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My top 5 iphone apps

Written by Andy on November 23, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: Gear, tools

My good friend Joel Hughes recently tweeted for favourite iphone apps for his wife’s iphone (she had one for her birthday. Nice and Happy Birthday Jess). So it made me take a look at the dozens of apps that I’ve downloaded and which ones I currently use, and like.
iTalk: I know the latest iphones [...]

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What’s all the fuss about Google Wave?

Written by Andy on November 16, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Thoughts, tools

My Google wave invite came through the other day so I’ve signed up and now want to get working with it. Problem is, not many people have this great little tool and they can’t understand what the fuss is all about. So, if you don’t have Google Wave yet, here’s why you should get yourself [...]

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My Top 5 Free, and useful, stuff online..

Written by Andy on August 9, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: tools

1. Google account. Not just email but integral blogger, picassa albums, Rss reader, documents and much much more. http://www.google.com
2. Thunderbird. A superior alternative to Outlook Express and, for the majority of us, just as good as Outlook. http://www.mozilla.com
3. Evernote. Keep all you notes, url’s, ideas, everything, all in one online place. works with Pc, Mac, [...]

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Self hosted Wordpress gets mobile app

Written by Andy on July 29, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: tools

I’m liking Wordpress more every day. A recent find is the ability to publish posts remotely (like this entry), to self hosted Wordpress sites (like this one). I previously thought that this was only available on Wordpress hosted blogs. Happy days here.

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Picassa slideshows – free and easy

Written by Andy on July 16, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Photography, tools

Here’s something worth trying.. Picassa Slideshows..All you need is a Picassa Album (they’re free at picasa.google.com). Then add some photos to a slideshow and you’ll get a bit of code to publish to your website or blog. This took me just 5 minutes to create.

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