My keen eyed reader will have noticed that I recently mentioned my first tentative steps towards a new novel. Being far more of a techy than a writer, I obviously spent far more time worrying about how to organise the writing process rather than doing much writing and thinking. Clearly I could have repeated my previous process, write in Word and backup via FTP to...

As I approach the end of my 20th year of professional life, I’d like to leave this short note to myself just in case, by some miracle of future technology, I end up reading this in the past. First thing to say is that choosing to work in IT wasn’t a bad choice, far from it. I’ve had a lot of fun, met some great people and I got to spend a lot of...

After a lot of experiments, I found that abstract textures or background work well on the iPad. Here is a big free collection of abstract textures and backgrounds for the iPad that I put together after a very long trawl through all my photos. Hopefully there is something here for everyone! Just click on the thumbnail to download an iPad sized background...

I like to be busy. And I usually quite enjoy being too busy. I was once given some very wise words. You should never say you were too busy to do something. Instead you should just say that you were doing something else more important. Being “too busy” sort of implies that you are perhaps a little out of control rather than aware of the all the necessary...

Description Here is the popular yet complete edition of the hugely acclaimed Magnum Magnum which was an instant sellout on first publication in 2007. It celebrates sixty years of the vision, imagination and brilliance of Magnum photographers in over 400 photographs by the acknowledged greats of photography in the 20th century and the rising stars of our time. Each...