Why I’ve switched from Apple Aperture to Adobe Lightroom 4.1

Let me start by saying that having used Apple’s Aperture for years, I’ve reached the conclusion over the last few months that it’s no-longer the best product for my imaging workflow. This isn’t intended to be a comparison between Aperture 3 & Lightroom 4.1 nor is it a review of either product. Both can be [...]

Review: Samba Mobile – Ad supported mobile broadband (updated)

Advertising-supported services for various things have been around almost as long as the advertising needed to support them has. Over the years various companies have experimented with offering a full gamut of services from advertising-supported mobile phones through to PCs and internet access. For various reasons, many of those services are now not around any [...]

Revisited – Apple IPad Smart Case

After using Apple’s new Smart Case on an iPad 3 for the last week, I thought I’d collect a few initial thoughts together for anyone considering buying one. Firstly, I should say that although it’s perhaps not Apple’s best product ever, it’s still firmly wrapped around my iPad and is highly likely to stay there [...]

Apple iPad Smart Case – a smart option?

Alongside all the higher-profile news & products emerging during Apple’s 2012 Worldwide Developer Conference was something intended to address one of the most obvious flaws with the iPad Smart Cover. Sold in their millions to iPad owners wanting to protect their devices, it may sound slightly obvious but Smart Covers only cover the screen; leaving [...]

CloudFlare – Supercharge your website in five minutes?

Since its launch back in 2010, CloudFlare has been a company with an ambitious goal – help to power and protect the entire Internet. Along the way they also accelerate your website, promising massive performance gains through use of their globally distributed servers – providing everyone with easy access a content delivery network. Content Delivery Networks [...]

Gear review – Lowepro Flipside 400 AW Backpack

Since starting to shoot on a more professional basis some time ago, it wasn’t long before two main issues started to become apparent on a nearly daily basis. Firstly, you can never have enough kit… Just when you think you have all the gear you need, you suddenly find a lens you can’t live without, [...]

Just checking… it is Spring, right?

Must be winter…

Must be winter…, a photo by Tim_Stephenson on Flickr.

Disaster Recovery – where do you start when planning for survival?

As some of you may be aware, I’m currently involved in building a cloud-based DR environment for a couple of core business systems. We opted to use Amazon EC2 for this, and I thought I’d share a few observations gleaned along the way. Over the next few weeks I’m going to be taking a look [...]

So.. how’s your brain working today? Can YOU read this?

This was forwarded onto me earlier this week…  I never usually forward stuff like this onwards but this just amused. Can you read the following message…? F1gur471v31y 5p34k1ng? Good example of a Brain Study. If you can read this you have a strong mind. 7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG [...]