Beware the technophiles

As someone who often bemoans technophobia, I feel the obligation to point out its opposite when it makes an appearance. I have read the unintentionally funny named article in TechCrunch “Dear Authors, Your Next Book Should be an App, Not an iBook”. Here the author gushes about the iPad, repeats the idea that it changes everything, [...]

The geek civil war

"It's Mine! My own, my precious!"

The geeks are at war. Which side will you choose? Are you with the Hackers? Or are you with the Shinies? At the heart of the fight is a device of such divisive power that it might as well have been forged in the fires of Mordor, where the Shadows [...]

The iPad: revolution, revulsion, or just silly?

"I hope they don't notice"

Oh dear, so Apple has released a new product, and the techie blogosphere has gone crazy.  The early verdict seems negative, with various people pointing out the many features that it does not have, but to me Hitler sums it up nicely when he says that it is an over-sized iPod [...]