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One of my favourite bits of technology porn is Shawn Blanc’s series on sweet Mac setups. It basically just gives dorks like me an opportunity to drool over other people’s kit. But there’s another purpose to this, which is that it makes you think about the technology you use, and how it might be improved, … Keep reading
John Naughton‘s Observer piece on the iPad is well worth reading in full: It’s when one tries to use the iPad for generating content that its deficiencies become obvious. The biggest flaw is the absence of multitasking, so you have to close one app to open another, which is a bit like going back to the … Keep reading
OK, so I said I probably wasn’t going to get an iPad. On Friday I bought one. I admit it: I’m pathetic. My thing with the iPad before I got it was that I wasn’t sure where it really fitted in my life – what would I use it for? A lot, it turns out. … Keep reading
I’ve had a pretty settled tech line-up for a while, which works really well for me. Essentially – 24” iMac on the desktop, MacBook Air for the portable and an iPhone for the really portable. The iMac is fine for the grunt work, sitting at the desk ploughing through pretty much anything – with 4gb … Keep reading
My Kindle arrived today. For those that don’t know, it’s Amazon’s own e-reader, a portable device that can hold around 1,500 books in its memory which can be read by turning pages using the buttons. Even though I knew the screen was 6 inches, it still seemed smaller than I was expecting. The device is … Keep reading