Monthly Archives: August 2011

Twitter and The Great Unwashed: how “normal” people ruined The Internet for the rest of us.

This article originally appeared in the Lawkit #4. Read more at http://lawk.it/

Once upon a time, everything was simpler.

A friendship was a construct based on shared memories and experience. The web was one of many, and it hung between idle walls. A tablet was something that came in a packet of 16 and the internet was the demesne of nuclear scientists and the military. Continue reading

Discovering Sky Arts

It’s been out for a few months now, but I only discovered Sky Arts last night.  A proper Radio 2 like channel for those who left the MTV generation before they knew they were supposed to be in it.  They show some pretty cool music live shows and documentaries — this morning Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Music Festival and Mark Knopfler live in Basel were on the card.

Check it out. Better than rioting.