Category Archives: Thoughts on the World

Finally, Something Smaller

First Impressions of the Panasonic GH2 Continue reading →

Thursday, June 28, 2012 in Micro Four Thirds, Photography, Thoughts on the World

Did I Speak Too Soon?

After pride comes the fall. My upbeat post yesterday about the Galaxy Note was slightly premature, as I suddenly ran slap bang into a problem with calendar synchronisation. It turns out my phone was upgraded on Thursday to Android 4.0 … Continue reading →

Saturday, June 16, 2012 in Galaxy Note, Thoughts on the World

Notes on the Note

I have just taken delivery of my brand new Samsung Galaxy Note, and I must say so far I’m very pleased. After the rather aggravating experience of the iPad I was a bit wary of going to another new operating … Continue reading →

Friday, June 15, 2012 in Galaxy Note, iPad, Thoughts on the World

Break Compatibility, Lose Loyalty

For almost 20 years I have been a fan of, and borderline apologist for, Microsoft. One of the main reasons was their focus on software usability, backed up by a visible intention to preserve backwards compatibility wherever possible. While each … Continue reading →

Monday, May 7, 2012 in Agile & Architecture, Thoughts on the World, VMWare

Macs Are Really Easy? Ha!

There is a myth. The myth goes “Windows is complicated. Macs are really easy – they just work.” Like most myths this may have started from an original truth, but is now a lie. I am it’s latest, but I … Continue reading →

Friday, April 13, 2012 in Code & Development, Thoughts on the World, VMWare

Vernal Greetings

To celebrate the Vernal Equinox and the unseasonably pleasant weather we’ve had in the UK for the last two weeks, I thought it would be a good idea to post a nice Spring picture. By coincidence I’ve been processing some … Continue reading →

Friday, March 30, 2012 in Thoughts on the World

Mac OSX–A Third-Class OS?

Does Apple’s opposition to virtualisation create a technical ghetto? Continue reading →

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 in Code & Development, PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World, VMWare

Tyranny of the Colour Blind

Musings on why Microsoft are abandoning colour as a dimension for information visualisation Continue reading →

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in Agile & Architecture, Thoughts on the World

Ten Ways to Make Your iPad Work Effectively With Windows – Update

Microsoft have released an arguably belated but nonetheless very welcome version of OneNote optimised for the iPad and with very good synchronisation to the PC. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough that I’ve updated my guidance on how to … Continue reading →

Monday, January 16, 2012 in iPad, Thoughts on the World

Ten Ways to Make Your iPad Work Effectively With Windows

If you’re one of those people who uses loads of Apple products, and is thinking of proposing Steve Jobs for canonisation, then you may be happy with how your iPad works, but if you’re trying to make it work effectively … Continue reading →

Saturday, December 3, 2011 in Agile & Architecture, iPad, Thoughts on the World

I Thought They Were Supposed To Be Getting Smaller?

Musings on why my laptops are getting bigger and heavier, instead of smaller and lighter Continue reading →

Monday, November 14, 2011 in PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World, VMWare

What Are The Chances Of That?

For the last couple of years, I’ve been working fairly regularly with a chap called Carl. The other day a group of us were chatting, and got to talking about cars we had owned. Among others, Carl had once owned … Continue reading →

Friday, October 28, 2011 in Thoughts on the World