Aug 31
Personal David
journalism, london, nokia world, podcast
Hello readers,
I’m still busy writing for All About Symbian, and managing my CFS, so blog posts here have had to wait. However, I wanted to post a quick summary of my latest activities, and where you can find me these days.
My last-but-one blog post told of my very first podcast appearance. I’m pleased to say I’ve had a lot more podcast appearances since then. I’m a regular member on the All About Symbian podcast; and back in July I was a guest on episode 11 of Disaster Protocol, an information security podcast. I’ll also be making a return appearance on the Phones Show Chat podcast at the end of September.
My most exciting news is that I’ll be attending both days of the Nokia World 2010 event as part of the All About Symbian team! I’ll be in London from the 13th to 15th of September. I’ll also be attending the blogger meet at the 1000Heads office. I’m very excited about this, and it will be my first time in the field chasing stories. I am also going to have to carefully manage my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Fortunately, my hotel room isn’t far away, so I can easily rest up if I need to.
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Jul 18
Reviews David
cooling, fan, flexible, gadget, power, usb
USB Cooling Fan
Hello readers, I’m giving some attention to my blog again, and I have a few more posts lined up, so watch this space!
For today, I just want to show off a little gizmo that was sent to me by MobileFun.co.uk. It’s a USB powered fan, for keeping cool while you’re working at your laptop. It consists of a USB plug, and a flexible metal stem, mounted on which is the fan motor. The blades are made of fabric which means it’s safe if you accidentally catch your skin in the fan while it’s spinning
The flexible stem means you can plug it into your laptop and bend it to whatever position and orientation you need. My laptop has trouble dissipating waste heat at the best of times, so this could even help cool the keyboard down, etc.
When you see the fan at the MobileFun product page, it’s shown with a red button, and two blue LED’s, the review unit I was sent didn’t have either of these, so you have been warned – I know how some people are about getting their blue LED’s 
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Jun 17
Personal David
audio, chat, david, gilson, microphone, mobile, phones, podcast, show
Exciting news – I was a guest on this week’s Phones Show Chat podcast!
David recording with the Phones Show Chat team
Quite a while ago, I posted about some of my favourite podcasts, and Steve Litchfield’s Phones Show was one of my video choices. Since then, along with Tim Salmon, Steve launched a companion audio-only weekly podcast where they discuss mobile phones and applications.
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Jun 2
Personal David
cfs, degree, health, Maths, me, mobile, msc, phd, Physics, pvfs, teaching, technology, thesis, writing
The mobile influence
I haven’t written a proper blog post for quite sometime. Since my 50th article (on sites other than this one) has just been published, it seemed a good time to write a post about my writing.
When this blog was a year old I said that I hoped to start writing for other sites, and that is exactly what I did. A result is that posts have been less frequent on here. Although, I whole heartedly think it’s been worth neglecting this place for what I’ve achieved.
Two things have always driven me, even back through my academic days when I was studying for a PhD in quantum physics (no really – I was!). I am a technology enthusiast, and I enjoy explaining complicated subjects. At one time this was driving me towards teaching. Even though I never went for full-teacher training, I have taught physics and maths up to and including degree level. It’s off-topic, but I have immense admiration for teachers, and th e essential yet thankless work they do. I think teaching is the most noble profession there is, and most people don’t realise the toll that teaching takes on a person.
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Apr 26
Reviews David
camera, clamp, desktop, holder, mobile, phone, tripod
For bloggers, like me, who look at a lot of gadgets, sooner or later the need to post a video arises. Making video with mobile phones is becoming more of a viable option as camera phones continually improve. However, mobile phones don’t have a standard tripod mount. There used to be the Nokia DT-22 tripod for phones, although that was discontinued some time ago. Thankfully, a new mobile phone tripod holder has hit the market and I’ve been sent one for review from MobileFun.co.uk (Thanks!).
Desktop tripod with Nokia N97
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