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  • iPad – The Apple Tablet

    The rumor mill has been churning out rumors of an Apple table for many years now, working especially hard since the latter half of 2009. Now the rumors have a physical form, yup that’s right, Apple has officially announced the iPad.

    What’s the big deal, you ask? Read on to find out.

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  • The Superphone Cometh – Nexus One Review

    A Google phone has been a long time coming, for years many enthusiasts have been hoping for the search giant to develop a handset – and finally our wishes have been answered.

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would have heard of the recently and much hyped Nexus One.

    I was eager to get my hands on the phone and to find out where the phone lives up to the hype, or is it just another over-hyped empty shell.

    Read on to find out more

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  • Living the dream – 2 guys create a iPhone app in 12 hours

    Alright, so this might not be the dream for everyone, but nonetheless you’ll agree that it’s pretty impressive.
    These two guys with relatively little coding experience, created a simple a simple but useful iPhone app over 12 hours and 6 cups of coffee.

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  • The Facebook Guidebook [resource]

    Facebook has over 350million users, and as a long time and heavy user of the service I’m always looking for ways to improve my experience.
    It seems that my prayers have been answered, one of my favourite blogs – Mashable – has published a Facebook Guidebook full of tips, tricks and guide explaining how to do [...]

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  • 12 interesting legal stories from 2009

    I was reading Family Lore blog’s review of the year and it reminded me of some interesting stories that made it to press during 2009. I decided to do highlight a few that I found remarkable.

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  • Naming and shaming drunk drivers = bad idea

    If you are a drunk driver in Montgomery County, Texas then it may prove to be risky business. Apparently (via), the Montgomery County district attorney’s office has decided to tweet the names of all those that are driving whilst intoxicated between Christmas and New Year’s eve. Is it just me or is this a really stupid idea?

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  • 7 Tech trends I’m looking forward to in 2010

    The end of the year seems to be the perfect excuse to create lists. Sure you can look back at the highlight reel for the year gone (but you know what the big moments were, you were there), instead I’ve decided to look ahead at the tech wonders we can [hopefully] expect in 2010.
    So join me in pondering over the tech marvels that await us in the year ahead.

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  • Scholarship in the digital age

    I recently read Scholarship in the digital age by Christine Bergman, and I found it to be quite a thought provoking book.
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    Note: this is not a review, just a discussion of some ideas raised by the book and others that occurred as a result!
    Though I am sure the thoughts that came to my [...]

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  • What is the 80/20 rule and why it’s important to you

    Although the 80/20 rule, or the Pareto principle, sounds like a statistical formula, believe me its far from it. The 80/20 rule is something that I came across a little while ago, and it has completely changed my thinking. I believe that it is vitally important principle wheter you apply it in personal life or in your business.

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  • The personal MBA programme

    The personal MBA (PMBA), created by the bold headed and enterprising Josh Kaufman, has been around and continuously updated since 2005.
    The PMBA is aimed at those that are serious about getting the same education as an MBA program but without the fees! Check out the manifesto to get a better idea:
    MBA programs don’t have a [...]

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