2013-04-18 22:05
A couple of years ago, I went to an international teachers conference in Brighton and attended quite a few sessions on blogging. 'Blogs are like sharks,' announced a Turkish presenter in one… Read More
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2013-03-04 21:10
This video is starting to go big on YouTube. Nothing else seemingly available from the uploader. Not findably available for download, despite the CC0 public domain declaration. But not only… Read More
2013-02-17 00:15
Full name: Dominic PatesAirport codes: DOM - INI - CPA - TESRoute: Melville Hall (Dominica) > Constantine The Great International (Serbia) > A. Tubman (Liberia) > Tessenei (Eritrea)… Read More
2012-12-13 08:23
Excuse the shabby, rushed Photoshopping (on George's board, at least)! Tune in tonight for a Beatles special on The D1 Radio Hour at The Thursday Night Show, followed straight after by a liv… Read More
2012-11-17 18:54
In brief moments snatched between furious bouts of study and trying to stay on top of work (amongst a bunch of other things), I've managed to put another short film together - 'I Link, There… Read More
2012-10-13 18:22
Due to the amount of stuff I've tended to load onto my plate, it's taken me two years to complete a project that runs to a total of just 21 minutes. I will bring the complete fruits of that… Read More
2012-09-26 20:34
Last weekend, D2's birthday drinks led to finally meting up with a few of the fine folks that make up the rest of The Thursday Night Show, including resident VJ (and gifted photographer) Whi… Read More
2012-09-22 23:46
I finally got hold of a copy of Final Cut Pro X this summer (paid for too). Initial impressions are that it's a fantastic video editing application, justifiably a leading industry standard a… Read More
2012-09-16 20:31
At D1 Radio on The Thursday Night Show, I like to go for an eclectic blend of tunes in the playlist. The means oldies, new songs, mash-ups, remixes, tracks from all sorts of different countr… Read More
2012-09-05 21:44
I've been rebuilding my DJ chops a little over the past couple of months with a slot on a new Internet radio venture called The Thursday Night Show. It's been great fun to sit and hom… Read More
2012-08-19 21:02
It's been ages since I last blogged anything. Been a busy summer, wrapped up in all sorts of things - hope we reveal more at some point soon. In the meantime, in the absence of any new conte… Read More
2012-06-22 22:30
I suppose this is the end. This book is not a history book, but just the plain tale of an insignificant human being. Countless hosts are to be maimed, killed, wasted, ruined. For what? For P… Read More
2012-06-14 22:19
Last year (and to my very great surprise), I was asked to go to Sydney on a business trip during the first month into a new job. I stayed in the Central Business District, slap-bang in… Read More
2012-06-12 21:25
I have republished a number of videos of TED Talks on my YouTube channel over the past few years, as I have wanted to share them, TED allows me to, and more eyeballs for my channel means the… Read More
2012-05-28 22:25
On a visit to China back in 2004, as Beijing was demolishing its past in preparation for the then-pending Olympics, I was invited out one night to a punk gig. Ever open to things I've never… Read More
2012-04-21 21:07
More video.It's great having spent much of the past two months working on a project to then be able to knock a different one out in about an hour. This short film, the third to feature foota… Read More
2012-04-19 20:33
This video is of a speech given by Cory Doctorow to the University of Westminister School of Law, and hosted by The Guardian as part of their 'Battle for the Internet' series. In the talk… Read More
2012-04-14 07:34
The next essay for my MA is due in very soon. For this one, I'm investigating the use of Twitter at conferences, using this year's IATEFL conference in Glasgow (Mar 19 - 23) as the case stud… Read More
2012-03-22 17:47
I usually spend so much time agonising over getting a blog post just right, with the optimum degree of formatting, linkage, etc. Sometimes though, you have to just type something and post it… Read More
2012-03-18 11:08
Following on from last month's conundrum over what to do for my MA practical project, I made my mind up quite quickly in the end and decided to go with the Lessig/ccMixter option. Given time… Read More
2012-03-18 11:08
Following on from last month's conundrum over what to do for my MA practical project, I made my mind up quite quickly in the end and decided to go with the Lessig/ccMixter option. Given time… Read More
2012-02-18 22:24
Love this one. In Kathy Hind's words: By observing the resting of birds on telegraph lines, it was soon obvious how much the lines resembled a music score or piano roll. Thus, a computer-v… Read More
2012-02-17 20:04
I've not written about anything I've been doing for my MA yet here on this blog. This is partly because since I started the course, back in September 2011 (around the same time as a new job)… Read More
2012-02-04 21:50
Thought that 'the battle to save the Internet' was won with the defeat or shelving of SOPA? Think again. To paraphrase Clay Shirky from the last video I posted here, the price of a free Inte… Read More
2012-01-23 08:09
'...just consuming - not producing, not sharing - and we should say No'.In the latest video from Globalism Films, Clay Shirky explains why SOPA/PIPA isn't dead yet.Another TED Talk issued un… Read More
2012-01-18 23:02
A mixtape of 17 underground classics from Kisumu, Kenya, ranging from traditional guitar to blunted ass reggae to innovative hip hop.RawMusicINTL: Raw Music International Another gem here f… Read More
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