NetLingo really is one of my favourite sites on the InterWeb, as I’ve said many times before – and here’s the latest term they’ve made me aware of: e-commerce czar A nickname for a senior-level exec charged with reforming an “old economy” company’s Internet and e-commerce strategies. The new program will have to cut the…
Fingers too big – or buttons too small?
What am I talking about? The seemingly shrinking size of buttons in Mobile devices, that’s what! In a world where we need more and more functionality in devices, there is a trend amongst manufacturers to decrease the size of buttons on devices – to the point these days where we seem to have dots or…
The top three recent films for Mobile device product placement
Hmm, I am beginning to really like writing ‘lists’ of top 5’s and top 3’s, so here goes another – the top three (recent) films for Mobile device product placement – let’s see if you agree! Of course the pinnacle of product placement IMHO is the Nokia 5110 Banana phone in the Matrix, but, here…
Meet the Android Robot’s Long Lost Cousin: The Smellfree Compost Bin
While browsing around some excellent design concepts this morning (Thanks Ben!) I noticed one concept that really caught my eye. No, it wasn’t the iTT design concept Ben talked about… But a new ‘Smellfree’ Compost Bin! Why? Take a look at it. Doesn’t it look like the Android robot? I think there’s a definate resemblance.…
Oldie but a goodie: Morse code outpaces texting!
Proving the power of viral video, I was sent a video the other day of an old Jay Leno show – where morse code sending was placed head-to-head against (speed) texting!Now you may have seen this video before, in which case you are not going to find this post very interesting – but, if you…
NetLingo: the “meeting specialist”
NetLingo, apart from being one of my fave online sites, never fails to amuse me – it’s one-a-day tech phrases emails always have a comedy caper in them!This time it’s the turn of the meeting specialist – a he or she that spends more time going to meetings than doing actual work! Actually I would…
Reina Hardesty Takes Texting Addiction to a New Level
So you think you have a problem with texting? You ain’t got nothin’ on 13-year-old Californian Reina Hardesty… You could say she has a bit of a problem. She racked up an unbelievable 14,528 text messages in one month. That works out to 484 text messages per day… That’s one text message every two minutes…
Babies and Mobiles part 4: quick-learners!
So I’ve had a bit of a break since the last post I wrote about the relationship that Mobiles have with my Baby (soon to be Toddler) – you can check out the last posts here, here, and here. The relationship with Mobiles (as far as it pertains to the Baby) hasn’t been great so…
Is your iPhone bezel scratched (badly)?
Following up on posts about dropping your iPhone (here) and scratching your iPhone (here), I’ve got a more specific point to raise… scratched bezel! The metal bezel round the edge of the iPhone is neat touch – looks great, and aesthetically really finishes the device off. But… is yours proper mashed-up with scratches? As readers…
Saturday Fun: The Exploded Phone T-Shirt
It’s Saturday. Lets take ‘er easy and do some shopping, shall we? My bud Rene over at TiPB posted this really cool iPhone shirt I had to share with you all. It’s called the ‘Exploded Phone’ t-shirt, and features a diagram of what looks to be an ‘exploded’ iPhone 2G on the front. If you’re…