I couldn’t help noticing how close Capri Sun is to trending on Twitter and I had to say something: Capri Suns are a sadistic experiment to see how much shit consumers will put up with. Fact. YOU HAD ONE JOB! Things that are wrong with Capri Sun: It’s a Continue Reading
Ultimate Plane Geek Toolkit
It can often be disconcerting for new people who meet me when they realise I’m a massive, anorak-wearing aviation geek. But aviation is something that unites us all. We all board those giant metal tubes with wings with a sense of excited trepidation. We all know the joys of miniature packets Continue Reading
Windows Blue
There has been much press this week about Microsoft’s new annual-update programme for its Windows operating system, purported to be called “Windows Blue”. This has been mostly driven by the leak of an early copy of Blue onto file sharing websites. WinSuperSite’s Paul Thurrott gives the best overview. As well Continue Reading
Why I’m Leaving Orange
I’ve been with them since my very first phone in 1998, a Bosch 509e. Yep, Bosch used to make phones! In 2005 I spent three months working for them at their North Tyneside call centre while I was in between jobs. But now, after a spate of serious customer service failures, here’s Continue Reading
How to Effectively Monetise Twitter
There are already “promoted” trends, tweets and accounts, but these are typically the domain of big business. There is a much simpler, but far more lucrative, way to monetise Twitter. The 141 Character Dilemma We’ve all been there… #TheThingIHateMost about Twitter; finishing a good tweet, having -1 characters left, Continue Reading
Which Audi to Buy Next?
Even if you’re not quite the Audi obsessive that I am, if you haven’t noticed the evolution in Audis range over the last few years you may want to check you haven’t accidentally ended up living under a rock. The next mutation of the Audi design language incorporates “volume” design Continue Reading
Learn to Code (An Intermission): Code.org
The founders of Facebook, Microsoft, Dropbox, Twitter and many more top tech companies have provided their voices and recognisable fizzogs to this latest video from Code.org. Code.org promotes the principle that nobody is born with the ability to code, or play basketball, or drive a racing car: it is a Continue Reading
Sony to Unveil PlayStation 4 Tonight – Next Gen Console Season Begins
Acccording to various sources, Sony are set to announce the PlayStation 4, at an event in New York City, tonight! With many analysts saying Microsoft’s answer, the supposedly-title XBox 720, set for release in the Autumn, the buzz has begun for the next generation of gaming consoles. PlayStation 4 Continue Reading