About

This blog has been running, on and off, since 2001. It collects my writings for the Journal, Review, BBC and Reuters, and a (free) newsletter. You can subscribe to the newsletter here:
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I’m also on LinkedIn.

Biography

I’m a technology journalist, writer and consultant, now based in the Singapore and the UK. My consulting and other work is handled by my company, Cleft Stick. I consult for companies large and small trying to make sense of technologies and how best to position themselves.

I was chief technology correspondent in Asia for Thomson Reuters. Before that I was a technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review (The original columns can be found at Loose Wire – WSJ.com; subscription required). I was a correspondent for Reuters in the 1980s and 90s across Southeast Asia.

Always interested in hearing from clients, readers, sources, etc. Sources are always treated with discretion and, if requested, confidentiality. Some dos and don’ts for PR pitches here: Guidance for PR – the loose wire blog.