Author Archive for: ‘Oli’
Home v3.0 (beta)
Hello world. Yes, yes, I realise it’s been a while <blows dust off last blog posts>. Did you miss me? Well, I’ve returned with a vengeance … oh, now that I’ve said that, it sounds a bit fierce. Well, I’ve returned at least. So what’s prompted this return, …
Hyperwhelmed
Here we are again. A few days ago, Apple used a rather cosy venue on their own campus to unveil the latest iteration of the iPhone, the iPhone 4S. Stepping back from all the hype surrounding this release, the iPhone 4S is a predicable incremental, …
Farewell Steve Jobs
Midway though writing a blog entry about yesterday’s iPhone 4S launch, I’m struck with this totally unexpected news. Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple has passed away, aged 56. Steve, and the company he helped create, have been an inspiration to millions – myself …
Star Trails Over Umbria
There’s something strangely beautiful about star trail photographs. They’re wonderfully abstract, but at the same time very, very real. I love how something as scientific as the rotation of the planet and be represented by something so captivating. I’ve been wanting to experiment with long …
Project | 365
It’s been a long while since I set myself a photographic project, and I’ve always liked the somewhat self-indulgent idea of Project | 365 … The very basic idea is that I will take 365 photographs; one for each day of the year. It sounds …
Automator Folder Actions
Automator is a little used, and misunderstood application available to all Mac users. If you’ve used it before, then you might find this article interesting as it looks at setting up an automatic folder action for your workflow. If the previous sentence didn’t even make …
Aperture 3.0
I’ve long been a fan of Apple’s photograph management tool, Aperture, but it’s only in the last year – along with the purchase of a new iMac – that I’ve really started to use it as my primary tool for managing and processing my photographs. …
iOS 4 and Google Calendars
Hi everyone! By far the most popular post on this blog has been my article on setting up iPhone 3.x to use Google Calendars (and in particular, multiple Google Calendars). I still get quite a lot of queries from people who seem to be jumping …
Does DRM fuel piracy?
Picture this: I settle down one evening; set the lights low, open the LoveFilm envelope and drop the DVD into the player. Then I sit back with a notepad and pen, and take careful note of the things I am forbidden to do with this …
Why I’m buying an Apple TV
So then. Why am I buying an Apple TV? No, it’s not just because I’m an Apple fanboy who must own the very latest Apple gadgets – although I can’t deny there’s a small amount of that involved! Actually, I already have an Apple TV, …
