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Apple Design Tribute...

I found this while reading up on the forthcoming Apple iPad. Fantastic representation of the products that have changed computing and technology (and especially the interaction of humans and advanced technologies) in a wonderful short video. San Francisco 3D design and visualization studio Transparent House has created a visualization entitled “Anatomy of Apple Design” as a tribute 34 years of Apple design,...

Dee Dee Dea...

Just before 9pm Irish time this evening, Willie O’Dea bowed from the Cabinet table and resigned as Minister for Defense. I’m sorry to see him go as I found him to be a popular, fiesty and fierce hunting dog for Fianna Fáil. As a member of Dáil Éireann since 1982, O’Dea has had some positive times in the role of Minister for Defense. His leadership in the deployment of Irish Peacekeeping Forces to...

Windows Phone 7 – Shite!...

Microsoft today announced their flagship in their latest armada to attach Apple and the iPhone and iPod centric world of music and communication. In what can only be described as the most awkwardly presented tetchy video ever released by a company announcing a new product, the Redmond WA giant posted a 22 minute long saga on their Microsoft Developer Network site today heralding the arrival of the Windows 7 Phone Series...

George Lee-ving...

George Lee is gone. Caput. Finito. Out. The detonator has been set, the timer started and the bomb has been left hidden inside Fine Gael. The assailant has left the building, and now it’ll be up to the opposition party of choice to pick up the pieces. George Lee, the darling of Fine Gael who pipped Shay Brennan to the post in the battle for the late Seamus Brenann’s seat in south Dublin has bowed out after...

iPad Impressions...

Having just finished watching Steve Jobs’ keynote at the Yerba Buena Arts Center in San Francisco on Wednesday on the Podcast streamed to my Apple TV while texting a friend on my iPhone in front of my MacBook displaying the latest iPad news connected to my Mac Mini downloading the latest Apps for my iPhone using Apple Screen Sharing, I think it’s safe to say I already play well with the “eco-system”...

Wordpress 2.0 for iPhone...

A massive improvement on it’s predecessor, Wordpress for iPhone 2.0 is a fast, functional and, more importantly, stable application for managing blogsites. I’ve used a few blog apps before but this one seems to be a good tool for those who use or run a Wordpress-powered blog. Features include comment management, post and page management, category creation and photo uploading also. Finally something to give...

Sneak Preview: New Year’s 2009 – Dingl...

Dingle is as good a place as any to ring in the New Year, and this year we welcome the dawn of a new decade. In 2009, as has been since 2005, I will create, design, program, install and unveil the next generation of the digital countdown clocks I’ve been doing for the town for nearly half a decade. With the help of a friend to provide the powerful equipment needed to project the clock across a whole sodium-lit street,...

Oppressed Speech...

While in the USA recently, I took some time to check out American television. Not for any other reason other than it’s something that always fascinates me. The mixture of mild-mannered newsreaders in pristine wax-like condition, informing their viewers of the day’s events (some in their own slant!). The personable talk-show hosts and the outrageously silly self-help gurus. The madness of the high regard and...

Magic Mouse...

Apple’s recently released Magic Mouse, the successor to the popular and critically dividing Mighty Mouse is a great leap forward for the humble aid of Human Computer Interaction. On a trip to the USA recently, I stopped by the Apple Store in Palo Alto to purchase one. A new stock of about 20 were delivered during my 15 minutes in store and I grabbed the last one before I left the store. That’s not the whole...

A Year With iPhone...

It’s been over a year since I got an iPhone. I moved to the platform from an old Blackberry 8300 Curve on the O2 network in Ireland when it was first launched in Ireland. The model is a 3G variety which heralded the dawn of the App Store, Apple’s crowning differentiation in the mobile smartphone market which is already crowded by defunct and useless devices from the Palm Treo to the Blackberry Storm (possibly...

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