Throughout last night I was exchanging messages with my cousin who, with her husband, had been visiting a poorly old man who has been blessed with their friendship and kindness during the later years of his life. It puts things into perspective when you watch a life coming to an end, makes us appreciate what [...]
Mashable’s Batman Cover Pic FAIL
July 20, 2012
Today, just hours after 12 people were killed in a shooting in a cinema in the US, Mashable decide it’s a good idea to use Batman as their Facebook Page cover pic!
Has Website Design Gone Full Circle?
May 15, 2012
In the 1990s we all created ‘cool’ websites with ‘great’ content, right? Weren’t those websites simply awesome? Well, I’m sure we all thought so but, in all likelihood, they were a bit naff by today’s standards. But, the most important thing is; we created simple content in relatively simple layouts (except anything created by some [...]
Facebook Mobile Makes Custom Tabs Obsolete
May 10, 2012
How many adverts do you see around the web promoting custom Facebook page designs? Do any of these advertisers confess to you within their sales pitch that more than half of ‘active’ Facebook ‘users’ will never see your custom content? As I wrote a few months ago, to an increasing extent custom tabs on Facebook [...]
Easy, Convenient, Reliable, Fast
May 9, 2012
Do you love your gadgets and the simplicity of getting something done quickly? Me too. I love my gadgets. Never far away, when I’m away from my Mac Book are my iPod, iPad and HTC phone and between them I can do anything – well, that’s the idea. But; Faster, easier? Really? This morning I [...]
Do You Trust Online Reviews?
April 25, 2012
Over the past few days I have been doing a lot of research for a client which required me to find a particular solution unique to their industry. While doing this research I came across several applications and, eventually, made a shortlist of the ones most likely to do exactly what my client needed them [...]
Record Anything Online Illegally
April 23, 2012
Surely this cannot be legal? Isn’t this Internet media recorder software in the same league as “MP3 Downloader Pro” that enables millions of people around the world to find and download any music they want, for free? How can this be legal? It is a tool that enables anybody on the Internet to record anything they [...]
Bahrain F1 Should be Cancelled
April 20, 2012
Millionaire racing drivers should be risking their lives (so to speak) on the track, not en route to or from the track. This race should not go ahead amidst ongoing violence in the surrounding area. Especially since the anti-government protesters have openly said there will be 3 days of intensified rioting during the Formula One weekend which kicked [...]
Yet Another Pointless Gadget Update
April 17, 2012
In our garage I have a 4×4 that is almost as old as our oldest child (about 17 years to be exact) and, you know what, it gets me and my gear from A-B with no problems whatsoever. It passes it’s inspection each year (MOT) and does all it is needed to do. But it’s [...]
