From the monthly archives: February 2009

iTunes – Why The Sad Face?

By On 17/02/2009 · 4 Comments · In usability

After much faffing about – with a lot of help from Jon Price – I’ve finally got the damned iPhone working with iTunes. But what a pain in the arse. How this is the SAVIOUR OF THE MOBILE PHONE INDUSTRY is quite beyond me.

First up, yet another EULA.

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iTunes Sucks. A Rational Discussion

By On 16/02/2009 · 7 Comments · In usability

I’ve largely stayed out of the Apple sphere of influence. I’m stuck on Windows XP at work and use Ubuntu at home.

The first – and last – Apple product I owned was a blueberry iMac.

I think it may have had an early version of [...]

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Twestival – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

By On 15/02/2009 · 2 Comments · In /etc/

Woooo! Twestival! YAYAYAYAY! Errr… Well, no. Not really. After the success of last year’s London Twestival, I thought this one would be even better. Looks like I was wrong. Let’s start with…

The Good
Once again, it’s impossible to feel anything other that gratitude and humbleness in the face of the sheer amount [...]

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BitchBuzz Reply

By On 11/02/2009 · Leave a Comment · In /etc/

This is my reply to an excellent BitchBuzz article on high profile brands on twitter. I reproduced it here because their comments form ate my HTML…

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Thanks for the plug. Just to make it clear, my twitter presence is my own and not an official Vodafone channel. That said, I’m always [...]

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MPs’ Expenses – Humfrey Malins

By On 07/02/2009 · 1 Comment · In politics

During the recent furore over MPs attempting to hide their expenses, I wrote to my MP using the wonderful services of http://www.writetothem.com/

Dear Humfrey Malins,

I understand that MPs plan to grant themselves the privilege of
exempting themselves from Freedom of Information requests concerning
their expenses.

Whenever I have a business [...]

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