http://www.learnd.co.uk We are Learnd Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:37:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Summary: A story about a light/medium weight internet user who didn't want to pay line rental or risk being lumbered with an early cancellation fee and opted for wireless mobile broadband. Step1. £20 a month for 15GB (18months - Free mobile broadband dongle) Step2. £70 mobile broadband to wifi router. (Had to ... http://www.learnd.co.uk/2009/07/living-with-mobile-broadband/ [caption id="attachment_61" align="alignleft" width="448" caption="Sonic The Hedgehog - Really hard, but luckily really fun. "][/caption] I've been playing a lot of games recently. All sorts of games; flash based games, pervasive games, video games (in the purest sense e.g. PS3, XBOX360) and alternate reality games. One thing I've noticed is that ... http://www.learnd.co.uk/2009/03/when-did-games-become-hard/ View Larger Map Yesterday was probably the first gloriously sunny day London has seen for quite some time. Not only was the sky clear, but the temperature was warm. As a direct result, i decided to walk the 1.3 miles from the station to the office to enjoy the weather. Upon ... http://www.learnd.co.uk/2009/03/taking-playlists-to-the-next-level/ I'm not old, I hate people my age who say they are old. But I do feel that I must be somewhere near the top end of the Skins target audience. However, and I do for some odd reason feel slightly sad saying this, I love it. Ok it has got ... http://www.learnd.co.uk/2009/03/why-i-love-skins/ There has been a hell of a lot of talk online about cloud computing lately. Mainly based around the safety of your data whilst stored online. Again recently there has been some more facebook related stories of people posting things they probably wished they hadn't. What is it that makes us ... http://www.learnd.co.uk/2008/10/data-ignorance/ Games are changing and while you might not notice it now, in a few years you'll look back in wonderment at the early games and ideas that sparked change. As I mentioned on my personal blog, I'm on the advisory board for Superstruct, an online game that will help predict and ... http://www.learnd.co.uk/2008/08/playthe-next-level/ Recently, Asus, a company generally known for its motherboards and graphics cards took a stab at building a computer. Not just any old computer, a laptop, and a cheap one at that. Almost certainly drawing inspiration from the hubbub surrounding the OLPC/$100 laptop they focused on something small, cost effective ... http://www.learnd.co.uk/2008/08/netbooks-theyre-going-to-be-big-in-a-small-way/ When are creative ideas inspired by others and when are they just straightforward copies? Its a fine line in my view, but still a very clear and present line. I'm sure you have all seen the recent Berocca advert that takes its "inspiration" from Ok Go's music video. Its plain to ... http://www.learnd.co.uk/2008/06/inspiration-or-copying/