October 03

Why the industry needs more broadcast engineers 

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An interview I did for the National Film and Television School https://www.nfts.co.uk/news/why-industry-needs-more-broadcast-engineers Top technologist and former BBC Scotland Head of Technology John Maxwell Hobbs has been appointed to lead the National Film and Television School Production Technology MA. The Masters has been introduced to tackle a shortage of broadcast engineers and fill a looming skills […]

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November 06

Why We Can’t Solve Big Problems | MIT Technology Review

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A very thoughtful piece that’s worth a read. via Why We Can’t Solve Big Problems | MIT Technology Review.

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November 04

Talking about the future of traditional broadcasting

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I’m really excited to be giving one of the keynotes for this year’s conference of the International Associates of Broadcast Manufacturers on the 4th of December in London. I’m talking about how traditional broadcasters can adapt to a radically changing world. http://www.theiabm.org/events/iabm-2015-annual-conference/schedule.html

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October 24

The return of chaos theory.

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Continuing the thread of non-linear, non-Euclidian, non-Newtonian thinking here.  It looks like chaos theory is making a comeback after 20 years.  And about time too.  It’s time to put an end to the concept of data-driven certainty. via Chaos Theory in Ecology Predicts Future Populations | Quanta Magazine.

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October 20

The problem with our data-driven world | Fusion

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We live in a messy, non-Euclidian, non-Newtonian world, and all attempts to pretend we don’t have extremely negative unintended consequences: via The problem with our data-driven world | Fusion.

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June 22

Just What Exactly is Apple Up To?

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Published earlier today on Medium There are a lot of articles analysing Apple’s new music service. (James Cridland’s got a good list of them here.) The majority of them are coming from tech journalists, and unfortunately, they suffer from a major lack of knowledge of how the music business actually works. They are worth reading, but […]

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Why has TV storytelling become so complex?: A journalistic take

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Originally posted on Just TV:
I was recently invited by The Conversation to write something for their site exploring some of the arguments of my new book for a general audience. I like reading The Conversation to see academics writing in a journalistic voice (something that some are better at than others) and support their…

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February 15

The plot thickens – Apple launching a label?

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More news on the Apple music front – Radio 1 DJ, Zane Lowe is leaving the corporation to work for Apple. Jimmy Iovine, and now Zane. Apple’s lining up some heavyweight A&R talent.

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February 09

Apple Records?

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Rumours floating around that Apple is going to move into the label business, as I predicted a few months ago:  http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/08/exclusive-streaming/ Although the TechCrunch article shows a remarkable lack of understanding of how the music industry works and what exactly a record label does, the information at its heart leads to some interesting possibilities. More […]

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January 03

Live at Redmond’s

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I’ll be performing live at Redmond’s in Dennistoun to celebrate the launch of the album, “Live in Glasgow,” recorded last autumn at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Glasgow. I’ll be improvising on the same themes, but with a new guitar this time.  But don’t worry, the sparkly suit will still make an appearance.  The performance […]

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