Stressful morning with a happy outcome: my eldest got her first choice of secondary school.
2023-03-01

I have seen the future of smart glasses and it‘s as ugly as sin, apparently.
2023-03-01

Yeah, not getting in that way. It's looking pretty secure.

mbmar 📸

A padlock on a get at City, University of London.
2023-03-01

Any discussion of games journalism that doesn't include YouTube at its heart doesn't understand the existing games coverage business.
2023-03-01

A fun evening, watching our students grill the hell out of a former prime minister. All under the Chatham House Rule, alas, so I can't say any more.

David Cameron at City, University of London.
2023-03-02

Your swimming pool whiteboard wisdom for the day.

A sign saying “Rivers know this: there is no hurrry, We shall get there some day.” A.A.Milne
2023-03-02

Trust in me, just in me…

I really need to learn to trust myself. Yesterday, I opened the slides for week two of my social media course.

“Why so few?” I thought. “I’ll need more content than that for the 90 minutes.” So I prepared more slides, and pulled some forwards from week 3.

Guess what?

Yes, I ran out of time, exactly where Adam-from-four-months-ago had cut off the slides. I know what I’m doing. Old me knew what he was doing. We need to learn to trust each other…
2023-03-02

A rather lovely hagstone - and a deep one - found on a quick beach walk this afternoon, trying to burn off some of my daughter’s energy. She’s home today because of the teachers’ strike.

A hagstone on the beach.
2023-03-02

The perfect weather for a beach walk this afternoon.

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2023-03-02

The Good Apple and the Bad Apple

John Gruber:

“Putting the legality of Apple’s anti-steering rules aside, I think they make the company look spiteful and petty.”

It sometimes feels like there’s two Apples: the user-first Apple that makes delightful hardware, and the App Store Apple that’s cheap, nasty and willl nickel and dime you on everything.

That latter Apple is busy damaging the reputation of the company for surprisingly little return.
2023-03-03

Sometimes solitude is possible, even in the heart of London.