Today is the start of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Connference 2008, and the highlight of this is always the keynote from Steve Jobs, as he inevitably has product announcements. Given Apple’s innovation record, they’ve always been important in much of the tech community (where Apple has led by innovation, others have eventually followed), but since Apple [...]
Because I had a nasty fall against a table when I was small, I’ve got slightly odd shaped left ear, so I frequently find that the headphones that come with personal stereos (well, iPods!) quickly get uncomfortable after an hour or so of continual use. Some years back though, I discovered the joy that was [...]
I’m not always the most organised person, and recently it’s reached a point where it’s rather gotten in the way of a few things, not least the feeling of being rather overwhelmed by “stuff”. This has manifested itself most in my finding it increasingly difficult to simply ’switch off’ and unwind, without worrying about clients, [...]
Finishing up with a client recently has meant that hardware VPN/firewall/router I used to get access their network needed to be unplugged, and I thought it was high time I did a refresh of my home network. So I’ve plumbed for an Apple Time Capsule as the main wireless access device, and a Netgear DG834G router, but [...]
My day job, as an infrastructure consultant, necessitates that I need to know lots of different passwords, almost all of which are very important to keep secure - they give me access to business critical systems. Outside of that, I have countless accounts with websites, for shopping, networking, bank accounts, and discussion forums. As somebody who [...]
One of the things I absolutely despise about Microsoft Windows is it’s counter-intuitive interface. Perhaps this is because of my years as a Mac user, but I find it infuriating that simple things like dragging a file to Outlook doesn’t create a new e-mail with that file as an attachment (as Mail.app does on OSX). [...]
Despite some wariness when the product first came out in the US, I’ve been extremely happy with my iPhone since buying it. The recent 1.1.3 update brought along a few extra features that were missing (most notably multi-recipient texts), but the device has slotted in to my life extremely well. I can’t wait until the [...]
It’s not everyday I get to parade a world-first about on my website, much less one that relates to the work I do, and the interests I have, and was done by people I know and respect. So please excuse me for one moment whilst I take advantage of the opportunity presented to me to [...]
So after almost a week of use, I’m in love with the iPhone. It’s absolutely great, and I’m really happy with the call package I’m on. I can’t wait for my number to port over. But it’s not perfect. Thankfully this is the first time I’ve had a phone that gets patches and updates seamlessly [...]
So I did succumb, and picked up a shiny iPhone on Saturday afternoon. I gather that the Glasgow store had somebody queuing from the morning on Friday (I just can’t understand that level of expectation), but certainly would have been shocked myself it there had been much of a shortage: Apple have had almost six [...]
