April, 2010

New Battery, Good Times

17th April 2010

I took my MacBook Pro to the Apple Store in Aberdeen today. I
was fed up with the poor performance of the battery after only having it for 5 months.

They ran a simple diagnostic on the battery from an iPod (as an external drive), and produced a beautifully coloured graph which I’ve recreated for you all to see. Read More

Why Twitter will get Shitter

14th April 2010

Twitter have unveiled their plans on monetizing their social networking site. Called “Promoted Tweets”, initially they will include advertising within search results and on the Twitter website, and later ads will appear in the ‘feed’ to 3rd party applications such as an iPhone or desktop Twitter client.

Until now Twitter has provided a free service to their 75 Million users. There has been huge speculation on which advertising model the service would adopt.

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Why I’m not iMad for the iPad

3rd April 2010

Update 26/12/11: I finally gave in and bought an iPad 2. The decision was made much easier by a very generous Christmas present. Within 10 minutes of using the iPad I realised what all the fuss was about because it’s simply beautiful.

Yeah, I like Apple products. I’ve got a MacBook Pro and an iPhone but I can safely say that I’m in no way inclined to go iPad Mad. This morning should see a plethora of un-boxing video’s choking up YouTube as our friends in the States get their hands on the iPad for the first time. What a bore.

I’m not saying that the iPads not a game-changer, it is. I just can’t see how near pron vids with geek orgasms over a shiny new tablet are going to make me change my mind. I’m not buying one.

Even if I do feel instantly engaged when I get my first iPad experience (which I will go out of my way to get), there’s no way in hell I’m splashing out at least $499. Why? Simply this: what on earth would I use it for that I can’t already do on my Laptop or phone? Nothing. Can I sync my iPods and iPhone with it? No. Can I be more productive on my MacBook? Yes. Will it fill a void in my life and make me feel special? Only if I’m a self-indugent narcissist, which I would hope I’m not.

On the other hand it does look quite nice. If I had the spare cash would I buy one? Probably. I’d say I fall in the category: iPad = luxury item.

It’s a no brainer for me. No thanks. What about you?