I’ve become involved in a project that could do with your vote. A friend and colleague of mine, Amanda Hill of Dreams To Go,  has thought up a new idea for a new business, and entered the Barclays Bank ‘Take One Small Step’ competition.
The basic idea is to create a national network of local radio that centres on community oriented activities, including being a portal for businesses as well, and offering very affordable advertising solutions.
Once on the page, look to the right, and please ‘back this idea’ by clicking the …

I’m fairly certain you can’t have escaped the news that Apple and Adobe are having a fairly big spat, over Apple’s refusal to incorporate Adobe’s Flash technology within their mobile devices, most notably the iPhone and new iPad, plus the iPod Touch. Currently, if you come across a Flash video on the iPhone or iPad, you’ll just get a little ‘can’t display this video’ icon where the video should be.
There’s lots of debate either side of this argument, a lot of it I barely understand. For the most part, I …

A title inspired by my colleague Ant Hodges!
I’ve always been a coffee drinker, ever since I was ‘old enough’. Don’t get me wrong, a nice cup of tea is absolutely fantastic, and there are times when only tea will do; after a crisis, when you’ve got a big decision to make, when it’s Tuesday; you know, the important stuff.
However, my nature dictates to me that I am a true blooded coffee drinker. Everything about it excites me; the opening of a new packet of fresh ground coffee, the overwhelming aroma …

One of my recent jobs was for a local PR and Marketing agency, to voice the narration for a documentary they were producing for schools distribution as an educational tool, to raise awareness in young people of Shaken Baby Syndrome.
The end result is a quite hard-hitting, very well made piece highlighting the dangers of SBS, and how even innocent play time with your child could easily cross over into being very damaging for their body, because babies are very fragile. I think it should be very effective in it’s delivery …

Whilst surfing a few of the interwebs having a break yesterday, I stumbled across this. Very very cool optical illusion that looks fab!
It’s the kind of thing I’d love on one of my walls!

Richard Heathcote, Voice Over Artist