One Man's Notes

Deploying my camera on my annual working trip to Germany…

Why saving Harvard’s blog history matters — and why I’m sad I was unable to save the early work I led.

A lot of character in this old, partially ruined house.

No early morning drive to the pool this morning, as my eldest is unwell.

So, I’m drinking coffee and processing photos instead

A flower in the garden at Nymans House. Another flower in the garden at Nymans, this time a yellow-orange one.

It has begun. 🎄

There is no good outcome possible from arguing on social media.

I just accidentally connected via VPN, through a connection already going via a VPN.

And that pretty much sums up my day.

I’m doing it – but only on one Mac.

Gen X erasure is real.

Started reading: Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Slaght 📚

Spectacular views over London en route to Heathrow.

Podcast insertion ads are still so laughably primitive. All the British podcasts I downloaded while in Hamburg are full of German ads.

A bar on stage feels very on point for a digital conference in the Reeperbahn Festival.

#next23

Late night on the Reeperbahn.

I love the fact Hamburg Airport has an art gallery, rather than all the normal overpriced nonsense you get in British airports.

Remember all those sessions about how voice and smart speakers would be the future of journalism?

It’s nice seeing the number of serious video recording apps for iPhone proliferating.

The number of occasions when you need to bust out the “real” cameras is diminishing.

An interesting move from The Economist, adding a new subscription tier for podcasts.

We appear to have gone from the height of summer to autumn in four days.