October 12th, 2012
Ten years ago it was web sites. Every company needed to have one but too often the primary motivation was “me too”. The fear of being left behind had clouded people’s judgement, and the result was ill-thought out sites, with little or no purpose. At times I wonder if the mobile app is in danger [...]
October 3rd, 2011
If you’re anything like me – which, for your sake, I hope you’re not – you’re a little bit giddy right now. It’s like being an eight year old the night before Christmas: you’re fairly sure there’s going to be a shiny new bike under the tree but you don’t know the precise details. The [...]
March 17th, 2011
I’m not a big gamer, I have a Wii and a PlayStation 2 gathering dust somewhere. But even I can sense a shift in the gaming environment. Being (just) the youthful side of 40, I’ve grown up seeing games develop from the stick and square ball of Pong on my Grandstand TV Game 2000 in [...]
October 22nd, 2010
Ok, first things first – I will make a *real* effort to write about nothing even remotely Apple-related next week. Not sure if I’ll manage it… but I’ll try my best. Anyway… after initially announcing it in January and it being dubbed the “iPad killer” by Uncle Fester, sorry Steve Ballmer, the boss at Microsoft, [...]
October 18th, 2010
The Apple fan boys are frothing at the mouth. The famously-secretive computer company has announced a press event for Wednesday (October 20th) but not what they’ll actually be discussing. But that doesn’t stop the rampant speculation. Mainly based on the design of the invitation. For those of you not au fait with all things Apple, [...]