Breaking up a monolith Some ideas on dividing a large codebase into smaller projects that all communicate with a central API.
From S3 to Spaces A note on migrating from Amazon S3 to DigitalOcean's object storage system, Spaces.
Hootenanny On a significant change in infrastructure to Podiant, mostly executed on over New Year's Eve.
Steven Page at the Hare & Hounds On seeing my musical hero Steven Page at the Hare & Hounds, on less than stellar form.
The hangover Recovering from a challenging day fixing the mess I'd made, and working on ways to make Podiant better.
I made a mess on the Internet On realising Podiant isn't a side-project anymore, and the actions I take have consequences.
The Blue Window An exercise I contoured up as a way to try and calm my mind when it's spinning out over something …
Some untidy thoughts on podcasting A post from the archive dredged up to show you how wrong I was about podcasting in 2016.
Hands-free punch-and-roll with Adobe Audition on a Mac A guide on implementing a much-used voice recording technique in Adobe Audition.
I risked my health to start this business. Was it worth it? A post from the archive about how hard it was to start my company, Bloomsbury Digital.
The insidious chilling effect of communities built on compassion A post from the archive about communities where everyone's supposed to be nice, and how oppressive that can be.
Creating embeddable content for WordPress 4.4 A guide on using the oEmbed standard to get embeddable content working in newer versions of WordPress.
Missed Connections... and being "that guy" A post from the archive about what happened to me at a Frank Turner gig, and how I failed to …
The ego diet A blog post from the archive written at the cusp of a momentous decision to go freelance.
Paradise Circus: Live A scripted comedy show with music, presented in the style of a Radio 4 show. I performed two of my …
The man with the unending fascination with the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo A trip to Stockholm for an event that was OK was the perfect excuse to see some of the sights …
Heads-up innovators: don't leave the visually impaired behind A post from the archive about my frustrations with technology feeling like it's leaving people like me behind.
Alan Turing was gay, but we forgive him An opinion piece from the archive about how I felt it was wrong to pardon Alan Turing, since it was …
It ain't what you do A post from the archive about learning to accept that others will do great things in your field, but you …
Blind man bluffs it in Poland A diary entry from the archive about my trip to DjangoCon in Warsaw, Poland.
Where we're going, we don't need roads A post from the archive about quitting my freelance career to rejoin the digital agency I left in 2011.
The joy of touch, and how Apple are killing it An opinion piece from the archive about my love-affair with tactile user interfaces, and how I felt Apple was leaving …
NBT007: Nymbol The eighth and final in a series of posts about what was then called my "Next Big Thing" but which …
Lessons learned from the death of a digital startup A post from the archive about my failed startup, Meegloo, and what I learned from it.
NBT006: Partnerships The seventh in a series of posts about what was then called my "Next Big Thing". Spoiler alert: it turned …
I used to be on the radio A post from the archive reflecting on the last show I ever did for the now defunct Internet community radio …
I’m looking for a CEO A post from the archive about my first failed startup, and the search for someone to talk care of the …
What is Meegloo anyway? A post from the archive explaining what was then a foundering startup called Meegloo.