Marc Hindley

Take note

One thing I hate doing when taking pictures is taking notes. Notepads are bulky, pens dry up, and I can never read my writing properly, so I attempted a two-pronged approach to digital note-taking when I was doing pictures and video at Belladrum music festival. With two electronic note-taking devices in hand, I deliberately left my pen and pad at home. The iPod and iPhone are decidedly easier to pocket,...

Marc Hindley

Right on cue

It’s got to be the cheapest Autocue this side of a sheet of paper, but the amazing little iPhone app Autocue does the job brilliantlly. It also runs on the iPod Touch, which means I can have two autocues running with two cams, neat. Setting them off together might be a tad tricky though. And must remember to sync the speeds! The amazing thing about it is the way your upload your scripts. Browse to a...

Marc Hindley

It's time

For reasons too numerous to mention, I have finally given in and bought an iPhone. 3GS. One of the reasons I have NOT bought an iPhone till now, apart from being halfway through a Vodafone contract, is that it just didn’t beat my Nokia N95 at anything apart from streetcred. In fact, the N95 is still giving it a run for its money, and will do some things better than the iPhone, so I’m keeping...