Smart Benedict Evans on mobiles, smartphones and hindsight

I thought this was very enjoyable and perceptive from Benedict Evans last week – “Mobile, smartphones and hindsight” – and not just because it includes some glorious photos of mobile devices over the last 15 years. Ben argues that you…

Tech Weekly podcast about the future of mobile news

Tech Weekly podcast about the future of mobile news

Just a short note that this week I have appeared on the Guardian’s Tech Weekly podcast, talking about mobile apps and the future of news.

InPublishing article on “wearable tech”

“This is going to be a key issue for publishers. The phone is already an intimate personal device – many people sleep with their phone by their bedside. It is the last thing they look at when they go to…

“Elegant Tools” with Facebook, GDS, Orange and OpenIdeo

“Elegant Tools” with Facebook, GDS, Orange and OpenIdeo

Last night I went to an event called “Elegant Tools” which was hosted by Facebook in the swanky surrounds of the St Pancras Renaissance, which was also once the location for a great episode of Most Haunted. The evening was…

The NYT forcing staff to use their mobile site sends an important message

The NYT forcing staff to use their mobile site sends an important message

The New York Times are running an experiment to force staff off their desktop machines and on to their mobile phones and tablets. Mark Coatney has written that it will be “one big pain in the ass”. I agree with…

“Providing free ad-supported mobile internet access for the next billion” – Nathan Eagle at #qznextbillion

I’m spending the day at Quartz’s event “The Next Billion”. Here are my notes from the talk by Nathan Eagle, looking at ad-financed internet connectivity. “Providing free mobile internet access for the next billion” – Nathan Eagle Nathan Eagle is…

If I lived in Scotland this one design decision would make me vote “Yes”

If I lived in Scotland this one design decision would make me vote “Yes”

A group of celebs have banded together to make “Let’s Stay Together” – an appeal for Scotland to vote against independence. It is 2014. If you try to view it on your phone, this happens.

How much of Wolfgang Blau’s “office desktop” traffic will survive for brands like the Mirror?

Wolfgang Blau, director of digital strategy at the Guardian, recently tweeted about the shift to mobile apparent in news consumption over the last couple of years. He posed a challenging question – are we de-prioritising desktop design too soon? His…

12 things I learnt from our developer’s blog about building Ampp3d

A while back Ampp3d’s developer William Turrell posted a long technical look at how we built the site in just eight weeks a long ongoing process of technical refinement over six months and counting. It is essential reading if you…

Why everybody in the newsroom should do all their work on their phones

“Everybody in the newsroom should work exclusively on their phones all the time.” – Me. This morning. Sort of. I was on a panel this morning at the BBC/New York Times Social Media Summit, and in the course of it…