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First Impressions: iMac 21.5″ (2011)

On May 11, 2011 · 10 Comments · In Tech

2 days ago I bought a base model 2011 iMac 21.5″ (2.5Ghz i5, 4Gb RAM, 500GB HD) and have been using the machine for a little over 24 hours. Here’s my Spaghetti Review.

The Good:

Cableless. I think I’ve waited 14 years to achieve a cableless desk. Performance. This [...]

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What would you buy first?

On May 9, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Tech

A few bloggers have been following Ben Brooks‘ lead by posting the software they would buy first if we had our time again. I don’t use a huge set of apps every day, but I’m pretty committed to the ones I do and keen to promote whenever the opportunity arises. Here’s [...]

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A week away with the MacBook Air 11″

On May 7, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Tech

Over a month has passed since I wrote my first impressions of the MacBook Air 11″ and I’ve been asked by several readers for an update on how I’ve been getting along with the Air. Well I can tell you all now: I still love it, with some caveats.

I recently returned from [...]

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First Impressions: Magic Trackpad

On April 18, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Tech

In what appears to be a series of reviews of 6 month old hardware, I continue my previous post with a first impressions review of the Apple Magic Trackpad. Once again, spaghetti western approach.

The Good

Beautifully simple. There’s nothing “extra”. It is just a trackpad. And it looks great for it Multi-touch gestures. I [...]

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First Impressions: MacBook Air 11″

On March 30, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Tech

I’ve had the MacBook Air 11″ over 24 hours now and I suppose that’s enough time to form some first impressions of the machine. To make this quick, I’m going to adopt the spaghetti western approach. I’m excluding anything to do with SSDs, because my old MacBook has an SSD too.

The Good:

This is [...]

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Essential Software: 1Password

On March 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Tech

When Adrian of Jetplane Journal first told me about Agile Web Solution’s 1Password my immediate thought was ‘not another password manager’ coupled with a ratber rude rolling of eyes. Memories of hours spent entering passwords into shareware wallet software and the riling senility of browser password managers came flooding to mind. We [...]

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Searching by location on Twitter

On February 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Tech

Twitter users can search for others using Twitter’s own search portal. Within 10 minutes I had found 20 people with similar interests in my home town. The perfect recipe to start a TweetUp in the near future…

To search for Twitter users by location, start by going to search.twitter.com. Here, enter the following keywords [...]

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