This news item shows how social media tools can be applied to reconstruct dramatic events. It's an enlightening example of accidental collaboration using mobile phones and services such as Twitter.

Needless to say: we had a good laugh.

Okay, so, I’m in London on Friday speaking at the AA as part of their symposium THRILLING WONDER STORIES, an all-day event around the theme of science fiction and cities. Co-organiser Geoff Manaugh has all the details at this link here. Notables: it’s free entry, and if you keep checking back at that link, Geoff will eventually update it with details of the planned live stream.I don’t know what time I’m on.It’s Wednesday, I’m backed up with work, and I still have no idea what I’m going to talk about because bloody editors won’t leave me alone.Check out that line-up, though.