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.
Category Archives: Articles
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 do behind the scenes to come up with articles suited to print and articles thatContinue reading “Better iPhone earphones”
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 Pro blog) doesn’t appear to be in the version we had to play with. ButContinue reading “Talking about Windows 7”
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 did I keep on playing? Partly it was because I didn’t want to write anContinue reading “Ghosts and Goblins and difficulty”
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 and cajole their corporate paymasters into creating a special, unique add-on controller, solely for theirContinue reading “Top 10 Unique Game Controllers”
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 lack of influence: “Senator Stevens isn’t the only one who is, to put in bluntly,Continue reading “Politics and technology”
Who owns your virtual life?
Article number three is up at Bit-Tech, entitled ‘Who Owns Your Virtual Life?’ It’s all about the thorny issue of intellectual property rights in massively multiplayer online roleplaying games, and how popular titles like World of Warcraft are engaging – or not engaging – with user-generated content. "MMO players play a significant role in creatingContinue reading “Who owns your virtual life?”
Nostalgia versus Final Fantasy
Column number two is now up at Bit-Tech: this time, it’s about nostalgia and whether old, great games can still be discovered in the way classic albums or films can. "If something is great, it should be great whenever you pick it up buy a fresh copy of Pepper or Kane now and they’ll stillContinue reading “Nostalgia versus Final Fantasy”
How To Make Good Coffee
The next issue of Custom PC (#34 – July 2006) is out soon and it features a wealth of good stuff (plug plug!), and one of the pieces I’ve written is a guide to Creative Commons. I’ve tried to avoid going into the morals, the whys, the wherefores of Creative Commons, IP law, DRM etcContinue reading “How To Make Good Coffee”
ViiV: They Want The Show To Go On
Speaking of columns, the Custom PC website has just been updated with the content from the May issue (#32), including my column on Intel’s big living room PC idea, Viiv. “By using existing software, Intel has waded into the mess that currently masquerades as ‘the digital home’. Very little of the digital home is basedContinue reading “ViiV: They Want The Show To Go On”
The Wired Jester 