It hasn't always easy to combine these two competing ambitions and, in retrospect, it's a shame no one steered me towards science communications, whi….

I first learnt to program a computer when I was nine, when my dad got a ZX80, but I think I would have had to be a particularly perspicacious child t….

The amazing thing about working in social media and technology is that you can get to know the sharpest thinkers from around the world without having….

I had two competing ambitions when I was a child: I wanted to be a Scientist and Discover Great Things, but I also wanted to be an Author and Write G….

Success is about happiness and security, rather than hitting any particular sort of job or rung on the career ladder..

For example, because I'm a lapsed geologist, I followed the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 in great detail, amassing a huge n….

As for where I am now, well, social media didn't exist when I was a child, and I never would have guessed just how much of a role in my life and care….

The internet has made it possible to meet more people, make more connections and do more interesting work than would ever have been possible . It ena….

I am terminally curious, so I tend to be attracted to the shiny. That's a mixed blessing, as sometimes it means that I can end up right on the cuttin….

It might sound trite, but happiness is a decision not a destination, and my choices now are all based on whether not a particular action will get me ….