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Journalist Alex Watson, technology, books, reading, photography, the Far East, the iPhone, technology’s role in creativity, lots of caffeineMethods of consumption
Greatest Hits…
...Although none of these were ever Number 1s in Azerbaijan, Japan or on college radio.
* On visiting countries that have been the subject of airstrikes by allies of your home country
* Why it's important for The Beatles to make their songs available digitally
* A visit to Peleliu, home of some fascinating WW2 relics and origin of the phrase 'thousand yard stare'
* Five ways to beat writer's block and get words going
* On Holbein and Shakespeare
* Blights on the English language - most hateful words in techFrom which department?
This is the past
Category Archives: Articles
On Steve Gillmor, FriendFeed 2 and inhaling the hype
Steve Gillmor’s Techcrunch post on the revamped FriendFeed was so incredible that I felt it needed a little commentary. A Cliff’s Notes, if you will. I wrote it up for the bit-tech blog.
Better iPhone earphones
A work post, this – at the end of last year, Dennis bought Bit-Tech, and this year, Custom PC and Bit will be working together on quite a few projects. The plan is to share a lot of what we … Continue reading
Talking about Windows 7
Warning! Awkward geekery ahead. Here’s me on the BBC website, talking about Windows 7. In short: it looks a lot like Vista, especially at this early stage – much of the stuff previewed by MS (and covered on the PC … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Custom PC and Bit-Tech, Tech
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The Best Of The Wired Jester
A list of some of the best posts from The Wired Jester’s two-and-a-half year career, based on popularity and my own personal preference. Like all best ofs, it is weighted towards the later stuff and inexplicably includes some new releases … Continue reading
Inbox of awesomeness +1: 5 Emails You Should Be Getting
Lots of people these days are down on email – my friend (the “internet famous tech writer”) Wil Harris and Stan Schroeder at the nifty Frantic Industries blog are two of its most recent critics, and both have good points: … Continue reading
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Ghosts and Goblins and difficulty
Until now, fingerprints have been the most deadly threat the super-shiny PSP has had to face. Now, it is wrath. The frustrated wrath of a player of Ultimate Ghosts n’ Goblins. Man, it’s tough… but strangely compelling, too: “So why … Continue reading
Top 10 Unique Game Controllers
Another article of mine is up at Bit-Tech – a top 10 list of ‘unique’ game controllers: “There’s only so far you can go with a traditional gamepad. A few talented, brave and frankly bonkers designers have managed to convince … Continue reading
Politics and technology
My latest piece for Bit-Tech is up there now – well, actually it’s been up there a few days, I’ve just not had time to post it here. It’s all about the influence of politicians on technology, or rather, their … Continue reading
