Passionate about technology, media and chocolate eclairs, I've worked in web and print for over twenty years and now run a digital media consultancy in Scotland.
When a journalist takes the editor’s seat for the first time on a publication, his or her first editorial is an exciting piece to write. It will be the first opportunity to champion the changes that he or she believes in, and it will be the benchmark against which their journalistic aspirations are measured.
In his first week in the top job at The Drum, Gordon Young writes about how the internet is... 
My prediction for 2011.
Mobile web will become ubiquitous
I can retrace predictions back to 2000 that each successive year was going to be the ‘year of the mobile web’. Yet it has never been more than a glint in the eye of a few geeks. This year, it WILL happen.
How do I know this? Firstly, the mobile web could never have happened without capable devices. But just what is capable? I’ve... 
I’ve had an avid interest in QR codes for a while now. I’m being geeky when I recall that the first time I tried them out was three mobile phones ago. That was my Nokia N95, so in real terms, probably about three years ago.
We’re all familiar with barcodes in our shopping baskets and with recently installed self-serve tills in most supermarkets now, we all know how to scan them.
QR codes... 
A hyperlocal news blogger has turned the print-to-digital convergence model on its head by publishing a print version of his blog. (Guardian: Hyperlocal blogger expands into print publishing)
In a complete reversal of what is happening elsewhere in the publishing industry, where many newspapers are battling against dwindling advertising revenue and circulation figures, an entrepreneurial blogger could... 
News that the Metro city newspaper will be posting reviews on Foursquare (UK newspaper puts editorial content onto Foursquare) shows more proof that adventurous publishers are willing to put social media to the test.
Although the mobile geolocation service has yet to reach critical mass, it is wholesale support of this type of development that will help it get a leg up to become a recognised tool for... 
