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.
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... 
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... 
Having lived in some of Scotland’s remotest areas, I have an appreciation for being digitally connected. I have a pretty decent ADSL connection in Forres, and I have a good mobile phone signal most of the places I visit in my local area. It can be patchy ‘out in the sticks’ but I never really feel ‘out of touch’.
When I went ‘south’ for my holidays this year, I... 
Product launches are scary things. You spend however long perfecting your product, but there’s no test like putting it in the hands of the public.
Flipboard is a new app for the iPad that got rave reviews all over the internet on the day it launched. Some of the nicest things that have ever been said about anything were said about Flipboard. It’s a free app that scans your friends’... 
