new toys – the iPad
Well it has been a while since I popped out a post here but the arrival of a new tech toy makes it worth a bit of a scribble. Adrienne managed to pick up a spunky new iPad for me while she was traveling in New York last week. It is my second day with [...]
Blackberry envy cured
I have been developing a love hate relationship with Apple. At the moment though I am firmly in the ‘love’ phase again though. My old phone had been gradually getting worse as the screen filled with static. Adrienne got herself a blackberry and can now get emails anywhere. This is something that I have resisted [...]
Facebook Fading
I was just looking back on my previous post about Facebook. The little sparks of contact and inspiration that came from the discovery of new friends and old, quickly turned into a nuisance. Although I still check in on my own profile every now and then I barely use it at all. One of my [...]
iPod in airport = Bad
I am finally in a plane headed to Melbourne and lucky to be here at all. I missed my flight at 8:30pm for 2 reasons. When I looked at my boarding pass I confused my seat number (5D) with the departure gate. Stupid. While I was patiently waiting for the (now overdue) boarding call I [...]
The end of external media?
On the ‘Apple Matters’ blog today Chris Howard discusses the success of the iPod and the decline of the physical media that music is delivered on. Although this is significant I think that Apple has done more and less to drive this trend. As Chris states they were not the first to launch a flash [...]