Senior Producer at backstage.bbc.co.uk
So before the modern equivalent of the rumour mills start rolling (maybe blogs or more like myspace and bebo). I'd like to let you all know that I've been offered the position of Senior producer of...
View ArticleGeek and Geekhag Podcast 13 – Race and interracial stereotypes
Me and Sarah did a podcast last night about some comments on her blog recently.The post was about race and interracial stereotypes and centres around a piece in the guardian over a year ago (march...
View ArticleGeek and Geekhag podcast 14 – Why a Second Life?
Me and Sarah did a podcast last night, number 14 (really 13 but lets not go there). This time we discuss Second Life, Myspace and Youtube, Feast of Fools and Sarah's new (non-hand me down) phone. The...
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My BBC talk at Ravensbourne College
So on Tuesday afternoon, I gave a lecture at Ravensbourne College to a mix of interaction design, broadcast and graphic design students. John told me, it just needed to be inspiring. So I was torn...
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24 ways to impress your friends
So I've been pretty quiet about 24ways to impress your friends this year. The reason why is because I've been writing a tip titled Making XML beautiful again to go into the 24ways collection for 2006....
View ArticleGeek and Geekhag Podcast number 1 for 2007
As my wife says, Our podcasts are back for 2007, somewhat streamlined (only about a half hour instead of full hour). I have no idea what number we're on anymore. This time we talk about New Year's...
View ArticleGeek and Geekhag Podcast number 2 for 2007
This time we're armed with decent microphones and an extended podcast for your listening pleasure. The main part includes me trying to explain why I don't think the iPhone is not revolutionary, how...
View ArticleGeek and Geekhag Podcast number 3 for 2007
This time we're upstairs in the computer room with our new microphones and a lightly longer podcast for your listening pleasure. We talk about what we did on Friday night, TV generations, RFID...
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Techmeme is pretty good to me
Been meaning to write about Techmeme for a while now, specially after Tom Morris's thoughts on Techmeme. See for some reason Techmeme really likes my blog entries. I can't work out why, but I seem to...
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Breaking up is hard to do
Picture from our recent holiday in New York Sarah and I are both announcing today on our blogs that we are going to get divorced after four and a half years of marriage. This was a joint decision,...
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8 Random Facts About Me (tagging meme)
James Cridland tagged me in the blogging meme by the same name. Yes its been a while but I've been pretty busy with lots of other stuff. Unlike James I know what a meme is and I like the idea of...
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Look out for me in the Guardian next week
Yes I just about survived the embarrassment of being the face of BBC North’s recruitment event earlier this week. BBC North have stepped it up and are about to launch a series of adverts in the...
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One year on from my brush with death
It seems only yesterday when I was totally stressed out about the closure of BBC Backstage, trying to help Future Everything, buying my first flat on my own and goodness knows what else… I assume this...
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TedXManchester2: The Story of Me
The story of me View more presentations from Ian Forrester. I’m just back from TedXManchester where I gave one of the most fascinating talk of my life. The story of me came about in a conversation...
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Northology podcast ep 8 with Ian Forrester
Not long after blogging about Northology and the other great things happening in Manchester, its great to be on the show. This week Nathan talks to Ian Forrester, a Senior Producer with BBC Research...
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Me & Kate in the national archive?
So remember when I said I loved the idea of the BBC listening room? Well after a little tweeting and a couple of emails, myself and good friend Kate have secured a spot on the listening project site...
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Afrotech Fest 2018 keynote: Diversity and the joy of being different
Keynote speaker @cubicgarden discusses diversity and the joy of being different #AfroTechFest pic.twitter.com/mJR5v7DrTk — Afrotech Fest (@afrotechfest) January 26, 2018 The slides are now public on...
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My User Manual
Hi I’m Ian and I’m referred to by ‘he/him’ pronouns Here is my user manual, as first discovered in Cassie Robinson.‘s blog post and written about in my new years resolutions for 2020. Everything is...
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My dyslexic advantage audio interview
During the last few months I have recorded a number of podcasts on a number of different subjects; form Tech for good live blacklivesmatter specials, a late night conversation with Tara Hunt to a...
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This is no longer, just some dating yarns
Working away in Ezra & Gil coffee shop You might be wondering whats happened to the book I’ve been writing: The fictional dating book. You might remember in my new years resolution I had planned to...
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