My kind of place.

Rolled up foam for chairs. Interesting. (Haven’t dared try one yet.)

The #next18 live-blogging station set and ready.

Apparently hotel Wi-fi doesn’t always have to suck.

Badged. #next18

All wristbanded up for @nextconf and @reeperbahn_festival #next18

I have a desk mate for the afternoon…

Leaving behind a grey London for Hamburg and @nextconf and #next18

Tonight’s agenda:

Beach picnic

Beach Life, September 16th

The babychino basked in the afternoon sun, blissfully unaware that a predator was about to pounce…

Nice to see them cracking on with the flood defence work.

Perfect day for a walk on Shoreham Beach

I spent ages earlier looking for my green screen cleaning cloth.

I just found it.

Villiers Street, London - 1994

I’ve been scanning some old negatives in a pretty random way - just grab a packet and scan whatever’s in there.

This particular film was shot in late 1994, or early 1995, when I was working on The Publican, a now-gone magazine for the pub trade. I think the last 10 or 12 photos are why the film exists. They’re of a cellarman course I went on as part of my job. I appear to have “burned off” the rest of the film by shooting a load of random images around Charing Cross.

And they’re fascinating. On one level, you realise how little structure of these streets has changed in a little under 25 years. But the clothes, vehicles and branding on the shops is what gives away just how long ago this was.

Gone to seed.

Testing a new mobile working set-up, with the iPad Pro 12.9 and the new Mark II Brydge keyboard…

Homework time. #backtoschool

Pre-school shoe fitting. Hazel needs new school and casual shoes. 💰🙄 (grumpy Dad mode in full effect.) 😂