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Blog To Speech
October 02, 2022 11:34Listen to this blog post in your browser: Download MP3 audio. Powered by Amazon Polly. I've noticed an interesting trend on some of the blogs I follow. More of them - though by no means the majority - are including audio versions of the content. The usually look something like this: or The ones which […]
Episode 32 – Switching from being a developer to being a manager
October 21, 2019 14:32 - 2 minutes - 1.59 MBWe’re back again with Kim Rowan. Listen to her thoughts about what it’s like to become a manager of technical teams. Read about how she got into tech.
Episode 32 - Switching from being a developer to being a manager
October 21, 2019 14:32 - 2 minutes - 1.59 MBWe're back again with Kim Rowan. Listen to her thoughts about what it's like to become a manager of technical teams. Read about how she got into tech.
Episode 31 – Modernising the Ministry of Justice
October 16, 2019 14:28 - 1 minute - 1.12 MBHow do you modernise the technology of a huge organisation like the UK’s Ministry of Justice? Kim Rowan has some bright ideas. Read Kim’s post on the Application Modernisation Team For more technical posts, read the Just-Tech blog on Medium.
Episode 31 - Modernising the Ministry of Justice
October 16, 2019 14:28 - 1 minute - 1.12 MBHow do you modernise the technology of a huge organisation like the UK's Ministry of Justice? Kim Rowan has some bright ideas. Read Kim's post on the Application Modernisation Team For more technical posts, read the Just-Tech blog on Medium.
Episode 30 - The Science of Laughter - with @Suw
October 08, 2019 06:14 - 1 minute - 942 KBHappy Ada Lovelace Day! I interviewed its founder, Suw Charman-Anderson, on an earlier episode. So here is a BONUS EPISODE for your ears. I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had recording it.
Episode 30 – The Science of Laughter – with @Suw
October 08, 2019 06:14 - 1 minute - 942 KBHappy Ada Lovelace Day! I interviewed its founder, Suw Charman-Anderson, on an earlier episode. So here is a BONUS EPISODE for your ears. I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had recording it.
Episode 29: The Pod Delusion Strikes Back!
August 24, 2019 08:25 - 1 minute - 851 KBAfter five long years, The Pod Delusion is back! This is a quick chat with host & producer James O'Malley. You can listen to back-episodes at https://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/ and I thoroughly recommend sticking it in your podcast app.
Documentally and Backpack Studio
July 26, 2019 06:05 - 1 minute - 949 KBIf two blokes meet up and don't record a podcast, did it even happen? Social Media Maven Documentally showed off his podcasting rig - an app called Backpack Studio. You can listen to the ramblechat we recorded on his feed. Here's our quick chat about this nifty podcasting app - which I hope will one […]
Episode 27 – Hannah Cameron’s makerspace adventures
June 19, 2019 06:51 - 1 minute - 1.3 MBHannah works for Eagle Labs, where she 3D prints things and builds IoT lamps.
Episode 27 - Hannah Cameron's makerspace adventures
June 19, 2019 06:51 - 1 minute - 1.3 MBHannah works for Eagle Labs, where she 3D prints things and builds IoT lamps.
Episode 26 – Dan Pope’s trntxt.uk
June 14, 2019 05:55 - 1 minute - 1.06 MBDo you want an ultra-minimalist, open source, train times website? If so, Dan Pope, has created trntxt.uk just for you!
Episode 26 - Dan Pope's trntxt.uk
June 14, 2019 05:55 - 1 minute - 1.06 MBDo you want an ultra-minimalist, open source, train times website? If so, Dan Pope, has created trntxt.uk just for you!
Episode 25 – The Pay Gap with Rainey David
April 10, 2019 06:54 - 1 minute - 1.05 MBA quick chat with Rainey David all about the gender pay gap. Including top tips on how to value your worth to your employer. Find out more at ThePayGap.com
Episode 25 - The Pay Gap with Rainey David
April 10, 2019 06:54 - 1 minute - 1.05 MBA quick chat with Rainey David all about the gender pay gap. Including top tips on how to value your worth to your employer. Find out more at ThePayGap.com
Episode 24 - Sound Archiving with Thea Cochrane
April 03, 2019 06:52 - 1 minute - 1.05 MBMy pal Thea Cochrane is doing brilliant things with the British Library Sound Archive You can follow along @BLSoundHeritage.
Episode 24 – Sound Archiving with Thea Cochrane
April 03, 2019 06:52 - 1 minute - 1.05 MBMy pal Thea Cochrane is doing brilliant things with the British Library Sound Archive You can follow along @BLSoundHeritage.
Episode 23 - Sixty Second Security with Dan Raywood
March 27, 2019 07:25 - 1 minute - 853 KBHow can you quickly tune up your computer security? Dan Raywood - Contributing Editor at Infosecurity Magazine shares his wisdom with us. If you're interested in an open source password manager, I'm happy to personally recommend BitWarden
Episode 23 – Sixty Second Security with Dan Raywood
March 27, 2019 07:25 - 1 minute - 853 KBHow can you quickly tune up your computer security? Dan Raywood – Contributing Editor at Infosecurity Magazine shares his wisdom with us. If you’re interested in an open source password manager, I’m happy to personally recommend BitWarden
Episode 22 - Recycling with TerraCycle
March 22, 2019 07:38 - 1 minute - 895 KBI'm joined by my old school-chum Rebecca Bradshaw - as we talk about an innovative recycling company - TerraCycle. You can find out more about their recycling programme on Twitter. Sorry for the slightly iffy audio-quality. The call recorder on my phone is OK for admin, but not brilliant for podcasting. Will try to record […]
Episode 22 – Recycling with TerraCycle
March 22, 2019 07:38 - 1 minute - 895 KBI’m joined by my old school-chum Rebecca Bradshaw – as we talk about an innovative recycling company – TerraCycle. You can find out more about their recycling programme on Twitter. Sorry for the slightly iffy audio-quality. The call recorder on my phone is OK for admin, but not brilliant for podcasting. Will try to record…
Episode 21: Ada Lovelace Day Live!
March 17, 2019 17:14 - 1 minute - 1.19 MBI'm joined by Suw Charman-Anderson - powerhouse and founder of Finding Ada. You can follow Finding Ada on Twitter and you can support the project on Patreon. If you'd like to have a chat with me - get in touch.
New Podcasts Coming Soon!
February 26, 2019 21:21 - 2 minutes - 2 MBBecause podcasts are now cool™ again - I've decided to resurrect this feed. If you're interested in being interviewed - please get in touch with me. We can record in person, over the phone, or via Skype. In the meantime, here's the podcast's theme-tune to get you in the mood. And to test that I've […]
Episode 20: @PipWillcox and the Digital First Folio of Shakespeare's Works
December 20, 2014 06:50 - 5 MBOxford's Bodleian library makes high resolution scans of Shakespeare's First Folio available under a Creative Commons licence. Pip Willcox tells us more. About A Minute is an amuse-bouche for podcast listeners. No long intro and outro. No waffling on. No adverts, competitions, arguing, or begging for iTunes reviews. You get to listen to an interesting […]
Episode 20: @PipWillcox and the Digital First Folio of Shakespeare’s Works
December 20, 2014 06:50 - 5 MBOxford’s Bodleian library makes high resolution scans of Shakespeare’s First Folio available under a Creative Commons licence. Pip Willcox tells us more. About A Minute is an amuse-bouche for podcast listeners. No long intro and outro. No waffling on. No adverts, competitions, arguing, or begging for iTunes reviews. You get to listen to an interesting…
Episode 19: Ancient Japanese
December 18, 2014 06:32 - 5 MBTalking to Kerri Russell about the Oxford Corpus of Old Japanese. About A Minute is an amuse-bouche for podcast listeners. No long intro and outro. No waffling on. No adverts, competitions, arguing, or begging for iTunes reviews. You get to listen to an interesting person chat for about a minute - that's it! Get About […]
Episode 18: @Kerpowla and @InspireWIT
December 16, 2014 06:44 - 5 MBStudent Paula Clerkin has just run a successful conference for Women In Technology. Read about how she organised the conference, check out her blog, and follow her code on GitHub. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro […]
Episode 17: The @AmySharrocks Sea-fall Experience
December 14, 2014 10:59 - 5 MBOnce again I'm joined by Rosie Clarke. Today we talk about the artist Amy Sharrocks. To learn more about Amy Sharrocks' work, visit the Museum of Water and follow her on Twitter. And, as a special bonus, here's Rosie talking in a bit more detail about the Sea-fall. About A Minute is an amuse-bouche for […]
Episode 16: Kerri Russell talks about Digital Shakespeare #ShakeHack
December 12, 2014 06:33 - 5 MBChatting with Oxford University's Kerry Russell about their Shakespearean Hackfest. You can access all the data from the Bodleian library's digital First Folio. You can also read about my Hamlet Audio Hack. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on […]
Episode 15: Museums At Night
December 10, 2014 07:00 - 5 MBEver wanted to explore a museum at night time? Rosie Clarke tells you how! Museums at Night is Culture24's festival of inspiring after hours cultural events at museums, galleries and heritage sites. Next year it's on across the UK from Thursday May 14 until Saturday May 16 2015. Get About A Minute as soon as […]
Episode 14: Wikipedia VIP with @PigsOnTheWing
December 08, 2014 06:00 - 5 MBWhat do famous people sound like? The Wikipedia Voice Introduction Project seeks to find out. Learn more on Andy Mabbett's blog or follow #WikiVIP on Twitter. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed […]
Episode 13: @RosieClarke Loves Toast
December 06, 2014 11:34 - 5 MBRosie Clarke and I have a chat about her new favourite website The-Toast.net. Here are some highlights that Rosie asked me to share. There is a feature where historical characters are reimagined as teenage dirtbags – Iike Dirtbag Teddy Roosevelt There are haunting folksy horror Letter from the Editor Presenting the affectionate monthly Dad Magazine […]
Episode 12: ORCID with @PigsOnTheWing
December 03, 2014 07:00 - 5 MBA delightful chat with Andy Mabbett about http://orcid.org/. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur Aptukov from The Noun Project. This podcast is licensed under a […]
Episode 11 – Sketchnoting with @rohdesign
December 01, 2014 15:00 - 5 MBMike Rohde talks about his work teaching people to draw while the take notes. Join the fun at Sketchnote Army – and follow Mike on Twitter or his Blog. Buy Mike’s books from Amazon: Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can…
Episode 11 - Sketchnoting with @rohdesign
December 01, 2014 15:00 - 5 MBMike Rohde talks about his work teaching people to draw while the take notes. Join the fun at Sketchnote Army - and follow Mike on Twitter or his Blog. Buy Mike's books from Amazon: Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can […]
Episode 10: Better Email #CampaignForRealEmail
November 26, 2014 07:01 - 5 MBDoes your email suck? Chris Woods has some suggestions on how to fix it. Check out his Better Emails tool for Outlook. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch […]
Episode 9: Accessibility with @LauraKalbag
November 25, 2014 06:00 - 5 MBA short chat on why accessibility matters - and what we can do to improve how we approach it. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur […]
Episode 8: Infantile Spasms – @mcwoods
November 24, 2014 14:56 - 5 MBChatting once again with Chris Woods – find out more about infantile spasms at With Big Hair. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music “Gran Vals” performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur Aptukov from…
Episode 8: Infantile Spasms - @mcwoods
November 24, 2014 14:56 - 5 MBChatting once again with Chris Woods - find out more about infantile spasms at With Big Hair. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur Aptukov from […]
Episode 7: The No Phone & @Documentally
November 23, 2014 14:53 - 5 MBThe Internet's own bearded wonder - Documentally - talks for about a minute on the wonder that is... The No Phone! Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon […]
Episode 6: Cloud Computing
November 22, 2014 06:46 - 5 MBToday, a quick natter about how Intel wants to reinvent Cloud Computing. Find out more from Intel about Cloudwave or follow Chris on Twitter. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian […]
Episode 5: Cray Super Computers
November 20, 2014 07:00 - 5 MBIf you visit The National Museum of Computing, you can see a real working Cray Supercomputer! An interview with @Computid. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon by […]
Episode 4: The National Museum of Computing
November 17, 2014 07:50 - 5 MBA brief chat with Lynn from TNMOC - go visit it up in Bletchley Park. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur Aptukov from The Noun […]
Episode 3: Future of Mobile - Podcast
November 16, 2014 14:19 - 5 MBA quick chat with Paul Johnston of Padajo about his ideas on the future of mobile. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur Aptukov from The […]
Episode 3: Future of Mobile – Podcast
November 16, 2014 14:19 - 5 MBA quick chat with Paul Johnston of Padajo about his ideas on the future of mobile. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music “Gran Vals” performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur Aptukov from The…
About A Minute - Introducing Ind.ie
November 14, 2014 12:32 - 5 MBI had a chat with Laura Kalbag, one of the designers at Ind.ie. If you're interested in helping build platforms and phones which are free of corporate spyware - please donate to their crowdfunding campaign. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you […]
About A Minute – Introducing Ind.ie
November 14, 2014 12:32 - 5 MBI had a chat with Laura Kalbag, one of the designers at Ind.ie. If you’re interested in helping build platforms and phones which are free of corporate spyware – please donate to their crowdfunding campaign. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you…
Introducing About A Minute – A New Podcast
November 10, 2014 12:04 - 5 MBI’ve decided to start a new podcast. Something nice and short – snackable content, if you will. I’ll be interviewing people for about a minute on something interesting they’ve done or found. If you’d like to appear on a future episode, please get in touch. For the first podcast I’m interviewing myself. So here’s a…
Introducing About A Minute - A New Podcast
November 10, 2014 12:04 - 5 MBI've decided to start a new podcast. Something nice and short - snackable content, if you will. I'll be interviewing people for about a minute on something interesting they've done or found. If you'd like to appear on a future episode, please get in touch. For the first podcast I'm interviewing myself. So here's a […]