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I’ve written a wee guide to Apple’s latest mobile OS, iOS 6, which comes out this autumn. [more]
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Me on Techradar: the most annoying things non-geeks ask you to do. …while technology is absolutely everywhere, not everyone who’s bought it knows how to use it or what to do when it goes wrong. That’s where we come in, whether we like it or not: as far as friends, family and co-workers are concerned [more]
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Me, in PC Plus, writing about building PCs: As I blundered around the kitchen, wailing, bumping into things, shooting jets of bright red blood all over the cupboards and shouting “WHERE THE HELL ARE THE BLOODY PLASTERS?” it’s safe to say that my wife wasn’t thinking “Ooh! Now that’s sexy!” [more]
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Sometimes I think there just aren’t enough songs about robots, so imagine my delight when I discovered that Maple Leaves’ new song is about… robots! But also, it’s about people! Damned clever, these pop types. If you’re in or around Glasgow, the EP launch is on Saturday (26 May) at Stereo. I’m gutted that I [more]
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I’m very proud of that headline, you know. Anyway! Waterstones! Kindles! Me! Techradar! Imagine there’s a serial killer at the door. He’s already killed and eaten the rest of the street, and now he fancies getting his gums on your bum. Do you (a) grab as many sharp things as you can to fight him [more]
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Here’s an interesting one: a study that suggests Amazon reviews are just as reliable as newpaper ones, for non-fiction at least. I agree entirely, although I reserve the right to edit this post if people start posting one-star jobs… Although the study points out that there is “virtually no quality assurance” in Amazon’s consumer reviews, [more]
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A wee milestone today: I’ve shifted my 25,000th ebook. That’s over 11,000 sales and nearly 14,000 freebies, and it’s almost entirely Coffin Dodgers on the Kindle. I’ll wait until the end of the month to share the in-depth numbers, but it’s clear that freebie day number two hasn’t had anywhere near the same effect as [more]
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Oh yes it is. Here are the links:Â Amazon UKÂ |Â Amazon US [more]
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Yesterday afternoon: Virgin Media and other UK ISPs begin to implement the court-ordered block on The Pirate Bay. Yesterday evening: various sites publish in-depth guides on how to evade the court-ordered block on The Pirate Bay. In some cases, evading is simply a matter of clicking a single hyperlink. It’s an old comparison, I know, [more]
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When I first got an iPad, I rushed to download some big-name digital magazines. They were rubbish. You’d think that tablets and magazines are made for each other — tablets are the perfect size, big enough that you don’t spend half your time zooming and scrolling but small enough that they aren’t uncomfortable — and [more]
Read me in books
My debut memoir, Carrie Kills A Man, was a Scotsman book of the year and Damian Barr’s Literary Salon book of the week, and it was shortlisted for the 2023 British Book Awards book of the year in the Discover category.
My latest book, Small Town Joy, is a celebration of queer influences on and queer artists in Scots music and is out now.
I’m also a contributor to the excellent anthology Fierce Salvage, which is also out now.
