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  • Moving to Windows Phone 7 from iOS–and back again!

    I’ve been using a Windows Phone 7 Samsung Omnia 7 since the beginning of October. Today, I’m back using my iPhone 4, but the experience has let me to an interesting conclusion: WP7 is a superior OS compared to the aging iOS. However, the iPhone 4 handset is far, far… Read ⇢

  • My GiveCampUK weekend (21st to 23rd October, 2011)

    Across the weekend of the 21st of October, I took part in the UK’s first GiveCamp. And what a weekend it was!     I signed up to participate it a few months back thinking it would be a good way to network, make some new friends and help somebody… Read ⇢

  • Moving to Windows Phone 7 from iOS–Week 1

    I’ve been using the Windows Phone 7 Omnia 7 for about a week now and it has really been a strange ride. I have been an iPhone user since the release of the iPhone 3G in 2008 and overall, I’ve been very happy with the iPhone. As I’ve outlined in… Read ⇢

  • Moving to Windows Phone 7 from iOS–Day 1

    With Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 4S, I skipped my annual early morning efforts of pre-ordering the new handset. For the first time in three years, I wasn’t giving Apple more money! You see, two weeks ago, I picked up a Samsung Omnia 7, Windows Phone 7 handset for development… Read ⇢

  • Apple, please stop talking utter BOLL&*KS

    Anyone following the Apple announcement yesterday, should have been dismayed by Apple’s on-going, incredibly stupid  use of percentages to drive home how good they are. When comparing Lion’s adoption rate, they threw up this slide. Seriously? How can anyone fall for this shite? A simple search on Bing will reveal… Read ⇢

  • What I’d like to see from the iPhone 5

    This evening, UK time, Apple is expected to unveil its latest addition to the iPhone family, the iPhone 5. I’ve been an Apple iPhone user since 2008, when they released the iPhone 3G. I’ve owned the 3GS too and am currently using the iPhone 4. Whilst I’m not planning to… Read ⇢

  • With Microsoft, you can only live in one place. Ever!

    Last Thursday, my latest purchase arrived via courier from Expansys: A Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone 7! I was quite excited to get my hands on this as it would be the second Windows Phone I’ve seen. I quickly set it up and played around with it for a few… Read ⇢

  • Upgrading to Lion hasn’t been good for the Mac App Store…

    So this is the “worlds most advanced operating system” is it? I’ve upgraded Windows and never had issues like! Time for a full rebuild I think ;( Read ⇢

  • Bye, bye finance. Hello telecoms!

    As any of my twitter followers could tell you, I’m in my last week of employment at Barclays Capital, here in London. I’ve been working as a developer in the Market Risk IT department for over four years, a personal record for me. It’s not a bad job, the pay… Read ⇢