Guitar Rig 4

Two years after Guitar Rig 3 was released in autumn 2007, the fourth iteration of the software modelling application for guitarists was released by Native Instruments. This time around a combination of an ever increasing workload, little free time and the fact that Guitar Rig 3 was ‘good enough’ for my needs meant it took […]

Microsoft Courier.

If its anything like the demo video Microsoft’s Courier is the closest device I’ve seen to Apple’s — now classic — demonstration entitled the Knowledge Navigator. See the resemblance? From the few images and videos around, the device seems beautiful, but that’s not the point; as the Mac and then the iPhone have demonstrated, it’s […]

The fad stage [of blogging] is over

That seems to be generally true; while the number of posts has most definitely gone down in most of the blogs I'm following, what remains is a relatively new and open medium that gives a podium to so many capable, willing and knowledgeable people. Not in a 140 character haiku, but in an unrestricted form. At the same time, I'm saddened by how many good, even great, writers have remained silent for so long (or write hundreds of quasi-sensical 'tweets'); while it shouldn't be the case, it turns out that being a fad had its advantages, in that it helped a large number of people discover and participate in it. If anything, I'm hopeful that the adulthood of blogs will increase, even marginally, the signal to noise ratio.

Nexus One. A Message to the World from Mountain View.

It must have been sometime near mid-December when I first actually saw and used — albeit briefly — a Nexus One. A Googler, the owner, graciously let me use it for a bit after receiving it as part of the Google corporate gift that the device got — more a publicity stunt rather than an […]

Ceci n'est pas un trottoir

Έάν μπορούσε κανείς να κατατάξει σε έναν κατάλογο τους λόγους για τους οποίους η Αθήνα πάσχει ως πόλη, είμαι βέβαιος πως τα πεζοδρόμια (ή μάλλον η έλλειψη αυτών), παρ’ότι φαινομενικά ελάσσων και κοσμητικός λόγος, είναι ίσως βασική έλλειψη της πόλης που συμπαρασύρει σειρά προβλημάτων, όπως το κυκλοφοριακό, η έλλειψη πρασίνου κλπ. Είναι δύσκολο σε κάποιον […]

Mag+. The Digital Magazine

Just a few weeks (?) before the rumoured availability of the Apple tablet (whatever its name is), here’s a recent demonstration of what the display, miniature electronics and battery technology may lead to in the near future in the context of magazines. If everything that we’ve heard about the impending release of the Apple tablet […]