Rav's web comments: Archive

Re: Can “Pollution Glue” Clean Up... →

Tim, you are correct and I was wrong - the Lewisham trial (at the Mercury Way industrial site) has only just started. I’ll correct the post. The only complete trials are the one you mention on…

Dec 31st

Re: Will Windows 8 for ARM tablets cut the cord on... →

Except that there are still more than 50% of US adults who don’t yet have a smartphone or tablet. The market of people who might yet buy an iOS or Android tablet, but are more likely to buy a Windows…

Dec 5th

Re: Will Windows 8 for ARM tablets cut the cord on... →

Why do you want a ‘desktop experience’ so badly? Metro affords the ability to see two apps at once. What is it about the windows-and-taskbar paradigm you don’t want to lose?

Dec 4th

Re: The Shard: its architect's view →

I’m genuinely in two minds about The Shard. On its own, it probably is too big, as many have said. But it’s not going to be on its own; there’s already Strata nearby and more to come in South London…

Nov 22nd

Re: Toshiba Thrive 7, Another Netbook —... →

Why do tech writers hate on netbooks so much? I do everything on my Samsung NC10, sometimes plugged into a 1920x1080 monitor. It’s all the computer I need. Sure, netbooks have petered out now, but…

Sep 28th

Re: Review score review →

Gizmodo’s ‘Good/Wait/Bad’ system has a simplistic charm for doing this.

Sep 21st

Re: Motorola rumored to be hard at work on... →

It doesn’t do any harm as long as everything is sized to the screen and not pixel-for-pixel like on a desktop browser.

Jul 21st

Re: Motorola rumored to be hard at work on... →

I think that’s because it feels weird to hold a 16:9 device in portrait, though. It’s a reason to go 4:3, not a reason not to.

Jul 20th

Re: Spotify is coming to the US, invites are open... →

It’s not exactly DRM, in that there’s no actual file you get. It’s pure streaming.

Jul 9th

Re: Android 3.2 shipping this summer for 7-inch... →

Don’t forget the Apple/Samsung thing is actually mostly about software.

Jun 23rd

Re: Android 3.2 shipping this summer for 7-inch... →

The fact it’s inelegant is why they waited so long to copy it desperately trying to better it… but failed. I suspect.

Jun 21st

Re: Windows 8 Tablet OS Is Just Windows 7 With a... →

You may be right about what’s going on underneath. You may not. But come on, Charlie: ‘don’t call it Windows?’ That’s crazy. Windows the brand isn’t as strong as it was, but it’s still one of the…

Jun 3rd

Re: Google Wallet mobile payment service, Google... →

I used to think paying with a phone was stupid, but then I thought about how often I pop out to the shops and have to take my wallet and my phone and my keys and you know what, ditching one of those…

May 26th

Re: App Shrinks iPhone Data Usage System-Wide →

This is the same trick mobile broadband providers use to auto-compress images, presumably.

May 24th

Re: Mother’s Day story about lesbian couple... →

At least pander grammatically.

May 21st

Re: Foxconn Denies “Anti-Suicide”... →

17 out of 400,000 is what, 40 per 100,000? US suicide rate is 15 per 100,000. So, no.

May 12th

Re: Editorial: Engadget on Google Music and Movies... →

Who wears the bow-tie? Vlad, right? :-)

May 12th

Re: Capcom: PSN Outage “Costing Us Hundreds... →

I guess he could mean yen?

May 10th

Re: Thicknessgate: White iPhone 0.2 mm Fatter than... →

No I get that the S would be speed, but the point is that even if they called it that it would still, in truth, be the iPhone 5, just as the iPhone 3G was the iPhone 2 and the 3GS was the iPhone 3….

May 5th

Re: Thicknessgate: White iPhone 0.2 mm Fatter than... →

On all-but-unrelated note, can we stop talking about the upcoming iPhone 4S? Even if it is a fairly conservative update which I doubt it will be, it would make no sense to call it the iPhone 4S….

May 4th

Re: Why Can’t Anyone Make A Popular Tablet? →

I know this is an old argument but, for what it’s worth, a Samsung NC10 has been my *main* PC for two years now and I’m mostly very happy with it. I think the idea that netbooks were only second PCs…

May 1st

Re: The Definitive Post-Earthquake Homage to San... →

Oddly enough, everyone I know from San Francisco says they hate the name ‘Frisco’.

Apr 19th

Re: Acer's 7-inch Iconia Tab A100 priced at £300... →

Thanks for that.

Apr 5th

Re: Twitter to developers: we want to own the... →

Nobody said 90% of *mobile* twitter users stick to the official app. It said 90% of Twitter users. (I’m pretty sure it did anyway!) Most Twitter use is on PCs using Twitter.com, which I assume…

Mar 16th

Re: Twitter to developers: we want to own the... →

I think you’re absolutely right, well, not 90% of the 90% but I think about 60% of the overall total users are using the web interface. But that surely just adds weight to Twitter’s argument that…

Mar 15th

Re: The Bare Bones Guide to Twitter - Adam Werbach... →

No worries - You don’t want to induce any DM Fails!

Mar 14th

Re: Twitter to developers: we want to own the... →

Do you honestly think their application is shitty? I mean, it’s not perfect, but come on. Take a breath.

Mar 13th

Re: Twitter to developers: we want to own the... →

Isn’t the dickbar monetized now? It shows promoted tweets.

Mar 13th

Re: CloudSight gives you instant, unified search... →

You should also consider the possibility that most people never really gave a crap about privacy in the first place.

Mar 9th

Re: Why the Enduring Myth of Sex.com Being a... →

This is a bit stupid. Guiness acknowledged a fact - that sex.com sold for more than a URL (with no actual service attached) has ever sold for. How does this mean they’ve been ‘taken in’ by the…

Feb 24th

Re: Gawker’s Gulp Moment: Big Redesign Is Driving... →

Let’s not forget why this redesign was done - it’s nothing to do with user experience, it’s about allowing them to use ‘this message will self-destruct’ style ads. only really work if you’re only…

Feb 19th

Re: Gawker’s Gulp Moment: Big Redesign Is Driving... →

What’s so hilarious is that Denton claims the redesign is a radical step forward from the basic blog new-stories-on-top layout which lets them have more control over the front-page. But ‘one story at…

Feb 18th

Re: Nokia's Elop responds to Google's 'Two... →

Someone’s probably already made this point, but that ‘developers, developers, developers’ chant looks kinda crappy now that Elop’s thrown Symbian and MeeGo developers overboard.

Feb 12th

Re: Nokia's Elop responds to Google's 'Two... →

Ha! I’m really much younger than him. Honest. Especially in that picture.

Feb 11th

Re: Bloomberg: Nokia definitely in talks with... →

Bear in mind though that Palm didn’t actually make the WinMo Treos, I think they were all HTC.

Feb 10th

Re: Twitter.com (Finally) Testing A URL Shortening... →

I thought the whole point of t.co was going to be that you could dump in links of any length and have them auto-shortened (invisible to readers)? Is that not happening now?

Feb 5th

Re: Twitter.com (Finally) Testing A URL Shortening... →

I’m looking forward to the day when we look back at URL shorteners and wonder what the hell everyone was smoking in the late 00s.

Feb 4th

Re: Cut and Cover: Notebook Hides Pen Beneath its... →

Who’s that futurist painter this reminds me of…. ah yes, Fontana. Also reminiscent of some Pininfirina designs for Fiat in the 90s that were inspired by him.

Feb 2nd

Re: Facebook Has Been Refining Their Troll-Slaying... →

True. It does seem like FB may be allowing other sign-ins though, so real names might not be required. ———————————- Rav Casley Gera rav@casleygera.com | ravcasleygera.com | +447970…

Feb 1st

Re: Amazon's third-gen Kindle is now its... →

I wonder if anyone’s buying books for it, or just downloading loads of free samples like I do.

Dec 29th

Re: Yahoo Video No Longer Accepts Video Uploads →

There are huge political issues there. The Flickr people are very wary of becoming YouTube. I think there’s still a 90-second limit on videos.

Dec 18th

Re: BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for Mac OS... →

But my wire is upstaaaaaaaaaairs!

Dec 17th

Re: Google eBooks is live: just in case Amazon,... →

Why is it always the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?

Dec 7th

Re: Sony Ericsson LiveView review →

Swell, thanks. ———————————- Rav Casley Gera rav@casleygera.com | ravcasleygera.com | +447970 146 529

Dec 1st

Re: Sony Ericsson LiveView review →

Good review. It’d have been nice though to see what happens when you actually get a call. I want one, but just because I never feel my phone vibrating in my pocket.

Dec 1st

Re: Acer introduces 7-inch and 10-inch Android... →

I’m sure you’re right. I was principally comparing the galaxy tab and ipad, and one UI is clearly superior there! The question is whether 7” tsblet versions will ever feel like simplified desktop…

Nov 23rd

Re: Acer introduces 7-inch and 10-inch Android... →

Have you used tablets much? I’m always surprised how much I prefer using a 10”. It’s just more satisfying. 7” sounds good, but it’s not different enough to a phone.

Nov 23rd

Re: Sony Ericsson LiveView now available in... →

As a Londoner, I’m glad to know the UK is a ‘fan favourite.’

Nov 17th

Re: Sony Ericsson LiveView now available in... →

You mean the ‘it costs more and is less useful’ trend?

Nov 17th

Re: Nintendo files to trademark 'It's on like... →

We’ll have to go back to ‘let’s do this like Brutus.’

Nov 15th