Are GAFA coming for the news business?

I hope not - but then, who would have seen them getting into TV?


There’s something very British about seeing a couple of hundred families wrapped up against the cold and wet heading off to clean a beach before 10am on a Sunday morning…


Digital artist in the making

A young child wearing a knitted sweater is focused on drawing or writing on a tablet using a stylus.

A post-mortem on Typed.com, a crowdfunded blogging platform that never really built up any momentum.


I’ve transferred this old Typed post over to OM&HB, for archival reasons, really. There are some screenshots in there of the soon-to-die platform.


Just downloaded the content I had on Typed, a blog platform that dies today. I backed it as a crowdfunder, and don’t regret it. We need innovation in blogging, but some of those innovations are going to fail.

Still sad I never got the t-shirt though. 😉


The snow’s back, but not really settling too badly.

A small backyard and driveway are lightly covered with snow, featuring a wooden fence, a green shed, some bushes, and two parked cars.



Signs that I’m on a deadline: I’m descaling the kettle.