Notes from the long web
Making, breaking and figuring things out.
Hi, I’m Mark. This site contains an archive of my ramblings from the last 20 years. I keep planning to write more—who knows, maybe I will now?
Latest notes
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Connecting digital communities
For the past 11 years I have run events in Worthing for what you could loosely call the digital community. Many other people have helped along the way, but for the past… Read note →
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Book recommendation: Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda
On my dog walks over the past few weeks, interspersed between my usual mixture of podcasts and 90’s techno I’ve been listening to Ken Kocienda read his book “Creative Selection – Inside Apple’s Design… Read note →
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Wayback Machine saved my skin
A while back I did a very silly thing. Well, actually I did a series of things that all seemed perfectly sensible at the time but the upshot was a bit of… Read note →
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Where are we with wearables?
Part one – what’s on my wrist? I do love my gadgets, and one type of gadet I’m especially excited about at the moment is wearables. I’ve tried a few different wearables… Read note →
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Back in the saddle
In the last few years my enthusiasm for blogging had dwindled to the point where I’ve only posted twice in four years. I’m hoping that’s about to change. Last week I was… Read note →
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I’m sorry iPhone, I’ve been playing around with another…
I’ve liked Nokia phones ever since I got my first mobile, an analogue Nokia 1000 back in 1993. I stuck with them for over a decade, while my other half flirted with Motorola… Read note →
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Let’s agree to never speak of this again
I don’t think I’m a naturally grumpy person, but there are somethings that I just don’t understand that bring out my inner curmudgeon. My feelings about sport pretty much match the way I… Read note →
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Phone App Developers, lend me your ears!
iOS developers are enabling users to get more and more out of their iPhones & iPads. But I think developers are missing one important thing that could make life easier for thousands… Read note →
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And another thing…
I’ve blogged about books in the past, but these have usually been work related books that I’ve read. This is a work of fiction that, as yet I haven’t read. I have… Read note →