The associate director of HLM on running apps, Arcade Fire, and summing up life in 140 characters
What is your favourite website?
Having principally worked in education for the last few years, groups like are truly inspiring, teaching us how to produce and not just consume technology. Also, feeds my appetite for all things vinyl, art and film.
What is your worst digital habit?
Using my laptop too near to bedtime.
iPhone/Blackberry/Android. Which side are you on?
Android
Are you into social networking?
Yep, LinkedIn and Facebook. I鈥檝e still not got the hang of Twitter though鈥�
If you are on Twitter, who do you recommend to follow?
I鈥檓 yet to grasp the concept of summarising my day to day life in 140 characters.
What is your favourite app?
MapMyRun: a free app for running.
What is your preferred means of communication?
With work, I prefer 鈥渇ace to face鈥�, as what you can say in two minutes can be played out across a half hour email 鈥渃onversation鈥�.
What did you last buy online?
Arcade Fire 鈥淩eflektor鈥� on double vinyl.
PC or Mac?
PC
Guilty pleasures: most played tunes from iTunes/Spotify?
Most played at the moment is the latest QOTSA album.
I could list many guilty pleasures, including Georgio Moroder鈥檚 鈥淭ogether in Electric Dreams鈥� and Britney Spears 鈥淗it Me Baby鈥︹�� which is pure unadulterated pop.
Paul Turpin is associated director at HLM
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