It has been just over 24 hours since I was officially announced as Managing Director for Reading Room Manchester. First point of business – a new website! Exciting times lie ahead, most likely with a fair amount of stress and gin. And Greggs.
Archive for the ‘General Content’ Category
The downfall of Android?
Posted: 16th May 2011 by boboshady in Apple, Digital Commentary, General ContentComments Off
Ask anyone I know with a smartphone and they’ll confirm that I’m a big advocate of iOS and a general naysayer of anything else. Mostly, it’s done in jest – I do actually like Android and PalmOS (and I’m about to find out what WinMob 7 is all about), but I do honestly believe that [...]
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Occasionally, in my world of constant connection and needing to know everything RIGHT NOW, I get frustrated when my iPhone seems to be spluttering close to death by the end of the day. Don’t get me wrong, I pretty much always get close to 2 days out of it before it turns in the towel, [...]
Do you need my details?
Posted: 11th April 2011 by boboshady in Development, General Content, I Like Moaning, ProfessionalComments Off
This is a post I’ve had in draft for a while. Before that, it was an article I was writing that had been in draft for a while. Basically, I’ve been putting off getting around to this for about 12 months now, and that simply won’t do. I ask you, dear reader, to assume the [...]
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“Even I…” – I realised recently that it’s a phrase I use to express how excessive something is, the concept being that if *I* think it’s excessive, then jesus – you’re really pushing the boat out. At first I thought to myself that it’s an incredibly arrogant stance to have…after all, who am I to [...]
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I consider myself quite a savvy web user, in terms of watching out for phishing and otherwise dodgy emails and websites. In example, when I was recently prompted to re-confirm my online account with my bank (whilst attempting to log into the website, not from an email) the first thing I did was do some [...]
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Possibly the most amazing phone ever made, I am now the proud owner of one thanks to a colleague – the Ericsson R380s. Yes, 11 years ago, Sony weren’t in the equation. I lusted after one of these when they came out – quite possibly the first real smartphone, it has a flipdown front cover [...]
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Have you ever written, or tried to write a book? The old phrase is that everyone has one good book in them, but I think that’s largely bollocks. Maybe everyone has a good story, either of actual events of something that’s floating around in their head, but turning that story into book is most likely [...]
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I love pie, me. Any type of pie, and I’m very forgiving of it’s quality (but obviously nice pie > bad pie (ginsters, you bad people). Pie is at it’s best when made by the missus. She makes good pie. Nom. This was today’s lunch.
SMS to replace postage stamps in Sweden
Posted: 9th March 2011 by boboshady in Digital Commentary, General Content, ProfessionalTags: cool, Postage Stamps, SMS, Sweden
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I read on Engadget this morning that Sweden are replacing traditional postage stamps with unique codes that you acquire by simply sending a text message to a specified shortcode. An automated system will then send you back a unique number which you write on your package instead of a stamp. Works for packages up to [...]