View from the Potting Shed

Here’s a quick, easy and free application for taking screenshots on your Windows Mobile 5 device: Ilium Software Screen Capture.
As the website says:
Using Ilium Software Screen Capture takes just six simple steps:

Start the program on your device
Use the Options menu to define the key you want to press to take your screenshots
Leave the program […]

Remember back in January, Jane and I were experiencing problems with our [name of national car insurance firm]. Well, last month we finally moved insurance companies and it feels like an enormous relief.
I don’t like moving companies because of poor customer service, I’d much rather that the service improved because of customer feedback. But to […]

WordPress viewed on Windows Mobile Pocket Internet Explorer
So there I was, lying in bed with my newly reset PDA phone wondering: could I write a blog post using just my mobile phone, a WiFi connection and include images.
I guess so.

Jane and I were looking online to see where we might spend a couple of nights this week. So we checked out the Visit Scotland website for accommodation in the Highlands.
Location/Map
We found a nice place called Braelangwell House on The Black Isle, clicked on the “Location/Map” button and were faced with this sorry excuse […]

I knew there was a reason that I liked Nokia and Lenovo so much: they’re greener than almost every other big-name electronics firms out there. But they still have a way to go.
I picked up this story back in April on the PC Pro website: Lenovo out in front in green race. It’s sat in […]

This looks quite cool: the Logitech Alto adjustable laptop stand with integrated keyboard.
It plugs into a free USB port on your laptop, gives you a screen at eye level and a full-size normal keyboard, and has a built-in 3-port USB hub too. Costs about £50 though.

Last night my conceptual model of how my favourite RSS reader, FeedDemon, works when synchronizing with NewsGator online changed.
Conceptual models
In Donald A. Norman’s book The Design of Everyday Things he writes about the importance of conceptual models:
A good conceptual model allows us to predict the effects of our actions. Without a good model we operate […]