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Sep 02  10
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We downloaded Evernote today but can’t make head nor tail of it! All the reviews seem to suggest that it is amazing and an indispensable tool for note taking and organisation. And we are sure those reviews are correct. But we just don’t get it. Evernote ninjas, Evernote gurus, Evernote fan boys, please put fingers [...]

Why is Evernote the best note taking and organisational tool ever invented since the pencil?

Dec 26  09
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You got a new computer for Christmas. Congratulations. You plugged it in, accessed the internet and found this post. Well done. You have just shown yourself to be adept at surfing the internet and found your way to one of the blogosphere’s more popular blogs. Now for a question. Mac or PC? Got a Mac? [...]

If you got a new computer for Christmas this post is just for you

Dec 25  09
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I’ll keep this short and to the point. Thank you to everyone who has supported Upstart Blogger over the last 12 months, helping to make 2009 such a successful year. And, if you are reading this on Christmas day, perhaps on a brand new machine, turn off, step away from the screen, and spend some [...]

Upstart Blogger alternative Christmas message

Sep 03  09
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As an independent musician I am acutely aware of the way the music industry is changing. The slow and steady demise of the record label as a concept is something that all independent musicians benefit from and I, like many of my peers, look forward to the day when full transparency exists between artist and [...]

The great rock and roll swindle

Jul 10  09
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I’m a big fan of the BBC. Their output is light years ahead of the commercial stations. Mainly because of the way they are funded, being completely detached from the need to please their advertisers. Torchwood, Children of Earth, has just finished its 5 night run. The story, putting the plot holes that seem to [...]

The media dinosaurs will never learn