I always enjoy Tech Pitch, but going along last night was especially good. Great pitches with some super quality start ups and meeting some great people too. A thoroughly enjoyable evening out on the whole.
Author: ashleyelsdon
Storyteller - Poet - Explorer
The evolution of the iPhone
So it looks like I’m moving to iOS8 today
My iPhone 6 is due for delivery today. So it looks like I’ll move to iOS8 by default. I’m still resisting moving on my iPad Mini, but for my iPhone I think I have no choice. I’ll be letting you know about how I get on and what works and what doesn’t. In some ways I’ll miss my iPhone 5. It’s done well over the last two years even though it does have a defective battery which needs changing.
The two main things I’m looking forward to are having more space as I’m moving from 32 to 64gb, and having a phone where the battery doesn’t deplete in around 2 hours!
Let’s see how that works out. More later.
Edinburgh Fringe: The Canterbury Tales
This was a great production of the Canterbury Tales. Only a part of it of course as the show was only an hour and a half I think. But it was very well done by a large group of teenagers who I’m pretty sure I saw last year doing The Agamemnon, which was incredible.
They’re certainly a group who I’d see again.
It’s National Poetry Day!
I had no idea at all! But it is for real. Today is National Poetry day, so I think I’ll celebrate by reading some of my favourite poems and poets a bit later on.
Also, the Poetry Library has launched a new eloans scheme so you can get audiobooks and ebooks of poetry from them wherever you are. I think I’m going to take advantage of that very soon too.
I am so looking forward to this
Talking at ROLI this week
I posted about this over at Palm Sounds earlier in the week, but I really liked this picture, it was a great evening and I think people responded well to what I had to say about SoundLab. Which was good.
Here’s something new for me to do with Android: Nimble Launches Android Smart Contacts App to Intelligently Build and Nurture Social Selling Relationships
Always up for trying a new Android type thing:
“New Nimble Android App Delivers Intelligent Relationship Insights for Business Contacts On The Go and Everywhere You Work
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS…”
A bit of D-Pod for Palm OS
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So I’m back again with trying to make some stuff for Palm OS, or at least trying to do a few things with the stuff I’ve already built so far.
It’s all a bit late seeing as there is really very little in the way of a community for Palm OS apps any more. Even so, it’s fun!
Edinburgh Fringe: Anthem for a Doomed Youth
I’m a big fan of Guy Masterson’s work. His “Under Milk Wood” was incredible, so when I’m in Edinburgh I always make an effort to see whatever it is that he’s in. This year the only thing that he was doing that coincided with my time at the fringe was “Anthem for a Doomed Youth”. His readings of World War 1 poetry. It was very good. Very powerful, and as always with Guy Masterson, full of emotion and meaning and at times, even humor.
At some point I’d love to see his “Under Milk Wood” again. I really hope he performs it somewhere I can get to at some point.
I am Ashley Elsdon 