Writing

Selected pieces are archived on Medium, including a collection of my editorials on tech and policy for MacUser and one of my favourite designer interviews. Original Medium posts include a typographic whodunnit that ranked in the site’s top ten stories, the armchair investigation into TV Licensing that resulted in one of my oddest BBC interviews, and a take on the problematic humour of Ricky Gervais, who I worked with for one night before you’d heard of him. Also here is a Steve Jobs story as told to me by Hasmig Seropian, one of four women central to Apple’s history who I interviewed for the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh.

I wrote for Condé Nast’s Ars Technica UK about Kodi and the copyright police, the many wonders of Maker Faire, why Apple’s Swift Playgrounds is no HyperCard, and myths about public Wi-Fi.

For Alphr, I really, really tried to communicate with Siri. They also have my final MacUser piece on the Twitter Joke Trial, which we covered from the start. The free speech angle feels a bit quaint now, doesn’t it?

I tried to write my book review of Brent Schlender’s Steve Jobs biography in a style so hyped that even The Register wouldn’t feel the need to add any more screamers to it. Think I nailed it.

I’ve investigated copyright trolls and other scammers, written and edited thousands of hardware and software product reviews and crafted tutorials on tech and creative topics for consumers and professionals. If you’re wondering if I’ve covered something before or might be the right person for it, ping me and we’ll find out.