More Blog Tag – Foreign Blogs You Read

Thanks, Darla… Okay, five blogs I read not from Scotland. Here we go.
1. The Goliath Expedition (currently in Siberia).
When Karl Bushby left the Parachute Regiment in the UK Army, he decided to do something amazing. He decided to go round the world in a series of unbroken footsteps. Starting in 1998 at the southern most [...]

Hacking the TV Unconference for Fun and Infamy…

Yes, I suppose now I’m catching up with the events of August, I can say mea culpa to the crazy hacking of the TV Unfestival organised by the BBC Backstage team.
Now, always remember that one of my rules for attending events is to try and be memorable. This has lead to some rather crazy things [...]

“Is TV Dead?” BBC Podcast featuring Me!

At the recent TV Un-Festival, ably put on by Ian Forrester, Matthew Cashmore and the BBC Backstage team, a 30 minute podcast was recorded on the subject of “Is TV Dead?” Alongside Brian Butterworth (UKFree.tv), Michael Sparks (BBC R&D) and George Wright (BBC Interactive) was a certain Ewan Spence of The Podcast Network…

A lively discussion, [...]

The Radio Times recommends my Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

This week’s issue of The BBC’s Radio Times (UK TV and Radio listings magazine) lists The Edinburgh Fringe Podcast as one of its three podcst choices this week. With a circulation of over one million readers in the UK, that’s a lot of eyes seeing the podcast…
Even if you were there, you can;t have seen [...]

SXSW 2008 Panel Picker, One on One vs Panel Led Discussions

Looking ahead, the SXSW schedule for 2008 is now up for discussion, with the Panel Picker allowing people planning to attend (which includes me) to vote on the hundreds of panels submitted to the organisers. You can work through them, you can search, or stand by for people to point out their favourites (for example [...]

No Bankrupcy Required – Gmail Inbox Cleared

Just one of those little things, but a solid hour tonight cleared / archived / deleted / dealt with all my outstanding email.

If you;re expecting something from me, then either I’ve just replied, or you’ve been added to the To-Do list in my Filofax (yes, me! Paper! More on that later), or you’ve been nuked [...]

A Few Observations from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Y’know, that caught my eye…
The Ships
Out of the three major fanfic works I adore, one of them forks at the end of The Goblet of Fire (THe Draco Trilogy), one starts with Harry having had a relationship with Ginny, and Ron & Herimone being together, but ready to break up, and the other has [...]

The Edinburgh Fringe Podcast Crashes Into the iTunes Top Ten

I’m pretty pleased about this – after sitting at #11 and #12 for most of last week, the podcast broke into the Top Ten podcasts in the iTunes Arts section this morning. Given that last year’s peak was #11 part of me can let out a sigh of relief that this year has kept enough [...]

Edinburgh Fringe Show is Top Fringe Podcast on iTunes

It might still be early days (ie about half way through week one), but my Edinburgh Fringe Podcast is the top ranked Edinburgh Fringe Podcast in iTunes. Currently sitting at number 24, I’m going to be very interested to see how high it climbs. For those of you looking for a one click subscription in [...]

Found My Headphones Again

No not the Ultimate Ears, they’re in the tin for when I travel. I mean a replacement set for kicking around in day to day use. I’ve been particular for a certain style since High School, and I’ve only really ever seen Sony supply them – an over the head band, but styles as in [...]

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