News, views and opinions from a Gàidheal
I hath wandered in the technological desert for two years but salvation has come in the form of a Samsung Galaxy A3. It’s no surprise to anyone that knows me that I wasn’t a fan of my old phone – the Nokia Lumia. I’ve written before about the pitfalls of having a Windows Phone as your weapon of choice, and rather than these issues being ironed out over time as you bear the burden of them, things actually got worse. The lack of good apps — Read more →
Summer to some means sitting outside in the sun and going off on holidays, but for me – at least over the last few years – it’s meant the chance to work on some interesting projects and earn some money for the year of uni ahead. It might not quite sound as fun, and my tan definitely doesn’t benefit much from it, but it’s always great spending the summer building something that will leave a legacy. This summer I was working for the Ross & — Read more →
For some summer is a few months of spending time outside in the sun, getting the most of the good weather and enjoying some time off. While I do as much of that as I can, my summers as a web developer often see me sat in front of a screen trying my hardest to figure out why that little box won’t quite go in the right place. Maybe not as fun all the time, but it can be just as satisfying. Web development can — Read more →
Sitting at work for hours on end behind a desk can be tough, even if you have a job you love and work with great people who keep you going. Music is one of the only things that can really keep people’s spirits up even as the clock ticks ever more slowly towards hometime. But that only rings true if the music is good. Over the last few weeks at work I’ve been sat and stuck listening to Moray Firth Radio. To say that its — Read more →
One of the things that makes the internet as enormously resourceful, entertaining and helpful as it is is the fact that it is a truly worldwide phenomenon that anybody, from anywhere can use and create. The internet can be seen as one of the fastest ways of delivering globalisation as it allows people to learn and experience other cultures from afar in a way that could never have been imagined before. It is this free exchange of information and entertainment that makes it what it — Read more →
