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Loose Wire blog

• We’re All Kevin Smiths Now March 7, 2010
  (This is a copy of my Loose Wire Sevice column, produced for newspapers and other print publications. Hence the lack of links.) A few weeks ago a gentleman of, by his own account, more than average girth was thrown off...
• The Power of Non News March 1, 2010
  I attend a lot of conferences where newsmen (yes I know it’s an outmoded, sexist term, but that’s the kind of industry we’re in) wring their hands about the future of their profession. Or rather the lack of it. And...
• Podcast: Hackers on Film, Cellphone Recycling ATMs February 26, 2010
  Thispodcast is from my weekly slot on Radio Australia Today with Phil Kafcaloudes and Adelaine Ng, wherein I chat about: The hacker on celluloid How to recyle your phone via an ATM machine (and get some money for it). etc...
• Podcast: Hotel Business Centers February 25, 2010
  Spending a week in the Philippines at one of Manila's fancier hotels reminded me how far hotel business centers have to go to catch up with the rest of the leisure industry. A weekly column I recorded for the BBC...
• Podcast: Eye-controlled MP3, and dirt cheap mobile phones February 19, 2010
  This (abbreviated) podcast is from my weekly slot on Radio Australia Today with Phil Kafcaloudes and Adelaine Ng: NTT DoCoMo's eye-controlled earphones, Vodafone's announcement of super cheap cellphones. etc. Schedule To listen to the podcast, click on the button below....
• Podcast: The Walkman Revolution Redux February 18, 2010
  Going to watch a band I hadn't seen in 30 years made me realised what changed everything. A weekly column I recorded for the BBC World Service Business Daily (the Business Daily podcast is here.) To listen to the podcast,...
• Evoting? First Bad Omen February 10, 2010
  I’m in the Philippines to look at their preparations for an automated evoting election in May. This morning’s visit to the hotel’s business center wasn’t a good omen: no antivirus software on their computers. This might not tell us very...
• Podcast: Phishing Carbon Credits, Comment Chaos February 5, 2010
  This podcast is from my weekly slot on Radio Australia Today with Phil Kafcaloudes and Adelaine Ng: A recent phishing attrack on carbon permits in Germany The implications of Engadget's temporary ban on comments. To listen to the podcast, click...
• Podcast: iPads, Nexus and Goojje January 29, 2010
  This podcast is from my weekly slot on Radio Australia Today with Phil Kafcaloudes and Adelaine Ng: The MaxiPad, sorry, iPad The Google Nexus One (I've got one, not 100% happy with it) With Google threatening to quit China, enter...
• Podcast: The Future of Interfaces January 24, 2010
  Is the future of interface design one involving, flicking, flailing arms and grunts? A weekly column I recorded for the BBC World Service Business Daily (the Business Daily podcast is here.) To listen to the podcast, click on the button...