books ebook reading · 1 comment · 650 words
Jasper Fforde releases upgrade patches for his books. If he has made an error of fact, created a plot hole or missspelt a word - you can download an upgrade for your book. How cool is that? He also has a "cut scenes" repository where you can see the chapters which were cruelly cut by his editor. There's even a director's commentary available. Along with behind the scenes material, …
Continue reading →511eb ebook elonex ereader kindle review waterstones · 135 comments · 1,250 words · Viewed ~10,471 times
I've been blown away by the number of comments and visits to my original review of the 511EB. To clarify some of the points and answer some questions, I've decided to post another video review. This shows the speed of page turning and some of the idiosyncrasies of the eReader. Run VT, Errol! Startup Screen Click to download full size I've set my startup screen to show my phone number and…
Continue reading →internet Open Rights Group org politics · 7 comments · 900 words
As you may know, I'm a supporter of the Open Rights Group. They're the campaigning group dedicated to protecting our online civil liberties. I pay them £5 per month, I think you should join them too. I'm not just putting my money where my mouth is. I'm also standing for the Board of Directors. I was nominated by the wise and talented duo of Suw Charman-Anderson & Basheera Khan. As part of …
Continue reading →ft links mobile news newspapers web · 400 words
I've written before about how newspapers are reacting to the changing media landscape. Every so often, I spy something that reminds me just how far they need to go in order to fully "get" the web. This latest example is from the Financial Times. I have huge admiration for the FT. Their reporting is usually spot on, their website is mostly excellent and their mobile site is very credible. But …
Continue reading →api audioboo dabr mobile phreadz · 1 comment · 700 words
A quick explanation of how I integrated AudioBoo and Phreadz with Dabr. I'm a big fan of AudioBoo - for those who don't know it, AudioBoo allows you to record some audio on your phone and then publish it to the web. It's like instant podcasting. Originally only for the iPhone, AudioBoo now works on Android and there's an S60 version comeing out "soon". I'm very proud to announce that as of r2…
Continue reading →511eb ebook elonex ereader kindle review waterstones · 254 comments · 1,450 words · Viewed ~18,377 times
When I was younger, I was taught that a roll of papyrus in ancient Egypt cost the same as the monthly wage for the average citizen. Nowadays the cost of paper is negligible. That's how it goes with new technology - it's frightfully expensive to begin with, but after a while it's as ubiquitous and disposable as paper. Ebook readers are the latest in a long line of "written-word" technology. F…
Continue reading →advertising camgemini ft mobile · 2 comments · 650 words
If you're the sort of person who reads the Financial Times, you probably already have a good idea of who Capgemini are and what they do. That's just as well because their advert is almost illegible. Take a look. Capgemini Advert in the FT Lest you think I've been monkeying around with screensizes, let me assure you that the image above is at exactly the same resolution that it appeared on my…
Continue reading →Amazon mobile mp3 music · 300 words
Amazon's mp3 store on mobile Music is a huge seller in the mobile marketplace. Why carry a walkman or a discman when your phone can deliver high quality music to your £3.99 headphones? Hear a song you like on the radio, in a concert, from a busker singing - a few clicks and it's on your phone ready to play. At the moment, MNOs* rule the roost in terms of mobile music sales. Customers don't wa…
Continue reading →advertising mobile nokia · 800 words · Viewed ~279 times
Ahhh.... Nokia. Remember them? Once upon a time they were a global power-house. But now, with BlackBerry, iPhone and Android nipping at their heels, they are a shadow of their former self. I mean, Nokia "only" have a market share of 38% - and they "only" sold 108 million devices in the last quarter.... Hmmm.... Still - you know what will kick the arses of those American and Canadian rivals? …
Continue reading →gaming · 14 comments · 650 words · Viewed ~17,089 times
(This post started out life as a comment to Robert Brook's Not Everything Is a Game post.) I remember when I stopped beating my wife. I used to beat her regularly without ever wondering why. Without really considering how it made her feel, the effect on our relationship or the effect it had on me. Beating her was just something I did. I didn't take any particular joy in it. I wasn't…
Continue reading →mobile qr code twitter · 200 words
BBH Labs - a marketing agency's "Skunkworks" - recently blogged about using QR Codes to send messages via Twitter. There approach was interesting, but as I commented, there are ways to improve it. If you scan in the above QR code, it will take you to Twitter and pre-populate your status with "@edent". You can, of course, set it to be any message you like. There are two key things to remember …
Continue reading →puzzle sudoku sudokube · 3 comments · 600 words · Viewed ~642 times
After my previous post about the Sudokube, I decided to build one as my father's birthday present. A quick recap, a Sudokube is like a normal 3x3 Sudoku, except the numbers wrap around the edges of a 4x4x4 cube. Clear? The Finished Result The cube took a few hours to build, hence my slightly frazzled state in this video. The Puzzle I'd scoured the web for ages until I found a suitable …
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