Publishing’s Next Big Thing.
Publishing’s Next Big Thing. Ars Technica found it by accident, but I’m going to give it a name: Nanopublishing. I would have called it Micropublishing, but Wikipedia says that name...
Spotify Launch
In TechCrunch’s report of today’s US Spotify launch they describe it as a web service… No wonder a majority of US commenters are complaining they already have Pandora, last.fm, Grooveshark....
Anyone remember Adobe Livemotion?
Anyone remember Adobe Livemotion? 10 years (actually, 9 years) is a long time in interface design but the functional similarities between Adobe Edge (the new HTML5, jQuery, CSS animation tool...
Throwaway Technology
Three days ago, I switched on my main work PC and heard one long beep followed by three shorter ones. The machine booted but the display was blank. Checking a...
Print is Dead, Long Live Print
I wonder if 2010 will be the year that mainstream marketing starts to understand the reach of online publishing. A recent exchange I had doesn’t bode well for it: “Hi...
Tesco Value iPhone
O2’s iPhone exclusivity ended with the announcement that Orange and then Vodafone would be supplying the Apple gadgets to punters. Orange have already launched, while Vodafone are set to begin...
Left 4 Dead 2
While downloading Machinarium from Steam yesterday I noticed that the long awaited Left 4 Dead 2 demo was available. Had, in fact, been available for public download since the 4th of November. Just in...
Me and a Medion E1210
Everyone has been Netbook mental this year – including me. As soon as I saw the first Eee PC advertised, I wanted one. A PC you can chuck in your...
Blu-Ray Adopter
I finally bought a Blu-Ray player. I say “finally” as I’ve spent several months trying not to buy one… As an inveterate early adopter and fully diagnosed, unmedicated geek, I...
When Macs Don’t Start Properly
What would you do if your Mac refused to start Finder and dropped you into Darwin, it’s UNIX command prompt? Panic? Scream? Swear? Or would you smugly take out your...