London, I love you, but you're bringing me down
blogpost 12 Sep 2014
I turned 28 this week and have begun to find that my life and those of my peers seems to have come to a fork in the road. The ones who live in the general area I'm calling "not London" have taken one fork in the... keep reading
How animated gif selfies fixed our team's morale
blogpost 15 Aug 2014
Lately I've been thinking a lot about software team morale. I've switched teams a couple of times so far this year at work and have had a fairly different experience on each one. Some were large (10+ people), some small (3 people, one on a... keep reading
Guardian Hack Day July 2014
The Guardian 14 Jul 2014
The Guardian’s Digital Development teams are out of the office and spending two days trying new ideas, starting things, breaking... keep reading
In defence of reddit
blogpost 17 Jun 2014
I saw a tweet the other day from Jeremy Keith which piqued my interest: http://twitter.com/mattpointblank/statuses/476453724991537154 You can see my reply below, which went unanswered. Alexis Ohanian himself, though, co-founder of Reddit, did respond to point out the breadth of the site: https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/476561714910334976 This must've been... keep reading
How can Mozilla turn a blind eye to its CEO's support of Prop 8?
The Guardian 26 Mar 2014
Do you agree with everything your boss believes? Is this a requirement for working under them? The challenge issued this... keep reading
Why do we think developers are special?
blogpost 11 Mar 2014
I teach a Guardian Masterclass as part of their "Digital Journalism Bootcamp" course. Specifically, my part of the month-long class is a 90 minute workshop aimed at journalists, outlining how developers work, what they do, and how they use process to organise work (there's an... keep reading
Lessons learned self-publishing for Kindle and print simultaneously
blogpost 27 Jan 2014
It was one of those fateful moments where you catch yourself thinking "how difficult could it be?". It's been ten years (almost eleven now) since I started Scene Point Blank, the online music zine which came to define my late teens and the eventual career... keep reading
Guardian Hack Day January 2014
The Guardian 16 Jan 2014
The Guardian’s Digital Development teams are out of the office and spending two days trying new ideas, starting things, breaking... keep reading
Dennis Rodman is 'having fun' in North Korea at the expense of human rights
The Guardian 19 Dec 2013
In the history of unlikely friendships, few perhaps have had the freedom of a nation underpinning them. The apparently burgeoning... keep reading
Tech half-life: it's okay to be wrong
blogpost 08 Dec 2013
Note: this blog entry is taken from the first print issue of the experimental "algorithmic newspaper", The Long Good Read. You can find more about that project on the official site. A developer I work with has been at the company for a decade. His... keep reading
Young Rewired State 2013: mentoring the tech stars of tomorrow
The Guardian 14 Aug 2013
Young Rewired State (YRS) is a spin-off of the popular hack event group Rewired State, aimed at budding developers and... keep reading
The web: less engine, more gas
blogpost 16 Jul 2013
Twenty-four hours ago I posted a mildly ranty tweet (I know, I can't believe it either) about the current proliferation of techniques/tools for modern web development. Here's the tweet in question. This was a frustrated summary of something I've been feeling for quite a while... keep reading
Homebrew beer for busy people
blogpost 03 Jun 2013
After the example set by my friend Andy, a veritable homebrew beer connoisseur, I decided it was about time I took my liking for proper craft beer and real ale to a new level by attempting to make some of my own. Anything that was... keep reading
Google Glass – what is it good for? | Matt Andrews
The Guardian 30 Apr 2013
I was tucking into a greasy burger a few weeks ago in Covent Garden's trendy MEATmarket when a crowd of... keep reading
Why journalism is like pro cycling
blogpost 19 Mar 2013
I'm a cycling geek. I love it: the romance of the road; the century of history; the epic duels; the famous climbs. It's a sport not without its scandals but still markedly different from the world of primadonna footballers with fans shelling out hundreds of... keep reading