News, views and opinions from a Gàidheal
It’s about six months ago now that I ditched my brick of a phone, a Nokia X2, for something a bit more modern. I’d always stayed out of the smartphone genre, despite my geeky desire for one, because they’d been too expensive to afford but by 2013 a smartphone was pretty much standard fare so I looked at which one was my best bet. I went with a Nokia Lumia, and with it comes the Windows Phone interface. I’ve got my gripes with it, but — Read more →
Anns an linn seo, tha an eadar-lion aig cridhe do faisg air gach pàirt de bheatha a h-uile duine. ‘S e tobair fios ‘s eòlas a th’ann a tha nas doimhne ‘s nas farsainge na càil sam bidh a th’air a bhith ann riamh. Ma tha Gàidhlig air an cleachdadh gu eifeachdach air an eadar-lion dh’fhaodadh sinn a’cuideachadh inbhe a chanain ‘s a’toirt cothrom nas fheàrr do mìltean daoine a’dol an sàs anns a chanan neo an cultair aice. Aon duilgheadas a th’agam mar oileanach — Read more →
This an English translation of the original post “Gàidhlig ann an Saoghal Digiteach” In this century, the internet is at the heart of almost every part of everyone’s life. It’s a resource of knowledge and information that is deeper and wider than anything that’s ever been before it. If Gaelic can use the internet effectively then it could significantly help the status of the language and give a better chance to thousands of people to get involved with the language and its culture. One difficulty — Read more →
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, my internet repertoire includes a vast number of websites. Some I’ll use almost constantly, some I’ll check a few times a day, and some every now and then when I feel like it. Google+ is one that falls into the final category, and as a social network, it’s probably not where the developers of the service would want it to be. I’ve had and used Google+ for over a year now, and I think it’s time that I put — Read more →
The media has changed drastically beyond recognition in the time I’ve been alive. If you had said in the mid-90s that newspapers would be on their way out in just twenty years then you would be given some questionable looks for sure. The internet has brought a wealth of new opportunities for people to get and distribute news. The 24-hour news cycle is not just a fad, but a modern baseline for most worthy news organisations. And now there are more news outlets than ever — Read more →
