I’d like to do a post of great social and political import. Ten years ago, I helped start a magazine. It’s still going, and the people running it now asked me to write a little bit about it. I was a staff writer on issue 1 of Custom PC and by issue 60-something, after fiveContinue reading “On ten years of Custom PC”
Category Archives: Custom PC and Bit-Tech
We’re hiring
No, not The Wired Jester, but the two publications I work on – Custom PC and bit-tech. We’re looking for a staff writer! It’s a great entry into the world of technical consumer journalism, and it’s a full time role, based at our central London offices. Dennis as a whole is hiring quite a fewContinue reading “We’re hiring”
Computex 2009
I was in the Far East all last week, first to Taiwan to report on the Computex trade show. We filed tons of stories on bit-tech (full list) and I also contributed a quick, more mainstream write-up for the BBC website. On the way back, I went via Hong Kong to visit an old friend,Continue reading “Computex 2009”
In war games, killing is fun
[I wrote this for the blog I contribute to for work, over on bit-tech. I don’t generally cross-post stuff I write for work here, but the idea for it grew out of writing the Peleliu post, so I think there’s a good case to be made that it belongs here, too.] Konami’s recently announced SixContinue reading “In war games, killing is fun”
On Steve Gillmor, FriendFeed 2 and inhaling the hype
Steve Gillmor’s Techcrunch post on the revamped FriendFeed was so incredible that I felt it needed a little commentary. A Cliff’s Notes, if you will. I wrote it up for the bit-tech blog.
Better iPhone earphones
A work post, this – at the end of last year, Dennis bought Bit-Tech, and this year, Custom PC and Bit will be working together on quite a few projects. The plan is to share a lot of what we do behind the scenes to come up with articles suited to print and articles thatContinue reading “Better iPhone earphones”
The Custom PC book: Ultimate Guide to PC Gaming
I’m pleased to announce the first ever Custom PC book, the Ultimate Guide To PC Gaming, out just in time for Christmas on the 4th of December. It’s everything you need to know about PC gaming in one 174-page book. It went to press yesterday, so we’ll get copies in the office at the endContinue reading “The Custom PC book: Ultimate Guide to PC Gaming”
Talking about Windows 7
Warning! Awkward geekery ahead. Here’s me on the BBC website, talking about Windows 7. In short: it looks a lot like Vista, especially at this early stage – much of the stuff previewed by MS (and covered on the PC Pro blog) doesn’t appear to be in the version we had to play with. ButContinue reading “Talking about Windows 7”
On the radio
A quick post: I was asked to be a guest on BBC Radio 5 Live last week – a really fun experience this time round (much better than last time,with the CPC podcast having made me feel more confident about speaking on air). If you fancy a listen, have a look at my work blog,Continue reading “On the radio”
Digg and the art of the headline
[The entry has been cross posted from my work blog] When it comes to the web, there really aren’t many ways in which to gain readers for your site. Not that many practical and legal ones, anyway – sure, I could pay a dodgy bunch of Eastern European types to knock up a virus thatContinue reading “Digg and the art of the headline”
