I was recently invited by TechDept to speak at their inaugural Tech Off, and their far more eloquent blog of the night can be found here. Third on the bill, I went into a bit of history about myself and the work I had been involved in, basically looking at how ‘invisible technology’ and barrierless entry is […]
Author: @thathollywood
Your Jawbone’s connected to your…
First off, this isn’t a rant on wearables, more a explanation on why I don’t have one* You’d think I would, as every meeting with a tech agency requires at least someone to be smugly wearing a Jawbone (in much the way I cradled the first iPhone in 2007). They are ubiquitously male, slim, media-types. Oh hang on. […]
A bit of love for Open Data and Crowdsourcing
As we marketing agencies look towards maximising a Brands reach or just quantifying Justin Bieber’s latest snaffu through hashtags, there are agents among us seeking to make our lives better by the very same technologies. Nerds for Nature, are ‘bringing together technologists and environmental professionals to collaboratively build awesome tools to understand, protect, and revive […]
Expanding your Arduino YUN
Arduino recently released an upgrade to the YUNs firmware, as well as give tips on expanding the 8MB onboard flash memory to utilise an SD card. Sounds great doesn’t it? However, I hit a few snags along the way, and hopefully you can learn from my experiences.
