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LATEST ARTICLES ( 93 )

• Breaking Those Barriers – 5km Fun Runs

  

  A new Parkrun was set up back in July less than 1/2 mile from us – at Crane Park.  The ideal distance for me to get to, a short warm-up run there and no... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2012 SPORTS, TECH

• Star Wars Episodes 7, 8 and 9 – Can It Get Any Better Than This?

  

  Quite simply put – no.  This is a whole other level in excitement.  Episodes 7, 8 and 9 from 2015 every 2 years and after then there could be even more! Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TECH

• No Really, Poor Service is Not Good

  

  Ok another post on the sadly too common theme of poor service.  This time it’s from our lovely UK (privatised) utility companies. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 BUSINESS, LEGAL, REAL ESTATE, TECH

• Digital Pricing – It’s Not Difficult

  

  Still on the digital books theme as I’m loving iBooks on the iPhone right now. Pretty much the only reason I visit a real bookshop these days is to browse and... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• iBooks – Yes It Works (or Digital Books Are Now Main Stream)

  

  Another nail in the physical content coffin – books. Back on the commuter trail into London, I’ve been using iBooks on the iPhone (my trusty 4S) for a while now... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2012 TECH

• Can We Resell Digital Content?

  

  Silence for a bit too long – new position back up in the city (London) and lots to do, so quiet on the blog front. US court to rule on ReDigi’s MP3 digital musi... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 TECH

• Great Quotes from Olympic Athletes

  

  The ultimate quotes – inspirational, motivational and more – from Olympic athletes… “Falling in life is inevitable, staying down is optional” ~ Carrie Johnson... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 SPORTS, TECH

• Why Testing is Important…

  

  Another Olympic post – this time on the genius (not) that is the London 2012 Olympic ticketing system. This will be a vent of sorts, as I’ve spent too much... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 TECH

• London Does It Best…!

  

  Yes we’re there. London 2012 is here now and we’ve got another amazing week to go. The last 7 years of planning, moaning about costs, getting the transport... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, SPORTS, TECH

• Don’t Charge for Digital When Printed is Free…

  

  You’ll remember from my recent posts (“It’s official – the 6 year old’s verdict is that digital magazines are better!“) that I’m now a convert to digital... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2012 MEDIA, TECH

• Should We Put up with Poor Service?

  

  No!  It’s that simple.  There’s too much of it about and it’s got to stop.  Whether I pay for the service directly or through some strange indirect route, it... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, TECH

• A 10k PB the Day After the Race

  

  Having run a very frustrating 10k last Sunday in the British 10k, and spent pretty much all of the race not running as well as I knew I could and weaving in... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 SPORTS, TECH

• Yoda as a Mentor

  

  Another fine post from GeekWire, again written by Brandon Koeller and this time about Yoda and his not great mentoring skills. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Future of Games is Also Mobile

  

  A great post on PocketGamer.biz from Keith Andrew talking about the new CEO of smartphone studio Kwalee – David Darling – and his recent blog.  David founded... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 GADGETS, GAMING, TECH

• The British 10k Race Report – Or How Not to Organise a Race

  

  From what first looked like a great race, past all the great sites in this great city – London – the reality was a little different! An early start yesterday an... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 DIARIES, FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION, TECH

• Is This the Future of Photography?

  

  A fascinating post by John Neel at Pixiq about Google Glasses and the future of photography… How far off mainstream these are I’m not sure. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2012 TECH

• Everything Will Become Mobile – Fact

  

  Lots of people are still referring mobile like it’s a different channel these days – be it for computing, retail, consumption, gaming, distribution or... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• British10k Only 3 Days Away – Last Minute Preparation Time

  

  Less than 72 hours to go until the race on Sunday! Training pretty much all done. Not too worried about the distance, it’s more doing it in a good time and... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 ATHLETICS, SPORTS, TECH

• Apple : Another Good Example of How to Do Great Service

  

  Apple have done it again. A nice post from Cult of Mac on plans by Apple to improve their Genius Bar services… Very simple really – change the tables to get mor... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 TECH

• Where’s Visual Voicemail? Come on It’s Old Technology…

  

  Having been an iPhone fan (user) since 2008 with O2 I’ve been used to the great technology that is visual voicemail. It makes far more sense than the 15+ year... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 GADGETS, TECH