Grindhouse Double Bill Delayed in The UK; May Be Split Up

No, no, no, no, no!!! It’s been rumoured for a while, but the Distributors of Grindhouse have put back the release date, and are threatening to show the Grindhouse Double Bill as two seperate films (via Tom Coates). That’s jsut going to ruin the experience for anyone with any appreciation of films, all because it […]

Less Than 50 Years Music Copyright makes Sense

Copyright, and specifically the length or extension of copyright, has recently been under discussion in the UK, and (in all probability) is due to come up in the European Parliament at some point this year. It was therefore a surprise to read something common-sense from the man behind the recent UK Report on copyright, Andrew […]

Using Tumblr as a Personal Aggregator

One of the things I’ve been looking at in the last week or so is the Tumblr service. There’s a rash of ‘mini-blog’ tools coming online at the moment such as Twitter and Jaiku (but they do have the mobile phone angle). Tumblr is much more focused on ‘pure’ blogging in the short form, bt […]

Apple Announce Firmware Updates for iPhone, Crowd Go Wild

If you want a better illustration of the ‘Apple Effect,’ then look no further than Apple’s latest iPhone statement to pump up the fanboys into a frenzy. In short, the iPhone and Apple TV will be able to update their firmware over the air.

While this has been a relativly new feature on Nokia and […]

Edinburgh Fringe Podcast Planning 2007

Well, now that I’m (almsot) recovered from the SXSW / ETech podcasting trip in March, the next biggie on the horizon needs addressing, that of the BAFTA nominated Edinburgh Festival Fringe Podcast. Last year’s Fringe saw Edinburgh host to on the order of 1800 different shows, and close to 16,000 performers - plus everyone who […]

LeWeb 2007 - Thoughts and Questions.

Loic Le Meur asks ‘Will you be able to stop yourself going to LeWeb3 in 2007?‘ I think the question needs spun round to read something like this; ‘How can I, Loic Le Meur, convince you to come to LeWeb in 2007.’
I would point out here that my case is a bit more unusual that […]

The Apple iPhone (Enterprise) Edition Bundle Shouldn’t Exist

Okay this sounds like either desperation from the sales team at AT&T, or a cunning ploy to make sure that crates of iPhones are bought by businesses who won’t look as deeply as the ticket price as a regular consumer. InfoWorld reports that the network will be pitching the upcoming iPhone as appealing to business […]

I’m Back Cycling Around Edinburgh

This week has finally seen me get back out and about Edinburgh on my bicycle. It’s been close to four months since my bike was working, and while I could lay the blame at a few places, I’ve just not been able to get round to doing some repairs on it since the back tyre […]

The Brand New Yahoo-ified Upcoming Has a Few Misfires

Well, that was, with hindsight, inevitable. Yahoo, who purchased Upcoming back in late 2005, have made a similar move to integrate the Web 2.0 tool more fully into the Yahoo stable. Small things to the large Sunnyvale based company, like changing the main url to Upcoming.Yahoo.com; requiring everyone to change their account to one that […]

Podcrawl’s Hilary Tyler Joins The Podcast Network

Long ago, when podcasting was young, there was a site called Podcrawl (link via archive.org). On it, Hilary Tyler covered the daily news in the rapidly forming world of podcasting, watching for stories, reviewing shows, and generally letting everyone know just what was happening. As time passed, and the podcasting world expanded with more shows; […]

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