Writer and journalist focusing on technology, politics, economics, and culture (roughly in that order). I've written for many of the biggest tech websites on the internet: Wired,...Read moreWriter and journalist focusing on technology, politics, economics, and culture (roughly in that order). I've written for many of the biggest tech websites on the internet: Wired, Daily Dot, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, ComputerWeekly. I've also written for an assortment of websites covering politics, current affairs, music and literature: the New Internationalist, AlterNet, TruthOut, Real Business, Bandcamp, Kenyon Review, Electric Literature, Tiny Mix Tapes, PopMatters, Choose.
While my main specialty is technology, I'm highly versatile as a writer and can write engagingly on a variety of areas and for a variety of audiences. I also have experience as an editor, having worked full-time as a News Editor for the consumer website Choose.co.uk.
Portfolio:
How charities are harnessing the power of VR, Daily Dot, January 22nd, 2018
This week's Bitcoin crash was all about fraud and regulation, The Verge, January 18th, 2018
It's not robots we should fear, it's their creators, VentureBeat, November 8th, 2017
Google and Facebook's New Love for Pay Walls Will Make Online Publishing Less Open, AlterNet, October 31st, 2017
Ofcom's attempts to justify Openreach dominance will only hasten network's decline, Real Business, September 25th, 2017
When VR Training Makes the Job Look Better than It Is, Wired, September 14th, 2017
The AI Chatbot Will Hire You Now, Wired, September 13th, 2017
Facebook's Watch will turn your friends into a TV focus group, Daily Dot, August 15th, 2017
Silicon Valley Can't Fight All Our Political Battles for Us, Truthout, June 8th, 2017
Why Theresa May's approach to social mobility is incoherent, New Internationalist, June 5th, 2017
If advertisers want to avoid ad-blockers, they'll have to give us more power over our personal data, LSE Media Policy Project Blog, April 20, 2017 (ghost written for Choose.co.uk MD)
Lloyds' 'micro branches' will only deepen the damage caused by branch closures, MoveYourMoney, April 7, 2017
£200 million fund can speed up demand for speedy FTTP broadband, Computer Weekly, March 31 2017 (ghost written for Choose.co.uk MD)
Big data can't bring objectivity to a subjective world, TechCrunch, November 18, 2016
The Era of Post-Truth Politics Is the Failure to Adapt to the Digital Age, Truthout, November 2, 2016
After a Three-Year Hiatus, Blank Banshee Breaks His Silence with "MEGA", Bandcamp Daily, October 17, 2016
Escaping Reality: the Iconography of Vaporwave, Bandcamp Daily, September 16, 2016
Music of the Spectacle: Alienation, Irony and the Politics of Vaporwave, Bandcamp Daily, August 23, 2016
The Kids Aren't Healthier, They're Just Unhealthier in New Ways, Nerve, July 21, 2016
Donald Trump and the Dangers of Confusing the Ability to Offend with the Ability to Govern, Truthout, July 7, 2016
Vectors of Vektroid and Vaporwave, Bandcamp Daily, June 21, 2016
Chatbots are the future of advertising, The Daily Dot, June 6, 2016
Technological innovation is often simply an innovation in how we think about technology, TechCrunch, May 29, 2016
Here's Why Bitcoin-Inspired Tech Isn't Taking Over the World Anytime Soon, The Daily Dot, May 4, 2016
The Future of TV Isn't Netflix and Amazon - It's Facebook and Twitter, The Daily Dot, April 14, 2016
Why Are So Many Reality TV Stars Committing Suicide?, Global Comment, March 24, 2016
How Social Media Policing and Online Vigilantism May Increase Wrongful Convictions, Truthout, March 6, 2016
Why Starbucks Will Win Over Italy: It Doesn't Really Sell Coffee, Wired, March 4, 2016
Ten Signs You Have No Idea About Relationships, Alternet, March 3, 2016
If I May Use Some of It, Full Stop, February 23, 2016
Ten Shocking Lies the US Government Made Us Believe, Crime Viral, February 20, 2016
Alienated, The Morning News, November 16, 2015
The More Robots We Bring into Society, the More We're Forced to Behave Like Them, Alternet, November 9, 2015
No Celebrities Allowed: Actor Bands and the Reminder that All Bands Are Actors, Ad Hoc, July 23, 2014