When I meet people offline and they hear I write a blog that relates to the EU, and that I am active debating politics on Twitter, they very often ask me about issues such as data protection and net neutrality
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Category: Technology
Switching from iOS to Android (Fairphone) – Part 1
At the start of the summer I realised I needed to make some changes to the technology I use. This was motivated by my 2008 iMac, 2009 MacBook Pro, and 2009 iPhone 4S all not being as snappy and fast
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Ad-hoc live streaming
I’m currently broadcasting OK Festival here, because the wifi in the room is not working and hence I have needed to improvise. Here is the stream: Your browser does not support iframes. So how am I doing it? I am
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A life without Google. It’s harder than you think.
So I am in China for a week. I will write about the wider politics of the place when my time here draws to a close, but for now I will focus on just one aspect: what China’s block on
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a-rival SpoQ on a Mac – a low cost GPS running watch
UPDATE! Almost a decade to the day since writing this blog post, I have dusted down the old a-rival GPS watch, and everything still works on a Mac with MacOS Sonoma – and indeed more easily than before! Simply download
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Is it really impossible to delete an Evernote account?
I’m doing a bit of online spring cleaning this week. Old accounts with services I no longer use are being closed for good. It’s not necessarily a critique of these services as such, but I think that if I am
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If you want one of the placeholder Twitter accounts I’ve registered, here are a few things to bear in mind
I was an early adopter of Twitter, and have been using it for political purposes ever since. Throughout that time I have conducted all sorts of experiments with Twitter, and registered dozens of Twitter usernames for numerous purposes over the
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How Neelie Kroes’s rant about Düsseldorf Airport wifi shows she really understands political social media
I can just imagine the scene. Neelie Kroes is sat at Düsseldorf Airport waiting for her flight, tries to get online, and turns to Ryan Heath or Jack Schickler or some other member of staff travelling with her, and with
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Data visualisation: beyond the barchart
At reCampaign 14 today in Berlin I was lucky enough to moderate the discussion and presentation from UK company Carbon Visuals about their data visualisations of matters relating to carbon dioxide emissions, and other environmental issues. Anthony Turner and Adam
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The power of a title to make a picture go viral: “Politicians discussing global warming” by Isaac Cordal
For the last 5 days the picture shown above has been shared far and wide on Twitter (link to the tweet), and to a certain extent on Facebook too. The title “Politicians discussing global warming” and the stunning picture
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I was @JC_Juncker. Lessons for Twitter, and for political social media too.
Just over a week ago, as the EU Twittersphere was starting to turn its attention to the EPP’s Dublin Congress, I wondered what presence – if any – Jean-Claude Juncker had on Twitter. None was the answer. So on 2nd
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Back to basics – a new blog design
The previous incarnation of my blog – more of a magazine style – allowed me to present a more diverse range of content. But what is the point of that if the format imposed means you are restricted in how
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