Monthly Archives: December 2010

I don’t really see why this is worth a story

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Brian X. Chen, for Wired: “The company recently approved an iPhone camera app that carries a special feature: the ability to snap a photo by pressing the physical Volume button rather than tapping the touchscreen. Oddly enough, about four months … Continue reading →

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A thought on journalism for Boxing Day

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Cover via Amazon I’ve spent part of the Christmas break reading Andrew Marr‘s book “My Trade“, which is a kind of personal history of journalism. If you like Marr’s history programmes, and have any interest in the history of media, … Continue reading →

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“World’s best manga app” released

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Not a Basement Studio has released what it claims is “the ultimate manga app” – and for the first three days, it’s only 0.99¢ I’ve got to admit that I’m not the world’s most massive manga fan, but Manga Rock … Continue reading →

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Circus Ponies Notebook: Expensive, but feature-rich, notetaking for iPad

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I’m only slightly obsessive about note taking applications. I actually use more than one at once – DEVONthink for organising notes around projects, Evernote for filing just about everything else. One of the ones that I’ve used in the past … Continue reading →

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Nerd supremacy

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Jaron Lanier gets it: “What I’m seeing in my nerd brethren is an increasing combativeness, a loss of empathy, and creepiness,” said Jaron Lanier, a critic of digital culture and a pioneering computer scientist who helped develop virtual reality. “It’s … Continue reading →

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Oh, the irony: Chrome OS “no good for making stuff”

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Joel Mathis taking a look at Chrome OS: “If you want to make stuff, in other words, the cloud isn’t quite ready for you—and that means Chrome OS isn’t quite ready for you, either. Will it be when (and if) Chrome … Continue reading →

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links for 2010-12-16

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Why they want your email address… (tags: spamming trolling griefing email) £100bn hole in local government pensions (tags: economics pensions politics) I am grateful to my hon. Friend the…: 22 Jun 1964: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com) Work is not … Continue reading →

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links for 2010-12-15

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Changes Made in Obama Executive Order 13526 on Classified National Security Information (tags: politics) Assange's Extremist Employees – Reason Magazine (tags: wikileaks journalism) Hacking, Wikileaks And Cyber Warfare | The New Republic (tags: politics wikileaks) The IMF according to Keynes? … Continue reading →

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