Cross-posted from DigiCynic

As I’ve said before, I love the Internet. I’ve been working 8 years in digital. I’m curious and I try most things out. Or at least, I make sure I’ve got a pretty good understanding of what it is and how it could be used. I have never been on Second Life but I get the gist of what it is and (how little) brands can do with it.

But, I’m not a geek. I use the Internet to get what I want and shop like most people. I understand the point of twitter but refuse to be on it. Out of work, you’ll rarely find me on it. read full post »

Recently i had to replace my digital freeview box … prices on PVR’s (personal video recorder) were good, so i thought … spend a little more and kill two birds with one stone. Being able to record two digital channels and watch a third at the same time was clearly an advantage and of course like most PVR owners i could now fast forward through the ad breaks … sweet!

The Thompson (topuptv) box performs ok, but the biggest let down was the on screen menu. A little clunky and missing some obvious features it needed an update. The good news was like a lot of these units the firmware or operating system can be updated in the same way the device recieves digital tv.

But … read full post »