There is something I’ve learned about blogging while on the road - you’re never going to fit everything in and if you put it off until you think can, the post will putter away into oblivion. That’s what happened to me at the Internet & Society Conference in Cambridge last year; so many amazing people, [...]

I am both surprised and delighted that the internet has somehow managed to remain a mostly text-based medium. I hear people complain that children don’t read like they used to, but honestly, because of the internet, kids are reading more than they ever did before. Still, slowly I am beginning to appreciate videos over the [...]

My sister has recently discovered David Bowie. Well, musically at least. Little did she know of his acting career. So last night, on our way to do some shopping at Trader Joes, I insisted she watched both Labyrinth - a classic on par with The Princess Bride - and Basquiat where Bowie plays Andy Warhol [...]