Spoken Like a Geek
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Social Interaction
Mar 15, 2009 14:28 - 0 Comments
The BBC has been reporting from SXSW this week and today was reporting on how email use is being replaced with status posts to the like of Facebook. While I agree with the premise of the argument I don’t agree with the reasons given.
This shift in communications is, I believe, more of a [...]
Google Street View Comes to my Street
Mar 14, 2009 10:47 - 2 Comments
Sometimes working from home shows things that I would have been unlikely to have seen had I been in an office – principally because I wouldn’t have been stood staring out of the window! Anyway, I was, and I saw this car driving down the road. Realising the significance of it (and that we [...]
"vague but exciting" – the web turns 20
Mar 13, 2009 11:06 - 0 Comments
So the web has turned twenty, happy birthday to it. That means it came to life in 1989 so I have known it for 60% of its life and I can safely say in that short time it has revolutionised my life. If you want to read more about the beginnings of the WWW ITPro [...]
Adding HSPDA/WWAN to a Netbook
Mar 12, 2009 10:09 - 0 Comments
One thing that I wish my netbook had was WWAN (3G access). Yes, I have a dongle with works very well and at only £5 per month is pretty cheap too but it is still another thing to carry. Right now very few netbooks have this onboard but with them being pushed heavily but [...]
Ways to make your Netbook like a Notebook
Mar 11, 2009 22:27 - 0 Comments
Everyone that knows me can be in no doubt that I am a big fan of the netbook form factor. In fact I no longer have any laptop other than my netbook and, so far, I can safely say I am not missing having the weight of carrying a laptop around.
That’s not to say that [...]
