Rhodri Marsden » and the proof

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Alright? I'm the technology columnist for The Independent, and have written stuff for The Observer, the Radio Times, The Guardian, Olive, Zeppotron and many others, on subjects as scintillating as crumpets, Morrissey and data centres. I've written a book about wasting time on the internet called FWD This Link, and another called The Next Big Thing which is a history of things that seemed like a good idea at the time. I sometimes go on the radio, too.
I've been in so many terrible bands I've lost count, but these days I play with Scritti Politti, Gentlemen's Agreement, Keith John Adams and occasionally Frank Sidebottom. There's more information about me here. Sorry about that.

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10th Mar

The Independent: Why are we fed up with smartphones? http://is.gd/a5f7J

10th Mar

The Independent: From tiny dotcoms the internet has grown http://is.gd/a5dgJ

10th Mar

The Independent: Is it safe for kids to use social networking websites? http://is.gd/a5cIs

3rd Mar

The Independent: Does internet access qualify as a human right? http://is.gd/9DbLu

1st Mar

The Independent: It’s like tackling shoplifting by removing all the escalators http://is.gd/9rnbe

24th Feb

The Independent: Are catchy domains worth the cash? http://is.gd/9GBUG

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19th Jun, 2003

and the proof

The proof I live in SW17. Courtesy of new phone with, of all things, a camera in it.

Aldis Street

note 57 bus in background outside Mercedes Benz garage. Mercedes Benz, in Tooting. Ludicrous. And the local chip shop has shut. That's the onward march of gentrification, I guess.

Anyway. T-Mobile's benevolent upgrade system led me to choose an enormous handset which is totally inappropriate to my needs. I can take pictures, check my email, play a kind of elementary Space Invaders and 4 versions of Patience, sync my address book with my Mac, record 5 second blurry video clips, convert Euros to Pounds and back again, and have a Steely Dan midi-file as my ringtone… the only thing I can't seem to do is make phone calls.

Hoho. Comedian.

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