It is with great sadness that I announce that my deputy, esteemed colleague and friend, Duncan Geere, is leaving Tech Digest to further his career places where he doesn’t have a big, fat editor (me) in his way.

I’m not fat by the way.

Duncan is probably the finest authority on digital music as well as a true expert on all tech services and software you could possibly imagine, so long as they’re free. If you ever meet him in the street, make sure never to mention DRM or you’ll be stuck there for hours.

We’ll all miss his cheery face here at Shiny Media as well as his musical gifts on Spotify such as pirate rock band Ale Storm. More than anything though, our TD pages will be all duller without his snappy news, in-depth editorial and tirades on intellectual property. Please wish Duncan good luck at @techdigest and if you’d like to follow his words of wisdom, then you’ll find his personal tweets at @radio.edit.

Here endeth the Geere.