Is The Kindle Just for Women?

Posted by on Oct 8, 2010 in Opinion, Writing | 6 Comments

Amazon seem to be marketing their new Kindle (version 3) directly at women. In the US there have been two ads, one in which an iPad clutching fanboy is bested by a smug bikini clad beach babe: Then there is this one, again featuring a woman, who seems to be waiting for a frog to ...

Gadgets for Gadgeys – which e-reader is best?

Posted by on Aug 23, 2010 in Opinion, Reviews, Writing | 8 Comments

Urban Dictionary definitions for Gadgey: Non specific person in Scotland; ‘joe bloggs’. Often used to refer to workman, or random person in street/crowd. Another word for a ned in scotland. Derogatory Scottish term for someone who’s not so well-off. I’m obsessed with gadgets, and never more so than now, when I’m trying to stop myself ...

Wired Magazine (US) preview their iPad app

Posted by on Feb 16, 2010 in Curation, Writing | No Comments

This isn’t fanboy stuff, this is future of journalism/publishing/entertainment stuff. (via Mashable)  

OH NO NOT ANOTHER BLOODY iPAD POST

Posted by on Feb 2, 2010 in Opinion, Writing | 4 Comments

 Christ. I have iPad fatigue already and they’re not even in the shops. I have been debating whether to add to the ACRES of unending conjecture, speculation and in a select few cases, reasonably intelligent coverage but as I have talked about it a few times here I felt I owed you some amount of ...

Gaseous Brainstorm: What’s the Future of Publishing and How Will We Pay for It?

Posted by on Jan 21, 2010 in Opinion, Writing | 4 Comments

  Michael Caine: photographer unknown Print newspapers, it seems, will soon be no more than a minority medium, and so owners of the big news brands are wondering just how they’re going to make money once their main outlet is via the internet – whether it’s accessed via a computer, a mobile device or one ...