Alexandra Palace photos in the early morning
I’ve been enjoying taking pics with my phone in Alexandra Palace. You can see many of them in my Good Morning Ally Pally Instagram feed here (instagram link).
London
Roof Party with The Krill
A wonderful 2017 surf rock debut, with the sun shining across the rooftops of Whitechapel.
Christmas catch up with the Essex Hereford Mob
We spent a December evening with some of the old (1990s) Woodford/Loughton/Chingford bunch, at SushiSamba. Same bunch that went to Hereford.
#BJRP Gig in Ryan’s Bar, Stoke Newington
Great gig from BJRP – the Bon Jovi Response Plan* – at Ryan’s Bar in Stoke Newington.
Esquire Swing play Fathers Day Gig at Belgique
With the sun shining and some Jazz from Esquire Swing, we all met up at Belgique for Fathers Day.
#newsHACK London 2015 – The News Industry Accelerator
We’ve just held #newsHACK in London, in partnership with Global Editors Network, and including an impressive spread of News organisations.
Visit to Goldsmiths MA class for Computational Journalism
After a quick chat with Miranda McLachlan at HacksHackersLondon, she kindly invited me in to visit the University, and to meet her MA class in computational journalism.
Storytelling at the Tooting Bec Festival
This is what British summers are all about – festivals with Storytelling, people on stilts, arts & crafts, real ale, barbecues, and bumping into old friends.
Lea Rowing Club Regatta – April 2015
We spent a great morning with Dad, at the Lea Rowing Club 2015 Regatta; boats, cakes, coffee, sandwiches, and REAL ROWING RACES.
Rehearsal with #BJRP
In Matt Farrar’s absence, I stood in on drums for a BJRP Rehearsal. Great fun – ups and downs, light and shade, and some forgetting of the tunes 🙂
Visit to SKY NEWS
At last we got around to visiting James Murphy, George, Laden et al down at the SKY complex in Osterly.
Christmas 2014 – Family Get-togethers
Great gathering this year – Amy, Evelio, Russel, Susan, Alexander are all over in London for Christmas,… plus Virginia & Glenny, Ed & Rumbie, Lori & Fred, and Wendy & I; lots of plans and lots of celebration.
#newsHACK III – Language Technologies Hack – Tower Bridge
#newsHACK III – Language Technology was a 2 day hack event in London focussed on “Multilingual Automated News Services of the Future”.
BBC News Labs – Christmas Season Asynchronous Workshop 2014
This year, we held our News Labs’ Christmas/Festive Asynchronous Workshop at The Queens Head on Acton Street in London. We also had a Jazz Band playing.
Neurotech Rig Demo at Imperial College for DE2014.org
Today we demonstrated the “OPTIMAL MEMORY RIG” at the “Digital Economy 2014” conference at Imperial College London. This “Rig” uses BBC Archive clips to trigger an emotional reaction in users, and to measure their “fixation” on topics.
Catch up with the Essex Lads, in Hoxton
Nice night out with the chaps from Loughton (Adam Drake), Buckhurst Hill (Steve Andrews), Theydon (Andy Matthews), and those who used to be in Woodford (Jim, Ian and I).
The Dees – New Album Strategy Evening – London
We are officially part-way into our 11 tracks of a new album for The Dees. So it seemed right to meet up and discuss strategy.
Night out with Wendy
Sometimes it’s nice to pretend like it was 10 years ago, before the brood, before the busy busy. We had a great night out.
News Labs at MozFest 2014 Science Fair – look: BEARDS!!
Another amazing tiring, flat-out exhausting demo marathon at MozFest’s 2014 event “Science Fair”. And this year, slightly more bearded men than last year.
Meetup at Dreambags
Had a great night at Dreambags and in Hoxton. Was planning to meet with Andy Matthews too, but he got stuck at work.