Home / September, 2009

Datz All Folks

Sep 28, 2009 8:12 -

Well, I can’t pretend that I am surprised – Datz have finally gone bust according to a story on MusicWeek. Having written about the problems with the service on a number of occasions (here and here) it seemed inevitable. Given that so many other companies have struggled with paying the fees to the music [...]

Panoramic Pictures with Pano and iPhone

Sep 27, 2009 14:54 -

Just got back from a long holiday, hence the lack of posts. However, while I was away I was able to road test a number of pieces of tech which I will be posting on over the next few days.
First up is Pano for iPhone which, as the name suggests, allows you to take [...]

Extracting Text from a Image

Sep 1, 2009 11:39 -

On numerous occasions I have had a need to extract text from an image and have never found a way to be able to do so. Typically I want to get the text of an error message and while, sometimes, ctrl+c will copy the text to the clipboard, mostly it won’t.
I stumbled upon a [...]

 

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Neil Thompson is an IT professional with over 20 years’ experience in start-ups, software houses and commercial organisations.

In 2009 he set up Ammat Consulting to deliver strategic consultancy and tactical support to software companies of all sizes.

Neil has a keen interest in all things technical and mobile and cloud computing in particular. This blog reflects those interests.