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Author Archives: Nathan
TV app wars are the new mobile phone wars are the new browser wars
First there was the browser wars, when you went to sites that refused to work in your browser due to some arbitrary decision by the developer and success was determined not by competition and features, but by courts in the … Continue reading
Another UK venture bites the dust
The Isle of Man is just one big cartel. In fact, calling it a big cartel is inflating its importance, and therefore the importance of the jumped up bureaucrats who justify their existence by wielding their little hammers in musty … Continue reading
Evening Tweet-up on Friday 13th January
While we regularly meet for the Third Thursday in every month for chat over a pizza about social media, technology and marketing, we like to spread our wings now and then and arrange an evening event. This allows more people … Continue reading
Selecting a mobile phone for you … a simple guide that is free of religion, politics and sex
There is another highly religious topic in tech other than “Are you PC or Mac?”. It’s “are you iPhone or Android?”. Did you notice anything wrong with that sentence? Given a market which comprises of 4 key smartphone operating systems, … Continue reading
LOVEFiLM? Then maybe LOVEFiLM isn’t what you need.
I’ve been a LOVEFiLM subscriber for a couple of years now, having started with the Amazon service model. I’ve been largely pleased with the service. The staff are helpful on the phone, the disks are usually reliable and the various … Continue reading
Basic verbage without the rulage
In my previous posts I’ve used “learn”, “ynsaghey” and learning “gynsaghey”. There are some further verbs that are regularly used and knowledge of which can help you get by in conversation or basic tweets. For “to go”, in English you … Continue reading
Manx in Social Media
When I started learning (then abandoned) Manx in 2006 I struggled because it was not in everyday use, and it was quite difficult to stretch my muscles outside of “I like this”, “I did that”, etc. So in this renewed … Continue reading
Using past tense
Having covered using the present tense, I thought it would be useful to have a look at the past tense before moving on to verbs. The same structures seem to apply, instead of using “ta”, “va” is used. va mee … Continue reading
Asking questions using present tense
Previously, I learnt that “Ta” and “Cha nel” precede statements confirming or negating the statement. Asking questions of people is stupidly easy as it uses a single word, “vel” as a predicate. This works for both positive and negative questions. … Continue reading
A new Twitter metric!
Today is the Isle of Man Social Media Club’s Third Thursday Dinner (if you’re northern), and a topic that often appears is individuals’ visibility on Twitter and Facebook. These are often quantified, calculated and coalesced by sites such as Grader … Continue reading