Andy Hawthorne
I write and I code.
December, 2011
Review – Senna, and how things haven’t changed in Formula 1
You don’t need to be a Motorsport fan to enjoy this film. Well, I say film, but actually, it’s a documentary. It covers the life of Brazilian Formula 1 legend, Ayrton Senna. The reason you don’t need to be a fan of Motorsport, is because director Asif Kapadia made sure that the film has a [...]
Tags: review, Senna the movie
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PHP Will Always be More Popular Than Rails
PHP is a more popular choice for web application development than Ruby on Rails. That will always be the case unless some dramatic happens to help Rails compete.
Tags: cost, hosting, PHP, Rails
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Review: Charts and Diagrams at a Touch with Lovely Charts
If you like to be productive with your iPad, then you might be looking for a way to create diagrams. Enter Lovely Charts, an app that arrived in the App Store on the 8th December 2011. It takes a “freehand” approach to creating diagrams, making it an intuitive way to produce charts and diagrams of [...]
Tags: iPad, lovely charts, review
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How do you use your iPad?
The Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) have published a report that shows the results of a survey of iPad users they distributed last month. Some of the results are typical, others quite surprising.
Tags: iPad, statistics, usage
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Its all about the apps
The iPad has revolutionised the way that we go about our everyday computing. Is that too strong? Perhaps, but there is no doubt that the device has made it much easier to get things done. So why is that? Apple have crafted a beautifully designed device, but I think it might be mostly down to [...]
Tags: apps, iOS, mobile apps
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Poll: e-readers and eye strain
Christmas is coming and iPad’s and Kindles will no doubt feature as presents in their multitudes. The question is: does reading a lot from either device cause eye strain. Do you do a lot of reading on your iPad? If so, are you worried about eye strain? Do you prefer the Kindle’s low contrast ratio? [...]
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