kierenmccarthy.co.uk

The tagline for my book on the Sex.com saga has to be with the publishers on Thursday i.e. in two days.
We – meaning me and the publisher – are still undecided so here is your chance to have some fun and help me out. There are a list below of the sort of variations [...]

I’m trying out some new Web2.0 stuff called Plazes, which tracks me as I move around.
I’ll tie it into this blog in a minute, but in the meantime, here is the URL to follow if you want to know where I am at any give time:
http://beta.plazes.com/user/KierenMcCarthy
I have some code. Let’s see if this works…
Download Flash [...]

It’s not often you start the day by kicking a dog full in the face. Actually I didn’t do it, but I did get closer than I ever thought possible to mangling a mutt’s features. I was on my morning jog and this little but sturdy beast broke away from its owners and started chasing [...]

I am being putting through one of those bi-annual days when you have to actually restrain yourself from smashing in your computer. And it is all thanks to Microsoft.

Today was the launch of the latest version of Microsoft Windows, Vista. I was news editing and eventually stuck up three stories (albeit with widely different angles) because, after all, Windows informs how millions of people interact with computers, whether they are aware of it or not.
The thing I most love and hate about Windows [...]

Starting 5 February, I will be the “general manager, public participation” for ICANN – an organisation I have closely followed and frequently criticised almost since its inception in 1999. I’m excited about it, and the possibilities the position holds.
Here then is a blog post about why I took the job and what I hope to [...]

I’m no great fan of the animal rights campaigning group Speak but according to this week’s Oxford Times, they have been dragged into a worrying legal battle over an Internet mailing list.
According to the paper, Speak’s main two, Robert Cogswell and Mel Broughton, face contempt charges on Mon 29 Jan at the High Court because [...]

I’m a bit late to this one, with Charles Arthur, Andrew Grant-Adamson, Martin Stabe; and Roy Greenslade all drawing collective gasps and stiffling laughter, but just in case there is anyone interested in the UK media that reads this blog but none of those above…
My god The Independent doesn’t get the Internet.
It has started – [...]

As you can see, I am exhausting myself in Mexico.

Actually this was ten minutes of blissful relaxation forced on me as I had to wait for my room in Cascadas de Merida to be cleaned. I wish I could have stayed in the hammock all day but my brain is buzzing with ideas for my [...]

I am sat in Merida, Mexico at the moment when perhaps I should be in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show, but even so I have been keeping an eye on matters each morning thanks to my Internet connection.
I watched the iPhone announcement online (encapsulated review: about time someone rethought how we interact phones, [...]