You’ll notice this site is a bit out-of-date in some areas. But, at least some things have changed, like my avatar for example, it’s brand new – here is another variation:

Excuse the mess

The rest of the site is being re-designed and re-worked while I also work to update my profiles on Twitter, LinkedIn and Skype. For now, please excuse the mess!

With the Surface all over the place I did a bit of poking around to find out what happened to the Microsoft Courier which was proposed back in 2008:

Turns out it’s a pretty interesting tale. Remember Xbox king J Allard who criminally lost all his hard worked credibility by being handed the poisoned chalice that was the Zune? Well, the Courier was his baby – and he worked hard to make it happen. But it was dumped by the MS leadership in favour of the Windows 8/Metro model of a ‘tablet OS everywhere’.

Anyway, soon after the Courier was killed, J Allard left Microsoft (something I completely missed) and went on to eventually make a Courier-inspired iPad app called Tapose, see it in action here:

Looks pretty good right? And who knows, maybe a Windows 8/Surface version will be developed one day.

In February I hosted the first of a new type of digital event in Barnsley with my good mate Matthew Watson.

All new website and branding is in the works, please put up with slightly clunky one for now!

I neglected to blog about this event here but you can read a full run-down of how the first event went on the Digital Barn website.

The next Digital Barn

Our first event was so successful we’ve decided to host another just 7 months after the first one! It will happen on the 22nd of September and be at the Barnsley Digital Media Center.

We’ve signed up some awesome speakers this time (including myself this time!) they are listed on the events Lanyrd page but here is a quick teaser:

• Rachel Shillcock @missrachilli
• Dan Donald @hereinthehive
• Harry Roberts @csswizardry
• Craig Burgess @craigburgess
• Joe Hoyle @joe_hoyle
• Tom Willmot @tomwillmot
• KirstyBurgoine @KirstyBurgoine

And, unlike the first event this one will have 2 tracks including a special 1/2 day session dedicated to digital/web businesses and startups.

Get yer’ tickets now

Standard tickets are £20 but only £10 for a limited time so get over to Eventbrite now and I’ll see you on the 22nd

The London Olympics starts tomorrow so I thought I would have a hack around with the god-awful logo.

Not sure this is any better, guess you can’t polish fecal matter.