By Jonty Quilf, Electrical Correspondent — I’ve just come back from the newsagent’s with a copy of the Daily Telegraph, a publication so expensive and impossible to read that it’s rapidly become the most popular newspaper. It’s a triumph of marketing over functionality.continue
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23 reasons not to read the Telegraph because the Telegraph is rubbish and everything is the Telegraph’s fault, by a professional journalist
on 15 September 2010
Thoughts on censorship
on 14 September 2010
Apple has published, for the first time, the guidelines according to which it approves or rejects apps submitted to be made available to users of its iOS devices (the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch). continue
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Apple Special Event: more and less
on 2 September 2010
Apple’s annual iPod event was held at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, one of the company’s regular venues, and livecast to press gatherings in locations including London, where my fellow hacks reported a less than stampede-like turnout. read the full report
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Don’t be afraid of Them
on 31 August 2010
Dennis Baron, Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois, is the latest grammar pundit to write about the lack of English singular pronouns that don’t have to be selected according to the sex of the person referred to. continue
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Aimed at the back-to-school market, this supplement was sponsored by Dell to run in the summer editions of Dennis Publishing’s consumer tech magazines. continue
Victorian attitudes
on 22 July 2010
MacFormat asked me for a pastiche of a Victorian advertising poster for a feature on essential Mac applications. continue
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Bank Holiday at the Feathers
on 18 July 2010
Newspaper ad for August Bank Holiday event at The Feathers Inn. Another piece for Rhian and Helen’s excellent pub at Hedley on the Hill, Northumberland. Fonts are from Adobe’s Wood Type series plus various cuts of Caslon and Clarendon. Ornaments and swashes customised in InDesign.
Ten reasons to doubt the Telegraph’s linkbait
on 7 June 2010
Today, Steve Jobs will announce the new iPhone. Despite sterling efforts, nobody has been able to reveal any substantial information about it, because Apple is highly secretive about new products. Yet the Telegraph’s Consumer Technology Editor, Matt Warman, managed to publish a piece before the weekend advising consumers of the 4G’s key weaknesses. How did he do it? continue
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Thoughts on ‘Thoughts on Flash’
on 29 April 2010
So Steve Jobs finally posted the reasoning for his decision to kill Flash, in any form, on the iPhone/iPad platform. continue
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Five reasons* to be excited about Adobe CS5
on 23 April 2010
It’s only software – but for creative types, every upgrade to Adobe’s professional bundle can be a life-changing experience. continue
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