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My first software engineering role, after graduating, was in 1979. I began working with a telecommunications company on stored program control systems for digital private branch exchanges (PBXs). This probably sounds very boring compared to what many of the world’s software engineers are currently working on in the rapidly growing and all-encompassing field of artificial […]
It was 1981, and I’d been in my first job for two years. I decided it was time to spend some of my newly earned salary, so two friends and I organised a three-week trip to the United States. We planned to spend part of it on a road trip in California. Here we are […]
“We are being lied to.” So begins the 2023 essay by the tech investor and entrepreneur Mark Andreessen published as the Techno-Optimist Manifesto [1]. Andreessen goes on to say why, in his opinion, we are being lied to: “We are told that technology takes our jobs, reduces our wages, increases inequality, threatens our health, ruins the environment, […]
Today, January 10th, 2026, is the tenth anniversary of David Bowie’s death. No doubt there will be many tributes to one of the greatest creative minds of the music world, not just in mainstream media but by his many fans from around the world. I am one of those fans and still listen to his […]
How is it that the some street photographers always seem to be able to capture the most fleeting of moments which will most likely never happen again? How do they always seem to be in the right place at the right time with their camera at the correct settings and with the perfect background, light […]
Whilst having choices might generally be thought of as a good thing there are times when this can work against you. Whether it be choosing which type of breakfast cereal you want, which colour of paint you should use on your living room wall or which variety of beer you want the barman to pour […]
President Trump’s second official state visit to the UK this week (17th and 18th September, 2025) was not only for him to receive the full British ceremonial treatment but was also meant for him and British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer to announce a number of investments into the UK economy. After being wined and […]
I previously discussed that I had finally got around to making my first zine and was looking into the best way of getting it printed. This I have now done and thought it might be useful for anyone looking to create a zine to learn from my experience. The first thing to say, as obvious […]
I’ve just returned from my first visit to Photo London. I’ve wanted to visit this art fair in the centre of London held every May at Somerset House since it started 10 years ago and finally made it last weekend. What did I think? First off, it’s BIG! If you don’t know Somerset House it’s […]
I’ve finally got around to creating my first zine. It’s of photographs from the series of images I took in Blackpool during the summer of 1979 and have recently converted to digital. Currently it’s only in a PDF format as I’m figuring out the best, and most economical way to get it printed. From discussions […]
