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Month: April 2014

Android Apps – What I Have Installed

Android Apps – What I Have Installed

This is a list of apps that I have installed on my Android phone. I’ll update the list, add descriptions, categorise, etc. when I have time. Nova Trigger UberSocial Google Drive MoveToSD Authenticator Device Manager EDF Energy Nest Dropbox FastConnect Email Calendar Chrome Clock Twitter Facebook Google+ Evernote OneNote Play Books Flipboard Feedly Amazon Kindle Analytics Asana gAnalytics WordPress GetMeCooking mention Trello Camera Contacts Gallery Photos TuneIn Radio Audible Spotify SoundCloud Play Music SoundHound YouTube 4oD BBC iPlayer Chromecast Cineworld…

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I’ve Bought a New Mobile Phone – Samsung Galaxy S5

I’ve Bought a New Mobile Phone – Samsung Galaxy S5

In the good old days, you could get a 12 month mobile phone contract, so you could update your phone every year (great for a geek like me). My friends and colleagues always knew me as the guy with the latest phone. In recent years, they phased out the 12 month contracts, replacing them with 18 and 24 month contracts. Now they only have 24 month contracts – that means that you get stuck with a mobile for a whopping…

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Let’s Talk about Small (Local) Technology Talks

Let’s Talk about Small (Local) Technology Talks

I’m writing this blog post in a sort of reverse order – inspired by the blog post ‘Scott Hanselmans Complete List Of Productivity Tips‘ by Danny Schreiber. Specifically by the paragraph: Keep your emails to 3-4 sentences, Hanselman says. Anything longer should be on a blog or wiki or on your product’s documentation, FAQ or knowledge base. “Anywhere in the world except email because email is where you keystrokes go to die,” he says. I had already written some long…

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