iPad and Me (and the Library)

This last week I finally got my hands on an iPad (apart from that one in the States) without visiting the Apple store and waiting in a terribly long line just to get a quick touch.
Turns out as part of the ‘emerging technologies’ strand of our Learner Support programme we get to buy awesome stuff [...]

Translating the Revolution

Google have been providing their useful Google Translate service for quite a while now but today seems to be a rather special day. They’ve finally released a support for Persian, something I think is much more appropriate than colouring the Google logo green for a day – simply because this is it far more useful [...]

QR Codes in Libraries and Higher Education

In the space of a day I’ve gone from being super skeptical of quick response (QR) codes to super enthusiastic – which is a weird predicament for me anyhow. I’m usually pretty quick on embracing new technologies but I just didn’t get what the fuss was about with these things. Now that I’ve had a [...]

iPhone Web Apps

My two most visited websites now optimised for the iPhone. Genius!
lexrigby.com/heatworld.php and lexrigby.com/reddit.php

Feel free to steal them! What more could you need in life?

3G 4Me?

And so Mr. Steve (King of the World) Jobs gives birth to the iPhone 3G! But what about us early adopters? Well O2 are offering upgrades – for £99!! Where’s the saving in that you tight-fisted tossers? I already spent £269! You think I sweat dollar bills huh?
I think I’m spending far too much time [...]