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Dave

Morgs — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:29:09 +0000

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Objectified Doco

Morgs — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:37:30 +0000

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This Doco looks really good I think.

I would love a Peapod

Morgs — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:28:42 +0000

Like so many of these things we may never actually get the chance to purchase it, but I would love one of these. When are they going to realise that there is a market for these things and so many of us can’t wait. I love my little VW Golf Diesel but I would ditch it in a second for one of these Peapods, and not just because it has built in support for my iPhone.

Spread Firefox Please!

Morgs — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:28:35 +0000

Ok so I don’t use Firefox as my main browser because I am a Mac user but Firefox is a great browser for both the Mac Lovers and especially Windows users. It is more secure – those annoying popup windows that dial you in to other internet providers will stop. You will get less viruses. It is also a better browsing experience. It shows you web pages in the way that the designer intended. I do a bit of web design and Internet Explorer is the worst. All IE users should be downloading Firefox, you have no idea what you are missing. You may have even come to accept mediocre as normal and this could be spilling over into the rest of your life. It’s not worth it, set yourself free and make my job easier, because the more of you that use Firefox the less web designers have to care about coding for IE.

It is said that a web designer spends 20% of his time designer for every other browser and 80% of his time then getting that same design to work properly in Internet Explorer. I think we can all agree that the internet offers some really cool things, but they only got there because of designers putting the time onto these cool things. How much time is being wasted? How much innovation are we missing out on because Microsoft made a crap Web Browser that most of the world got sucked into using??? But I digress… this was not meant to be an IE bash, but who can resist.

Sometime tomorrow starts Firefox Download day. They are releasing their latest version (FREE) and trying to get the whole world to download it, increase there market share, free you from IE and maybe just make it into the Guinness Book of Records for the most copies of a software downloaded in a day.

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iPhone Killers

Morgs — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:26:43 +0000

iPhone Killers is a term that you are going to start hearing a lot. I am going to tell you now that there is no such thing. In fact everytime someone says ‘iphone killer’ they are saying iPhone and that is good marketing for Apple because it keeps telling everyone that the iPhone is so good that it is the only one to try to beat. It also doesn’t promote the product that is being reviewed. It promotes the iPhone, then shows you something it has already told you is less than the iPhone.

If I was Blackberry (for example) I would be begging, even buying off every newspaper to get them not to use ‘iphone killer’ when reviewing my product. If any of these products are going to have a chance they are going to need to stand on their own two legs, assuming they have legs to stand on.

So what do I know? Firstly. Name me an iPod Killer that succeeded! Secondly. I have personally experienced the iPhone for the past 3+ months and I am left with two things to say about it:

1. There has never been a device where the only thing that you can believe, is the hype.

2. The novelty doesn’t wear off. It is simply replaced by lifestyle integration.

The iPhone is coming and whether you want one or need one if you get one you will use it and you will love it.

Sent from my iPhone

A mantra for 2008

Morgs — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:01:37 +0000

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – Buckminster Fuller

how do you like them green apples

Morgs — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:39:09 +0000

I know that Greenpeace give them a hard time but I personally am proud to be an Apple lover because of their environmental efforts. If you have ever unpacked an Apple product you will know that they have a talent for using minimal packaging. Apple can put my entire computer into a single box. When I bought my first Apple computer it came in a box smaller than the box my friend’s new monitor came in. In fact my friend’s monitor box was so big at the time that they were able to use it as a dining room table. Apple was able to send 4 computers at the same volume a rival computer company could send a monitor. Anyway…

Apple is now offering to recycle your old computers, any brand for free in Brisbane on the 27th, 28th and 29th of this month. Find out more here. And while you are there check out the other pages about Apple and the Environment.

Oh and sorry for all the Apple talk but it is a very exciting time in the Apple world right now.

now the top 8% in the world

Morgs — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:02:35 +0000

The joke on Apple users used to be that we only made up 5% of computer users world wide. The joke by apple users in response was that we were the top 5%. It seems that others want to be the best too. Apple users now make up 8% of computer users world wide.

Remember though that only one percent of people world wide are even computer users. It is still early days. Ever wanted to start a computer company? Might be a good idea… 99% of the market is untapped.

OK so two people might download it…

Morgs — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:15:45 +0000

…introducing the Urban Grind Dashboard widget. If you are an Apple user you may have just said, “Cool, how did he do that?” but if you are not an Apple user readying on still has a thank you from me to the Urban Grind girls. So, when you are sick you can only sleep for so long and watch only so many movies before you have to make an RSS Widget.

First, I want to thank the girls for keeping the shop going while I was so sick. Especially Crystal, who kept the doors open and the coffee flowing when we otherwise would have been closed due to my sickness. She has really put in a huge effort and showed her commitment to Urban Grind and it’s community. Thank You Crystal!

Ok, back to geek stuff. Download the widget here. If you have not discovered Dashboard yet, in a few clicks you will have. You could even make your own widgets using dashcode, but note, watching this video first, is a massive help. Have fun!

Best Screen Saver… Ever!

Morgs — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:59:45 +0000

Usually I don’t get into screen savers. Mostly because you are never, really actually meant to be looking at it, and it therefor defeats the purpose of making a visually cool looking screen saver, until I saw this one. I swear it has that fish in a fish tank effect. It gives the effect that there is water all over your screen. You can even change the depth. Yes, I have turned this thing on just to watch it. I am telling you… best ever! Download it here.