Author: AnnaLeach
Why people blog and why they'll keep doing it
Last week we did a piece on 5 reasons why Twitter will kill blogging... and got a big reaction. As one commentator sweetly pointed out, Shiny Shiny is in fact a blog so we do have a vested interest in defending them. Others said that Twitter is link dependent, so actually drives traffic to blogs.…
5 Netbooks for under £200
They're crunching the laptop market but the jury's still out on how useful these cut-price, cut-function laptops are. We say the sales figures speak for themselves. Most people agree that what netbooks have going for them are price and portability. And since price is the netbook trump card we've dug deep into online retailers and…
5 reasons why Twitter could kill Blogs
Twitter is killing blogging, according to an article by the editor of TechGuardian Charles Arthur. Blogs are withering off the face of the internet and it's the fault of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, he claims. His article follows up a New York Times story 'Blogs falling in an empty forest' which flashed…
Hi-tech chocolate
One of them used to design space shuttles, one of them founded tech ideas mag Wired, and together these two leaders of the tech world have joined forces to make: chocolate. Yes, not to invent super-computers or start web 3.0, just make chocolate. Timothy Childs worked on space and video technology but when Louis Rossetto…
Tick Removers: yes, EW – but you may thank us for this
The sun's shining, everyone's packing up their manual phone-chargers, dongles, tent-lights and envisaging holidays filled with sun, grass, music and summer gadgets. But - sorry to lower the tone - have you remembered your tick remover? And yes by ticks we mean those ugly little creatures that bite you. And by tick remover we mean…
What the new HTC Firestone might look like…
Leaked pictures of the new high-end smartphone from HTC are trickling through the net. Apparently the picture on the left is HTC's new Firestone, one of the company's two top-of-the-range touchscreen devices to be released this year. (more…)
Facebook and location: what if Facebook knew where you were?
The twitterific app on my phone has been bugging me to let it geotag my tweets since I updated it a few weeks ago. And it's not the only piece of software that wants to pinpoint its users on the giant google-simulated globe. Web companies have flagged up location as The Next Big Thing and…
Pixel Art: it's like graphic lego and that's why we like it
Pixel art used to be how designers made computer and video game graphics, building pictures up block by block like some kind of graphic lego. Tools have changed, but the old pixel-by-pixel style lives on in small format screens like some mobile phones and in the hearts and minds of anyone with an affection for…
Top Ten iPod and iPhone cases: from silicon to walnut
If you have the pleasure of being in possession of an iPhone (of any sort) or an iPod, you'll know that these slender pieces of hardware are expensive and that you really don't want to break them. Sometimes those apple products are just too smooth and glossy for their own good. It's not that hard…
Hello! I'm Anna
Oh HAI everyone! I'm Anna, the new editor of Shiny Shiny, tentatively taking the place of the lovely Zara and stepping into a long line of distinguished, witty and knowledgeable Shiny Shiny editors and contributors. Since I'm also stepping into the radar zone of Shiny Shiny's distinguished, witty and knowledgeable readers, I thought I'd introduce…
