A Thinking Man

It is now over 18 months since I first got her - ‘it’ seems way too impersonal for an object which has become an almost indispensable part of my life.  I have blogged before about the first love, about speaking to her so that she never forgets (ReQall), about the app that enables me to [...]

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I’m a child at heart, and I love playing with new software.  Occasionally I discover new toys that seem too important and enjoyable to put aside. About three weeks ago I discovered Evernote and have been using it (playing with it) ever since.
I was sceptical at first.  ”After all,” I thought, “Evernote is only an [...]

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Phlogs are nice (and sometimes useful) things that ipadio lets you create.  And now, thanks to a really powerful, free app, you can phlog from your iPhone with ease.
Phlogs are recordings that you can easily make from any phone and instantly broadcast on the Internet.  You just sign up for a free account, get your unique [...]

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OK. A quick techie post - the kind I feel compelled to make from time to time. Boring and annoying for those who do not share my interest in these things, and for those millions out there who have somehow managed to survive so far without an iPhone.
I find myself doing it more and [...]

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Twitter is passing into mainstream. Latest figures from Hitwise, the online intelligence service, show a 974 per cent increase in traffic, jolting Twitter from the 2,953rd most popular site among UK users to the 291st most visited by mid-January.
Richard Goad, director of research for Hitwise, said in a recent Independent article: “Twitter [...]

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Things are definitely changing fast.
I have always tried to embrace technology. I enjoy novelty, regardless of usefulness. I can remember my first computer - a ZX81 purchased from WH Smiths. You couldn’t do anything with it really other than try to learn BASIC. Soon the specialist magazines were filled with programs for it that made [...]

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Just testing to see if it really is possible to create and post a WordPress blog from an iPhone. If it is, I need to seriously think about the real occasions when I actually might need to / want to do this. I mean the iPhone keyboard is fantastic - even more user-friendly than I [...]

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I have been surfing the web for the past few days reading all about tips and tricks to enable me to exploit the features my new iPhone.  I thought I would compile a brief list here of some of the ones I have found most helpful.  They appear in no particular order.

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I’ve lived with my iPhone 3G for a fortnight now and have decided that enough time has passed for me to be able to make some sensible comments about the experience. Initially I was ‘too intoxicated’ to be able to write clearly, but the passing of time has enabled some more mature reflection.
Things that [...]

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Just testing the new Wordpress Gadget for the iPhone (m.wordpress.com).
If it works I may find myself posting in those brief idle moments when away from a computer, or like now, when I am sitting waitng for a client who has failed to turn up.
New vistas of creative (or boring) productivity (or time wasting) are ever [...]

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