Author Archives: Martin
Giving With Kiva
As of March 2011, I’m up to 36 loans on Kiva. All loans have been to entrepreneurs in Peru, for a variety of retail and agriculture services. It’s been massively rewarding to be able to help with a simple loan. … Continue reading
Gamecity 5 and Onward
I finally attended my first ever Gamecity in 2010, the festival’s fifth year. So it took four years to get there, but it was everything I expected it to be. However, it seems that it wasn’t everything the organisers expected … Continue reading
Taking Hits on Twitseek
Twitseek.com has been blessed with a glut of traffic in the last few months. After being up for over a year, something has kicked in to drive traffic to the site. Increased Page Views A combination of Google Webmaster Tools, … Continue reading
Willy Wonka of Carbonation
A great video of John Nese, the “Willy Wonka of carbonation”, from Galcos Soda Pop Stop by chow.com. John Nese is talking about the massive variety of sodas they have for sale. His passion for the product is fantastic and … Continue reading
Kiva – The Game
Kiva is an amazing organisation which allows me to loan money to entrepreneurs on the other side of the world. And I love it. And I want to tell people about it. Using services like Foursquare and Gowalla I cannot … Continue reading
Red Kites
I only know the Red Kite from the real ale produced by the Black Isle Brewery. It is the king of ales and was randomly discovered on a trip to Cawdor Castle. Red Kites are massive. I’d imagined something the … Continue reading
Spread Eagle, Thame – Reviewed
We chose our hotel for the weekend very carefully. It could be said that we exercised more care than the hotel. We were given a room from the 70’s. Then got the room we had paid for as seen on … Continue reading
iPhone 4 Calling
I’ve been patiently waiting for the new iPhone to be announced since my contract on the iPhone 3G finished in February after 18 months. I’ve not really had any problems with O2 so was fine to carry on with them. … Continue reading
Glastonbury Festival 2010
Glastonbury Festival 2010 was amazing! Not even a rubbish performance from our football team could dampen the heated spirits of 180,000 revellers in a field. And my god was it hot! With Glastonbury, but not other festivals, the best bits … Continue reading
Spotify Comes Into Its Own
Spotify has really come into its own recently and that’s because of its accessibility from elsewhere. iPhone The ability to run Spotify as a background task on the iPhone has finally made it usable on the device. Until then, it … Continue reading