Earlier this year, I lamented how great Google's rollercoaster was at CES. It was easily the highlight of the show, and at the end of the ride, instead of reviewing those photos you normally get on rollercoasters - the ones you walk away from - Google were taking email addresses from delegates to allow them... Continue Reading →

Phew! Did that all really just happen? The world's biggest tech event took 4 days and 237 photos to get through, along with countless miles walked. Let's mention Day 4. As expected, CES was a great deal quieter on Friday as many attendees must have felt their work (and feet) were done. Myself and my... Continue Reading →

Now the legs are beginning to hurt. My colleague and I wondered how many of the expected 182,000 CES delegates would actually walk the entire show; I reckon it's probably a low figure, maybe 5-10% at most judging by the smattering of delegate badges already appearing in the perspex recycle bins, but we're absolutely in... Continue Reading →

Oh Google, you tease. The Hey Google stand sits incongruously in the Las Vegas Convention Center parking lot, looking like it wants into CES but not being allowed. And yet, in amongst the IKEA-style furniture and layout demonstrating their Home Hub story, is a little rollercoaster - no, really, a REAL rollercoaster - called The... Continue Reading →

5 years is a long time in technology. In fact, it's almost an ice age; CES 2014 was all about 4K screens, drones and health trackers, and that these things are more or less embedded in our lives now shows the rampant pace of change. I'm back at the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES to... Continue Reading →

When you start from a place where you don't think very highly of a product, service or solution, then test it, and find that it not only exceeds your expectations but you kind of like it instead.

November 2nd marks the twentieth anniversary of my debut into the professional world of work. Back then, I was only a few months out of university, driving a library van of all things, when I met a guy at an IT recruitment fair. He'd just taken on an large IT consultancy project with a used... Continue Reading →

Facebook's recent TV marketing campaign in the UK isn't actually their first foray on to our home screens; they'd done it before about three years ago, even prompting some commentators to wonder why they'd bother. Yet their slightly corny, nostaligic advert certainly is notable for being the first I can remember that is apologetic in... Continue Reading →

I've been liftsharing in four of my five jobs since leaving University some 20 years ago. It's an activity which requires a leap of faith to settle into, and while the benefits are less tangible than empirical, it's something we can expect to grow in the coming years. The BBC ran an article this week... Continue Reading →

One of my firm beliefs is that technology should be accessible for all, not just those who have the ways and means of accessing it. Increasingly, demand should not be placed on the user to help themselves but instead, augment and support their experiences; for example, requiring a user to download an app. But there... Continue Reading →