A couple of years back now (was it really that long ago?) my friend Stef and I made a website together. It was called I So Wish, and it’s not online anymore (so that link won’t actually work), but when it was active, it was a nice little community of people who would wish for [...]
Categories: Book
Photo by mkorchia In a new Wired magazine article called The Web Is Dead, Long Live The Internet, Editor in chief Chris Anderson (author of ‘The Long Tail‘ and ‘Free‘) declares the demise of the web browser in favour of dedicated apps on devices such as iPads and iPhones (no mention of Android handsets, then). [...]
Categories: Technology
Tagged: Apps, electricity, hairdryer, Internet, iPad, iPhone, toaster
I’ve been having conversations over the past 24 hours about the ‘value’ of social media. The social transparency and personal profile that this kind of medium affords is one of those things that crops up from time to time in articles such as this one in Techcrunch and this one in Music Think Tank – [...]
Categories: Family,Music,Technology,culture
We’ve recently moved into a new neighbourhood, and I’ve been checking out the local spots. I love the record store here (apparently there’s a better website on the way) – and our local pub is a fantastic venue for all sorts of great live gigs – the sort of international calibre stuff you wouldn’t expect [...]
Categories: Technology,culture
I want to make a very simple point. Almost too simple for a blog post. But it won’t fit into 140 characters, so it’s too long for Twitter, and I don’t know what proportion of my friends on Facebook would care about this – so it’s here for whoever’s interested. Katy Bairstow wrote a thoughtful [...]
Categories: Music
Tagged: criticism, Internet, journalism
Not content with having deleted my MySpace account last week, I’ve just deactivated my Facebook account. That doesn’t mean I’ve deleted it – it just means that it’s not currently active. Everything can be retrieved at a later stage, and I’ll still be friends with all the same people when/if I do return. It’s just [...]
Categories: 30 Days,Technology
Tagged: Facebook, Internet, Social media
Photo by brooklyn Today’s idea is about shopping for clothes at thrift stores or charity shops. There’s some great stuff out there, if you know where to look and how to look – and as long as they’ve got something in your size, you can grab a real bargain, construct a unique look that suits [...]
I've been told I'm hard to buy for. I suppose that's because I don't really need much of anything. I'm not that big into owning stuff. Except records. Records make me happy. If you want to make me happy, buy me a record.
With that in mind, here's a link to my Amazon Wishlist
