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Why BBC iPhone apps are a bad thing

tom — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:31:20 +0000

BBC iPhone apps: exciting, but they should never see the light of day. Here’s why: The tide is turning against the BBC. Whoever grabs power at the next election will be faced with a gaping black hole where the Bank once stood – every tax will be scrutinised, and the TV licence is likely to be [...]

The buzz on Buzz

tom — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:29:07 +0000

I’m not exactly convinced by Google Buzz. And I’m not alone. I was asked by Mercedes Bunz at the Guardian to provide a comment on Google’s new social networking service – and there seems to be a consensus among those polled that Buzz is a long way from success. I was asked “Will Buzz help Google [...]

VIDEO: CES 2010 in review

tom — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:58:26 +0000

Never one to shy away from the limelight, I humbly present my coverage of CES for Stuff.tv, scripted, recorded and edited from the comfort of Teddington Studios, with the ever-helpful and often abusive Timothy Bunn manning camera and chopping suite.

VIDEO: The Future Squad’s verdict on tech in 2020

tom — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:12:42 +0000

Since the demise of Tomorrow’s World there’s been a disappointing lack of hair-brained futurological speculation on the BBC. Which is why it was an honour to be invited to be a part of The Future Squad for the BBC News website, alongside such luminaries as inventor Trevor Bayliss and scientist Robin Mannings. You can see the whole [...]

The future of news: to pay or not to pay?

tom — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:18:14 +0000

This evening I gave a speech as part of a panel debate about the future of news – and, in particular, whether anyone will ever be convinced to pay for the news in this post-paper era. The debate was, funnily enough, organised by online news aggregator fingertips.net. As I sat down to think about what I [...]

Video: talking convergence on BBC2’s Working Lunch

tom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:58:52 +0000

I went on BBC’s Working Lunch today, to talk about the Pure Sensia with Declan Curry. The Sensia is a DAB/FM/Internet radio that looks a little like a B&W Zeppelin with a large iPod Touch taped to the front. Unfortunately, the BBC hasn’t quite joined the Wi-Fi revolution yet, so we weren’t able to test out [...]

Facing the post-media world

tom — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:11:17 +0000

Today’s Observer (in print form) alerted me to an excellent essay on the future of media – Post-Medium Publishing, by Paul Graham. The jist of his theory: Rupert Murdoch’s belated attempts to charge for online ‘content’ is doomed to failure, because the publishing model only works when you’re producing physical formats – when you’re buying the [...]

Facebook costs business £1.4bn? Absolute rubbish

tom — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:04:30 +0000

There’s a survey doing the rounds today saying that social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are costing UKPLC £1.4bn in lost productivity. This sort of narrow-minded reactionary drivel really scuffs my nostrils. The survey says workers spend an average of 40 minutes on social networkings sites every week, which amounts to a ‘almost a [...]

Video: talking Tory Spotify propaganda on BBC2

tom — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:43:40 +0000

One of my more bizarre TV spots as a talking head on the highbrow Daily Politics show on BBC2. Read my thoughts in my previous post, Tories pick Spotify as the new political battleground Some more of my videos: Talking upgrade culture with Simon Armitage Product tour of the B&W Zeppelin mini

Tories pick Spotify as the new political battleground

tom — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:05:43 +0000

I’m on my way for my Daily Politics debut on BBC 2 this lunchtime, to talk about the Tories’ new ad on Spotify. I’m embarrassed to admit that I haven’t heard the ad – I’ve been testing out the ad-free Spotify Premium for a feature I’m writing for Stuff – but according to reports it [...]