Category: Experiences

  • Grounded by the ash

    The mainstream media has been full of photos of the ash cloud from the Iceland volcano eruption that’s the cause of a complete shutdown of incoming and outgoing flights in the UK – and now nearly 20 European countries –…

  • The leaders debate gameshow

    Thinking about the televised live debate last night between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg – leaders, respectively, of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats parties – I still have the same view I had after watching it last…

  • Finally, a mobile phone to upgrade to

    I love the iPhone. Everyone I know who has one loves theirs, too. I differ from most people I know, though, in that I rarely use it as a phone: for me, it’s an app platform exclusively, not a phone…

  • Kicking the tyres of the Dell Latitude Z

    For the past few months, I’ve been using a new laptop computer on my travels and when working away from the desktop computer in my home office. The new laptop is a Dell Latitude Z and comes courtesy of Dell…

  • Apture toolbar: a model of popup discretion

    If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you’ll know that it’s “enhanced with Apture.” Well, you may not know that, actually. But you will have experienced Apture when you’ve clicked on certain links that show you information as elegant…