Khal Weir

Its a been a busy month - I prepared a presentation for C21 Media’s Ipad Entertainment Summit, where the always excellent Stephen Fry gave an entertaining talk, learned a bunch from some of the smartest people in my industry at the Future of Web Apps and was asked to write about user testing for ‘probably the best digital marketing blog in the world’

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Boxee

Following from last month when I got all excited about the new Apple TV, I became gradually deflated as I realised there are no TV rentals or Netflix (or Lovefilm) streaming in the UK . Even though it is a very attractive device it simply doesn’t do enough to justify its very modest price tag. I downloaded Boxee to see how the project had matured and to see if one of the upcoming Boxee boxes would be a viable alternative. I am impressed, the interface is fast, easy to use (especially with the neat iPhone app) and there is an impressive amount of free content available. My mind was made up, I would pre-order a Boxee box as soon as possible, but then I read about Google TV… Tumblr So, I started a tumblr blog. I guess its for those things I like, but aren’t worth a blog post, tweet or a share on Facebook …. Scottish Beer Update! I’ve found Innis & Gunn in a bar in Camden and in Waitrose (they even had the Rum Cask - yum!) New stuff from Apple The new Macbook Air is interesting, I would have thought the iPad would really limit the market for a netbook like Mac and its apparently starting trends that we’ll see in future Macbooks, SSD as standard, no optical media and no Flash player installed. Its logical that Facetime and the App store would transition from iOS to Mac and we’d see an iLife refresh. The successor to Snow Leopard, Lion is scheduled for a summer release - lions are regarded as kings of the big cats, right? Will Lion be the last incarnation of OSX?

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Seasick Steve

Somehow, I totally missed that Seasick Steve was playing at the Blues Kitchen this month until after he’d sold out. Time to sign up for Songkick! Punctures Cycling to work is great until your stupid skinny tyres get a flat and you are forced to face the horror of hour long 3 mile bus journeys.