Writing
Hull Bondholder Breakfast
I was privileged to be able speak at the Bondholders’ Breakfast at Hymers College today. It’s a fantastic group who are working hard to promote all the exciting things Hull has to offer. It was great to be part of their meeting and really nice to catch up with friends and meet some new contacts. I enjoyed talking about why technology [...]
Hull & The Knowledge Economy
I’ve written a new blog post on the HullDigital site which you can access at: http://hulldigital.co.uk/hull-the-knowledge-economy/
iBooks – The Business Potential
On Thursday, Apple revealed updates to iBooks and iTunesU and released iBooksAuthor, an application that allows simple creation of iBooks. I think the updates are hugely exciting, particularly for education where teacher generated/distributed content looks to be a really killer aspect to the service. The iTunesU updates are superb; I’m a regular user of the service, and the cross-device-syncing as [...]
Love Is The Killer App
I had a fantastic Christmas. It was a privilege to spend time with my family and friends, to go for long peaceful walks with my dogs, and to concentrate on the really important things in life. The Christmas break also provided an opportunity to look at business from a different perspective. It allowed me to evaluate things that weren’t working, [...]
17″ MBP Unibody to 13″ MBA
I’ve been a die-hard 17″ Apple Laptop fan for years. I’ve had them since the 17″ Powerbook, and my latest, the 17″ Unibody MacBook Pro was a superb machine. I was running Lion on an Xpress card SSD and using the internal 7200rpm drive for my home folder. It was fast, powerful and had a stunning display at 1900×1200. [...]