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  • [Make things open] Talk at Camp Digital 2025

    [Make things open] Talk at Camp Digital 2025

    This is the the unabridged version of the script for my Camp Digital talk in Manchester on 03/07/2025 – including all the stuff I had to cut to keep to time! The slides are here. The Power, Peril and Privilege of Working in the Open This was all an accident.  Honestly this whole thing was…

  • My Nostalgia Act Era

    My Nostalgia Act Era

    Like the venerable Ms Swift I think of my professional life in terms of eras. Seriously – stick with me.  Some of the more notable ones for me are the ‘Polar Bear’ period, the ‘Here Comes Everybody’ time and the, actually most successful, ‘National Embarrassment’ days. This current period though I have come to think…

  • [Make things open] Picking a platform

    [Make things open] Picking a platform

    As a side-effect of my evangelism for working in the open I semi-regularly get asked for recommendations about which publishing platform someone should use and how they should get started. Firstly before even choosing a platform I think you need your own domain. You really cannot rely on any web service to last these days…

  • I use this [update 2025]

    I use this [update 2025]

    Mr Briggs shared his new Macbook Air setup – with his gazillion apps(!) – so I thought I’d so a quick update on my setup (mainly as my desk is reasonably tidy since I had to move it a little!). Hardware Absolute bog standard Mac Mini M1 from 2021.HP 27″ (V27ie G5) display from 2024…

  • The Process

    The Process

    Coco posted this on Bluesky yesterday; …and as I am deep into putting together my Camp Digital talk I thought I would try and unpick my ‘process’ (or lack thereof). I’d had the germ of an idea for this talk for a couple of years and that idea was always closely coupled with the thought…