May 272013
 
HP Pavilion 14-c001ea Chromebook

I’m into the Google eco system in a big way. Although a long term Apple fan, I have always enjoyed the Google eco system, making the final jump from iOS to Android early this year with the sale of my 4S and the subsequent purchase of the Nexus 4. I’m so glad I jumped ship. [...]

Feb 092012
 
Zemanta - blogging tips & advice

I have just discovered Zemanta, a tool which promises to enrich the blogging experience by offering up an array of media and information rich content and sources of such content….. as you type! As I am typing this (Zemanta needs a couple hundred characters to start figuring out what you are blogging about) a side [...]

Jan 112012
 
Blogsy for iPad updated to v3.2

The excellent Blogsy app for the iPad (on which I am writing this post) has been updated to version 3.2, the Minotaur release. In this release the developers have figured out how to parse the HTML code that Apple uses in order to present cleaner and more standard code on the HTML edit screen. This [...]

Dec 292011
 
Box for iOS updated to v2.5.2

Box has just pushed an upgrade (to version 2.5.2) for their iOS app which reportedly improves offline mode as well as performance and stability. I can certainly vouch for the performance tweaks. The app feels much more lively and responsive and seems to both open from the home screen faster as well as open files [...]

Dec 282011
 
Blogsy.... testing

I’ve just downloaded Blogsy after watching a couple of the tutorial videos. It seems like a great way to connect your various media streams to your blogs, making photo and image selection (and video) very easy when drafting a blog post. The drag and drop (from your Picasa, Flickr, YouTube accounts) feature works very well [...]

Nov 252011
 

When trying out the latest beta (or general pre-release) version of a software build, what is your gut reaction when something doesn’t work? Are you inclined to rant and rave and post flaming Twitter posts or do you accept that you are testing pre-release software, anticipate that there will be bugs and helpfully feed back [...]