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If you care about language you might like this: Simon Heffer on the dangers of exaggerated language. If somebody is devastated because his football team has lost a match, how does he feel when he gets home and finds his wife and children have been killed in a fire? If a woman is brave because of her [more]
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Apple’s iOS update, due on 8 September, will apparently fix the problem that made iOS 4 unusable on many iPhone 3G devices. Apparently. [more]
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As you may have noticed, Apple unveiled some new goodies yesterday. As you may not have noticed, I’ve written about two of them. First up, FaceTime video calling in the iPod touch: The big question is whether people want to see one another on the phone. I think the older generation hate the idea. I [more]
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Doesn’t time fly? As you may recall, Windows 95 was a good operating system surrounded by some bad behaviour. In 1998 consumer advocate Ralph Nader wrote a devastating critique that accused Microsoft of “suffocating” the PC industry and argued that “the victims of Microsoft’s monopolistic activities aren’t just the companies that go belly-up; they are the [more]
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Back in January, I wrote this: I also have a £702/year newspaper habit. Imagine if I could come downstairs in the morning, grab the iPad, and use it as a newspaper. It’s big enough so there’s still the serendipity of seeing articles you might otherwise miss, and it’s digital enough that I can get my [more]
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A memorial library for Kurt Vonnegut opens in Indianapolis this November. Exhibits will include “boxes of rejection letters”. I’d really like to see it. [more]
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If you’ve ever wondered what working for the tech press is like or suspect that PR people use bungs to get good coverage, you might find this interesting. If you’re reviewing something that’s problematic – perhaps there are clashes with drivers on your computer, or some weird issue you’ve discovered – what happens next? If [more]
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I know I mention this from time to time, but it seems not everyone on Earth uses it yet so I’m going to go on about it again: Instapaper! Instapaper is one of the greatest things since sliced bread. Seen something interesting online? Hit Read Later to send it to Instapaper and you can read [more]
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Are you getting the impression that I’m not entirely keen on Facebook? Facebook Questions is its latest attempt to be like the AOL of the 90s, but more annoying and evil. It’s a simple enough plan: make every single link on Google point to a Facebook page. Where’s the best place to buy a T-31 [more]
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Amazon’s Kindle for £109. [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.
