Twitter

Get instant news in an emergency

Tsunami alert tweet.

Twitter is an extremely useful source of immediate information. Even if you have no interest in Twitter for yourself you should regard it as an item that belongs in your emergency kit along with a radio. Here’s what you should know.

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A bit of found video humour

What if Moses had Facebook?

A bit of lightheartedness, just before Easter.

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It’s time for the bird with Radio NZ

We are the birds. Hear us tweet.

Would you like to hear some of New Zealand’s birds? They’re tweeting on Twitter.

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5 favourite fun and useful iPad apps

Dark Nova HD.

I’m using my iPad for Twitter, looking at the stars, ambient sounds, playing a space trader game and reading things.

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How I write my daily Tech Universe column

Tech Universe.

RSS feeds in NetNewsWire, Google and Twitter searches, Applescript and BBEdit make it (relatively) quick and easy for me to find the Tech Universe links that appear in the NZ Herald and here. Here’s how it works for me.

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Finally I have an iPad – it’s addictive

The iPad keyboard.

My new iPad is addictive and fun to use. I can’t seem to put it down.

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