This morning, we were given a tour of New Broadcasting House – this time there’s a lot more of the soft furnishings and design elements in. Above is a slideshow which contains the old photos from a year ago as well as the new ones taken today. And below is a gallery for those of… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
A mere 3 hours after my plane landed, I squeezed into 2012’s CES Unveiled Exhibition : the show before the Show, as it were. In fact, the word ‘squeezed’ might be too understated; the place was utterly rammed with jetlagged journos hungry for good food and good stories. This year’s theme focused more on household… [Read more…]
December 16, 2011
7 MUST-HAVE YOUTUBE ATTRIBUTES to make your video watchable (using viewing figures as a measure of success) - feel free to add to my Completely Unscientific Taxonomy of YouTube Popularity. I started this a while back, and never got around to publishing it until now… NOTE: Vids with More than one attribute are even more watchable.… [Read more…]
September 22, 2011
I gave a presentation for the London Girl Geek Dinners 6th Anniversary event. For a brilliant blog post all about the event – along with an unfortunate picture of me and an angry bird, click here. Meanwhile, my aim for the presentation was to use some of what I’ve learned from my experiences as a TV presenter… [Read more…]
April 18, 2011
Today I visited W1, where the BBC Click team will be moving to sometime next year. Naturally, I took a few pics. The new building will join with the older existing BBC buildings – and will feature a bridge on the 2nd floor connecting Egton House to the new Broadcasting house. To start with, the… [Read more…]
April 1, 2011
After my Nth time to Las Vegas, I get the odd request for the best things to do and see when first-timers go. In fact, one came a few weeks after my most recent visit to the Consumer Electronics Show 2011. I duly sent off an email, and got told by reply that I should… [Read more…]
February 9, 2011
New year’s resolutions are something I like the idea of, although I’ve never been inclined to depend on a 1/1/20xx date to start new positive habits, or stop old negative ones. Nevertheless, by a carefully considered combination of masochism and sheer terror, I have been dragging myself to the gym regularly for the past few… [Read more…]
December 4, 2010
A while back I visited Budapest, a thoroughly enjoyable experience. A few weeks ago one of my friends was going and asked me for a few tips, which I happily emailed over to them. So this is for anyone who is thinking of visiting Budapest – city of Spas, Statues, and Stylish nights out. 5… [Read more…]
August 13, 2010
I really enjoyed making the recent package for BBC Click all about productivity - and I got to meet some real masters of the art, which was eye-opening and rather inspiring! RSS Readers /can’t see the link? If you want to watch it, click here. This blog has links to everyone featured in the segment, and… [Read more…]
June 2, 2010
Everything stems from something before it – after all, you couldn’t have Oasis without the Beatles, you couldn’t have the Beatles without Elvis, and you couldn’t have Elvis without … you get the idea. RSS readers / can’t see the link? click http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/8710938.stm to go to the Beeb’s Site: This is the piece I did… [Read more…]
March 20, 2012
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