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Now This is Getting Ridiculous
Nov 7, 2010 11:31 - 1 Comment
I wrote a while back about the stupid amount of time my iPad backup was taking and moaned that it had taken a ridiculous three hours. My solution to this was to use BackOff to disable the automatic backups during sync. However, this means that if there is ever a problem you cannot do a [...]
Teaching Teenagers to Program
Oct 31, 2010 13:30 - 0 Comments
Had an interesting week teaching a couple of teenagers to program. In fact it wasn’t a week but only four days in which to impart some knowledge and get them to complete a small project so that they felt they had achieved something. For this I decided that they should create a form and then [...]
Small Scale Outsourcing
Oct 23, 2010 17:38 - 0 Comments
Outsourcing is big business. I should know as I have been using it for over 10 years now to get access to some highly skilled and cost effective development and testing resources. But what happens if you don’t need a resource for a long term project or just want to get access to a skill [...]
How do I love Evernote? Let me count the ways…
Sep 21, 2010 9:11 - 0 Comments
I was looking for information on merging notes in Evernote when I came
across this great article:
http://lyndamk.com/2010/02/12/how-much-do-i-love-evernote-let-me-count-the-ways/
2LS Expansion
Sep 20, 2010 8:37 - 0 Comments
It is not often that I write about my work but occasionally something happens that I think is worth blogging about and this is one of those occasions.
The company that I work for, 2LS, are providers of recruitment software and, as I am sure you can imagine, this last year has been particularly tough [...]
Orientation lock becomes mute button on iPad iOS 4.2
Sep 19, 2010 9:02 - 0 Comments
There are lots of posts on the net right now about the first beta of Apples iOS 4.2 and you can read a Top 10 new features here.
One of the changes is to turn the orientation lock button on the iPad to be a mute button. Well hold on a minute who checked with [...]
The Ultimate iPad Travel Kit
Sep 11, 2010 17:52 - 0 Comments
I have found my ultimate iPad travel kit that consists of:
- An Apple wireless keyboard
- 3 mifi
- Portable, adjustable, folding stand from eBay
It’s like having a Macbook that you can break down into its constituent parts. I just sling them into my case and off I go. I am finding that I am using my [...]
Google Mail Add-ons
Sep 4, 2010 11:25 - 0 Comments
There seems to have been a rash of new add-ons for Google Mail this week from both third parties and Google themselves. All of which aim to make the email experience better and, in some cases, closer to that found on desktop equivalents.
Perhaps the most significant of these is the new priority based inbox which [...]
Why do eBooks cost so much?
Aug 31, 2010 12:07 - 0 Comments
Interesting article in this months Wired magazine entitled “why do ebooks cost so much”? It’s a really good question and one I have asked previously. However, it seems that “the physical aspects of book production can account for as little as 15 percent of the cost of the title.”
Take a look and see what you [...]
Blogpress perfection
Aug 27, 2010 7:24 - 0 Comments
Yesterday saw an update to the iPhone and iPad blogging platform Blogpress that makes it leagues ahead of the competition.
In a recent review of blogging on the go I identified the ability to easily add links as key – and now you can. Not only that you can also do things like insert bold [...]
