A few days ago I posted my own definition of the semantic web on the NESTA blog. I tried to explain what the next generation of the web will be like, in terms that even my mother could understand. I guess I did a pretty good job of it, because as of today it has [...] Read More

Following on from my earlier post about the death of internet radio as we know it, the UK has once again followed the US model and hiked the royalty fees paid by internet radio stations to levels that will make it nearly impossible for niche stations to exist (legally) anymore. What they’ve really done is [...] Read More

This past weekend, The Guardian sponsored a virtual festival in Second Life, the online alternate reality environment. Here’s a few snippets of what I had to say about it on my work blog: On the whole, it looked just like a real-life music festival: several stages, a campsite complete with tents, drinks stalls and whatnot. [...] Read More