Inside View

After Shooting 100 Lumia 925 Photos

Panoramic shot of Corfe Castle rendered by the Nokia Lumia 925. AFTER SHOOTING 100 images and videos with the Lumia 925, I've concluded it makes blues look deeper and it efficiently creates panoramic images. Both have resulted in more v...

#StPatricksDay Ate My Storage

I USED MY Lumia 1520 to record our activities during St Patrick's Day 2015 and the HD video recording alongside HQ audio recording consumed more than 10 MB of storage for every minute I recorded--all to produce the YouTube clip bel...

Priorities at a Glance

Screenshot from @topgold's Lumia home screen. NOKIA'S GLANCE SCREEN UX fits my workflow better than any other GTD process. That's because I can rearrange everything on my Lumia's home screen and when I do that, I can see my workflow a...

Priorities Move Like Jagger

Universal Tech Rules My World

Photo of iPad Cross Pen with Microsoft Surface I HATE IT when I have to use technology that only works with specific things. It's like having a knife that can be used only to slice bread. So I was so very happy to get a Cross pen (whit...

Snagged by an Identity Issue

UPDATE 22 December 2011: My Live Account maps to my Irish identity credentials after Nokia reflashed my Lumia handset to the Republic of Ireland. It had UK credentials on it when I originally wrote this blog post. LIKE DOZENS OF PEOPLE ...

Sunday Morning Newsround

Click photo to see Sunday newsround recorded with Lumia 1020. ON A RAINY MAY Bank Holiday weekend in Ireland, I skimmed through three Irish broadsheets to create a 10-minute newsround for ex-pats who don't have the opportunity to flick ...

Using my phone to flip slides #edchatie

I REMEMBERED that my phone could wirelessly connect to an overhead data projector and that saved me an hour of a lecture. I used Lumia Beamer to project a slide deck that was in my phone. I first saw Lumia Beamer during an Irish Learni...

Christmas Advice from an American in Ireland

TODAY MARKS MY 16TH Christmas in Ireland and makes me qualified to suggest how a visiting American might ensure the most authentic Christmas experience in the Republic. Start with a pub with a bar that is no more than four metres from a...

Watching #typepadstatus as Service Resumes

Screenshot from @topgold's Nokia 1520. LIKE THOUSANDS of other Typepad bloggers, I eagerly await resumption of normal service following a DDoS attack on the popular blogging platform. I have opened a Help ticket in the hope I can st...