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More words on the Internet. First, six companies Google should buy including, yep, Twitter: Google’s search spiders are amazing things, but they can’t do what Twitter Search does: let you see in real time what six million people are saying. Bringing Twitter into the fold could work in two ways: as a search tool in [more]
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I wrote this four years ago: Arena’s confused – it can’t make its mind up whether it’s going after GQ readers or Loaded readers, and falls flat between the two Today’s Guardian reports that Arena is to cease publication after 22 years. In the same post, I wrote this: Perhaps the problem is that there’s [more]
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First up, a feature: seven reasons why Apple should make a netbook (and a few reasons why it shouldn’t). Here’s one of the reasons why it shouldn’t: An HD Touch would be more compelling Take one iPod Touch, make it twice the size, give it some desktop-style apps and you’ve got something that no other [more]
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Two by me, one by Neil Mohr that I thought was really interesting. First up, Cloud Computing – or Clown Computing? So much for the cloud. Can we really rely on web-based services and software? If you’re expecting us to say no, surprise! Then a look at some of the interesting things Microsoft, Google, Yahoo! [more]
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Back in 2006, I wrote this: Many laptops, such as the MacBook Pro, are real desktop alternatives. But they also cost an awful lot of money, and they’re hefty things to carry around. Any time I’ve used a laptop when travelling – on planes, on trains, on ferries – I’ve wished I had a smaller [more]
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Yes. Yes, it is. Guess where the link goes? That’s right! Techradar! Overall, we like Safari 4 a lot. We’re not convinced we’ll actually use Top Sites or the visual History Search, but flashy gimmicks aside it’s a fast and pleasant way to do stuff online. [more]
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Last.fm isn’t telling the RIAA that you’ve pirated the new U2 album. But you might be. Why go to the hassle of trying to get data from websites when the users will hand it to you on a plate? We’re sure that some of the people listening to the leaked album simply forgot that Last.fm [more]
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There’s a huge discussion on Fark.com based on a brilliant question: Youngish [Fark user] has no comprehension what her adult life would be like without the internet or computer technology. Describe your pre-internet life It’s a brilliant question because the potential answers are so big. Baby Bigmouth wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the internet [more]
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The days run away like horses over the hill… Is Half-Life 2 the future of indie movie-making? The potential is mind-boggling, but let’s be honest: we’re not quite there yet. The constant fast-cutting in Escape from City 17 can’t disguise the fact that some of the in-game footage doesn’t quite gel with the real footage, [more]
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The 4 of Us are playing a bunch of gigs in February to support their forthcoming live album, but they’re only doing Irish dates. Again. Bastardy bastardy bastard. You can listen to one of the live tracks, Sunlight, here. [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.
