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Audible books and Kindle Unlimited

Mar 18, 2015

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in Android, Apple, fun, Post-university life, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year I have set myself the goal of reading 30 books. I am currently on trackÂ to reaching that goal.Â Most of my reading material comes from two sources. Audible.com and amazon.de. What I like about reading books via Audible.com is the freedom it gives me to do something at the same time…

Mar 15, 2015

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richard

in Android, Apple, tech related

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe apple watch will put no one out to pasture. Have you seen how many people from my generation can’t even read books on a kindle? What will put the web out to pasture is the tabloid/gossip magazine style of writing. Too many mainstream media hubs and blogging platforms write for the…

Flightradar24

Feb 22, 2011

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in Apple, mobile, travel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlight radar 24 is an iphone app that allows you to see where aircraft are on google maps. It shows the callsign, registration, altitude and a lot more. It is a fun app for plane spotters. Sit on a city roof or at the top of a mountain and as you…

Glympse and real time location sharing

Jan 19, 2011

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in Android, Apple, Real Time Web, social media, social media living room

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlympse is a real time location software that allows you to share your location with twitter, facebook, by e-mail or via a number of other social networks. It is simple and intuitive to use. Connect your facebook, twitter and other services with the application. When you are heading to work or…

Flight to the Monzino Refuge and hike.

Sep 12, 2010

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in Apple, flickr, mobile, observation, Swiss walks, travel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA short helicopter flight to a mountain refuge in Aosta, on the Italian side of the Mt Blanc. Good fun, walk to the glacier and back. I also tested my Iphone 4 phone. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624937122156″]

About the Ipad, which I will refer to as the Itablet in this post.

Jan 28, 2010

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in Apple, mobile, observation, social media

Reading Time: 3 minutesDesigners must understand that user interface as well as ease of use are the two most important features of any electronics device. The more intuitive the device the more likely people are to keep using it. As a first generation Ipod touch user and an iphone 3gs owner I see the value…

A MacBook, a MacBook Pro and a Remote

Oct 9, 2007

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in Apple, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I was lucky enough to be asked what the remote on the new MacBook and MacBook pros were for. I went to the owner of the Macbook’s room and picked up the remote. Both my machine and hers were side by side and I started to play. I was controlling…

Apple phone show 22 is interesting and twitter tracking

Oct 9, 2007

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in Apple, tech related, Uncategorized

Reading Time: < 1 minuteApple Phone Show no. 22 is a particularly good episode. Andy Ihnatko and Scott Bourne discuss how to use the iPhone in real-life situations. It’s a precursor of things to come in the near future. I’ve decided to try Twitter tracking which works by you selecting which words you want to…

Ijustine and Laporte have demonstrated how to use twitter

Apr 25, 2007

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in Apple, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteKarina Stenquist of Mobuzz tv is confused by the notion of twitter as anything other than a means by which to distribute brainfarts, a term used by a few people. Do you remember Swatch and Swatch time? The idea was to create a universal timekeeping format which would be the same…

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