Hello! I’m a 📢 public relations professional, and I love the 🌍 open web, 🎭 open culture, and 🏙️ open cities.
Blog
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Building a Block Theme
I’ve been [badly] writing WordPress themes for this blog since sometime around 2006 or 2007. With new block themes supported, I’ve tried an experiment to recreate my classic theme for full-site editing.
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Everyday AI
I got the idea to try these weekly posts after realising how many links I was saving while browsing the Web. It isn’t my goal with this little project to provide a comprehensive exploration of an area, more of a stroll through the bits that interest me just now. So with my excuses out of…
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Hypertext
I’m trying something new here. Rather than write a screed about how we should all get on bicycles and take up blogging again, I’m going to share some links to things I found interesting on the Web this week. It might become a (kind of) weekly thing and probably will go out on Thursdays. So,…
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The End of a Long Chapter
The Queen died yesterday. Even though I have felt an increasing republican sentiment over the last few years, her death feels like the end of a very long chapter for Britain. Elizabeth became Queen of a Britain that most politicians for the last decade have held up as the ideal. The Platonic Britain was draped…
A passion for communicating
My work is centred on making “expert” topics understandable, helping to connect people and ideas.
Making the complicated simple
I find ways to make complicated topics simple through clear communication.
Building foundations
I build the foundations for strong public and non-profit sector communication.
Open systems
I care about open systems that contribute to society, whether that be software, art, or the places we live.