Where's Wil?

My name is Wil Harris, and I’m a writer and entrepreneur from Oxford, England. I graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Law. Then I jacked in the legal trade to work in digital media.

As of August 2007, I am pleased to be Founder and Managing Director of ChannelFlip Media, a company producing specific-interest online TV. You can catch us online at ChannelFlip.com.

I am a regular panellist on This Week In Tech, the number one technology podcast on iTunes. You can catch me there most weeks, giving my British take on the week's tech headlines, along with the rest of the TWiT gang. I also enjoy doing guest-spots for other podcasts, so keep an eye on the blog to find out what I've been doing.

Depending on who you are and what you want, I do a limited amount of 'new media' design and strategy consultancy, as well as 'marketing 2.0' stuff - the intersection of business and blogs, etc. Having been in the online media world for seven or eight years now, I'd like to think I've learned quite a lot about what works and what doesn't. I've consulted for a number of large magazine publishers as well as other, more niche digital media owners.

Before creating ChannelFlip, I was the Founder and Editor in Chief of bit-tech.net, the UK's leading online destination for computer geeks. When I left in March '07, the site had an average of almost 1 million readers every month. I also worked at a high-level on bit-tech's subsequent sister title, Trusted Reviews, helping it grow to over 6m impressions per month, from 1.5m, in 18 months.

I have written for popular websites including The Inquirer and The Register as well as BBC News Online. I have also researched articles for The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers. You can see my writing portfolio here.

You will also catch me fatblogging here regularly about my weight loss and exercise. I have lost 47lbs and counting since February 2007, making me rather more handsome than I used to be.

Although running ChannelFlip is a full-time++ job, I enjoy writing here and there for other publications where there are good-fit opportunities, as well as attending conferences and web-focused events around the world.

This is my blog, where I write about interesting industry trends, my perspective on the tech world, my work, my weight loss and my travels, both physical and digital.