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The beautiful people and the badly-dressed Brit: Touring Miami's Art Deco district
I wasn't quite sure what to expect of Miami. My only experience of the city was from watching CSI:Miami, Miami Vice (the 80s version, not the movie remake) and playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. So I kind of thought I might instantly get into some sort of gangland action. Actually, when I got there, I just got into a really, really, really long wait for the not-so-Super Shuttle to take me from airport to hotel. It was the Grand...

Read the full post - Published April 29, 2008 in Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #11: The EA Games centre in Hong Kong
I recently spent three weeks visiting Macau, the former Portuguese territory on the south coast of China. As a former colony like Hong Kong, it is now a 'Special Administrative Region'. This post is the last of a series looking at aspects of information design, user experience, internet use and journalism that interested me when I was there. Whilst I was staying in one Chinese 'Special Administrative Region', it made sense to visit the other, Hong Kong. During my...

Read the full post - Published April 2, 2008 in Games, Macau, Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #10: The grave of the magnetic telegraph engineer
I recently spent three weeks visiting Macau, the former Portuguese territory on the south coast of China. As a former colony like Hong Kong, it is now a 'Special Administrative Region'. This post is one of a series looking at aspects of information design, user experience, internet use and journalism that interested me when I was there. As Macau was a Portuguese colony, the chief denomination of Christianity in the region was Roman Catholicism. That meant that for many...

Read the full post - Published March 29, 2008 in Macau, Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #9: Information design on Macau's transport system
I recently spent three weeks visiting Macau, the former Portuguese territory on the south coast of China. As a former colony like Hong Kong, it is now a 'Special Administrative Region'. This post is one of a series looking at aspects of information design, user experience, internet use and journalism that interested me when I was there. Whilst I was staying in Macau I mostly got around by public transport. There is an excellent network of buses across the...

Read the full post - Published March 28, 2008 in Macau, Transport, Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #8: David Beckham in Hong Kong
I recently spent three weeks visiting Macau, the former Portuguese territory on the south coast of China. As a former colony like Hong Kong, it is now a 'Special Administrative Region'. This post is one of a series looking at aspects of information design, user experience, internet use and journalism that interested me when I was there. Whilst I was in Macau last month, it seemed simply churlish not to take the hour ferry ride across the Pearl River...

Read the full post - Published March 26, 2008 in Football, Macau, Newspapers, Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #7: Information design in 3 languages
I recently spent three weeks visiting Macau, the former Portuguese territory on the south coast of China. As a former colony like Hong Kong, it is now a 'Special Administrative Region'. This post is one of a series looking at aspects of information design, user experience, internet use and journalism that interested me when I was there. The unique appeal of Macau is that it is a former Portuguese colony located in Southern China. In fact, it is less...

Read the full post - Published March 25, 2008 in Macau, Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #6: The land of SMS spam
I recently spent three weeks visiting Macau, the former Portuguese territory on the south coast of China. As a former colony like Hong Kong, it is now a 'Special Administrative Region'. This post is one of a series looking at aspects of information design, user experience, internet use and journalism that interested me when I was there. Macau's telecomms industry seems to have a great deal of competition in the mobile network sector. With leaks from mainland China, at...

Read the full post - Published March 23, 2008 in Macau, Mobiles, Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #5: Hong Kong's Edison Chen sex photo scandal rumbles on
I recently spent three weeks visiting Macau, the former Portuguese territory on the south coast of China. As a former colony like Hong Kong, it is now a 'Special Administrative Region'. This post is one of a series looking at aspects of information design, user experience, internet use and journalism that interested me when I was there. "As of this evening, the police have made significant advances towards solving this malicious crime. As from the beginning I will continue...

Read the full post - Published March 22, 2008 in Macau, Travelogue, Web

Postcard from Macau #4: Hong Kong's missing TV archive
I recently spent three weeks visiting Macau, the former Portuguese territory on the south coast of China. As a former colony like Hong Kong, it is now a 'Special Administrative Region'. This post is one of a series looking at aspects of information design, user experience, internet use and journalism that interested me when I was there. In the first of my posts about my recent trip to Macau, I mentioned the Sunday Morning Post. This is an English...

Read the full post - Published March 20, 2008 in BBC, Doctor Who, Macau, Television, Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #3: An idiot's guide to Chinese piracy
I recently spent three weeks visiting Macau, the former Portuguese territory on the south coast of China. As a former colony like Hong Kong, it is now a 'Special Administrative Region'. This post is one of a series looking at aspects of information design, user experience, internet use and journalism that interested me when I was there. The south-east Asian region has long been reputed as a hotbed of CD and DVD piracy. I saw many stores selling 'suspect'...

Read the full post - Published March 18, 2008 in Macau, Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #2: Measuring customer satisfaction at the Chinese border

Published March 17, 2008 in Macau, Travelogue

Postcard from Macau #1: Selling adverts in the Chinese 'free' press

Published March 16, 2008 in Articles, Macau, Newspapers, Travelogue

My photographs of Sedlic Ossuary gaining a wider audience

Published November 27, 2007 in Flickr, Travelogue

Haunted Malta

Published July 11, 2005 in Ghost Walks, Popular, Travelogue

Malta and Gozo - Day Six

Published July 1, 2005 in Travelogue

Malta and Gozo - Day Five

Published June 30, 2005 in Travelogue

Malta and Gozo - Day Four: 'Il Forno'

Published June 28, 2005 in Travelogue

Malta and Gozo - Day Four

Published June 23, 2005 in Travelogue

Malta and Gozo - Day Three

Published June 21, 2005 in Travelogue

Malta and Gozo - Day Two

Published June 20, 2005 in Travelogue

Malta and Gozo - Day One

Published June 19, 2005 in Travelogue

Moufflon on the menu

Published January 24, 2005 in Cyprus, Travelogue

A religious lesson in a taxi

Published January 19, 2005 in Cyprus, Travelogue

The ignorance of the Great British tourist

Published January 19, 2005 in Travelogue

Eboracum Ahoy! A visit to York

Published September 26, 2004 in Travelogue

Postcard from Dubai

Published March 7, 2004 in Travelogue