main evening news Read More…

The philosophy

For the launch of 2006 Broadcast Live, a few words about the impact of IPTV, podcasting and blogs. Read More…

IPTV Demo

Being a fan of a world with a billion TV channels I hope things go well for GDB TV tomorrow. Go here to see what they're at during Broadcast Live and here and here for a look at some of their channels.

The Vision Thing - Who Owns It?

The surprise element of the IPTV world is Read More…

The Bitch in Comedy

Internet comedy forums are almost as much fun as the programmes themselves, more so if you read them in retrospect. This is a thread on the Ricky Gervais series Extras. Not at all bitchy, not at all. You might take a look before reading the last post.

Blow Who?

When Kate Winslett faked a blow job in a phone sex sketch for Ricky Gervais in Extras, you just had to say, give the lady a prize. More surprising though was the praise heaped on Gervais, "an extraordinary comic talent", when winning the Best Sitcom award at the Rose d'Or festival in Switzerland a [...]

More on Gates

The weekend papers were busy trying out new ideas. Like - does Bill Gates' departure mean crisis, the final unravelling, or hmmmm, let's think.
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Flock Again

I'm in my second day as a flock user and I'm getting closer to saying it's a steal, the first quantum step improvement in browserland in a decade.

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Search This

Late last year I served as rapporteur at an EU workshop where Europe's top search experts were looking ahead to the future audio-visual search engine.
Of course Fast company were there and they made the telling point Read More…

Closing the Gates

Thirty years of defining the nature of information technology, and latterly the future of gaming, and television, is tiring. Yes, I've decided enough is enough. I won't listen to Bill Gates any longer. Read More…

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