Category Archives: Planet

Nokia Lumia 920 conclusions

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Andrew

Amazingly a month has gone by since I did my test drive of a Nokia Lumia 920 thanks to Nokia_Connects. I didn’t get a chance to post my final conclusions until now. How did it go? tl;dr: It’s not a … Continue reading →

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Firefox OS and geeksphone: take 2

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Andrew

In my first writeup on Firefox OS and geeksphone I wrote: It depends very much on Mozilla’s and Telefonica’s ability to execute I should have added something about their partners’ ability to execute. I tried to buy a geeksphone this … Continue reading →

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Firefox OS and geeksphone

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Andrew

The new Firefox OS phones from geeksphone are nearly here, with the announcement that next week they will be available from the currently-dormant online shop. ~ It was back in 2009 that I got a Palm Pre, perhaps the first … Continue reading →

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Your mileage may vary

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Andrew

Whilst going over my MOT certificates last night, I noticed they include odometer readings. Time for some chart pr0n! I acquired this car at the start of 2007. It seems my average mileage per year has been pretty constant, even … Continue reading →

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A quick guide to some Canary Wharf eateries

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Andrew

A bunch of friends and colleagues are staying at the Marriot West India Quay for the upcoming Adobe Summit. I used to live near there, so here’s some local perspective. There is a line of pubs and restaurants along the Quay … Continue reading →

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Alfred

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Andrew

Alfred, one of my favourite Mac apps, has been updated to version 2. If you have been waiting for it to be updated in the app store, be warned it’s only available through the Alfred website (see also Alfred and … Continue reading →

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Nokia Lumia 920 Week One

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Andrew

You’ll recall that Nokia Connects invited me to Trial a Nokia. I previously wrote about my initial thoughts on the Lumia after one day with the phone. Here’s some thoughts after just over a week with the phone, a timeframe … Continue reading →

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500 errors, part four

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Andrew

I was seeing 500 errors when posting to my blog. Trial and error seems to show the problem was the Social plugin or possibly Twitter tools. I’ve turned on debug, let’s see what happens …

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Poster for iPad

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Andrew

I’ve been trying out Poster for iPad. It’s a beautiful if minimal text editor, and the preview mode is gorgeous. But I think it will be a short-lived love affair, because a more recent draft of my BlackBerry post was … Continue reading →

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Selling the BlackBerry Z10

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Andrew

I’m a big fan of BlackBerry. I think they do good stuff: taking care of developers with free devices at dev events, hackathons, and brave and unusual outreach; daring to produce different devices (everyone including me said the PlayBook would … Continue reading →

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