Author: sroot

  • We featured on ITN National news

    I’ve got a backlog of things I want to post, delayed by a backlog of things I need spend time on at work first, but this one jumps all the queues. Our family business (Roots Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms) was featured on ITN news as a small business case study. The wonders of modern technology mean…

  • BBC iPlayer – it might reach your iPhone but not my PDA (…yet)

    I’ve just come across an interesting article on boingboing (a web site with blog like posts related to computer things), it appears the BBC are trialling the iPlayer service to work to iPhones. BoingBoing noticed (or at least someone noticed and boingboing re-reported it) that they identify an iPhone by accepting the browsers name. They…

  • Coining phrases: "Messenger Lag"

    I wonder if there is a term in use called “Messenger Lag” or similar, meaning; the effect of having two or more differing conversations with the same person when typing over instant messaging services. I’ve just been talking to my Mum on Messenger, she’s staying with my sister in Australia at the moment. Whenever we…