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I'm an IT Manager based in the UK, undertake freelance web projects, mountain sports and am a husband & a father. Here I blog about web apps, all things Apple & life in general. I also highlight my posts & status updates from around the web.

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RunKeeper.com

RunKeeper is an iPhone application that enables you to use the built-in GPS in your iPhone 3G to track all of your outdoor fitness activities, including duration, distance, pace, speed, elevation, calories burned, and path traveled on a map. You can store all of your historical activities on the RunKeeper website and share them with your friends!

July 28, 2009 20:43 / See original post ...

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Lifehacker Code: Texter (Windows) - Clips - Lifehacker

Texter saves you countless keystrokes by replacing abbreviations with commonly used phrases you define.

July 24, 2009 16:19 / See original post ...

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DestroyTwitter

DestroyTwitter is a compact though robust Twitter application built to run on Mac, Windows, and Linux using Adobe AIR. It consists of a series of canvases that constantly update to keep tweets up-to-date using notifications that appear when a new tweet arrives. DestroyTwitter uses a minimal amount of memory compared to its AIR-based alternatives without sacrificing functionality and performance. As a result, it can easily run in the background as an automated process.

July 23, 2009 15:36 / See original post ...

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SiteLauncher : hotkey based launcher for your most-used sites

A simple Firefox add-on that gives a highly convenient and clutter-free method to quickly open websites that you need often. One keyboard hotkey makes the "Launcher" panel instantly appear, followed by a single key press to jump to the site you wish to open.

July 21, 2009 8:36 / See original post ...

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Inside Twitter Headquarters

Inside Twitter Headquarters: Interesting article by @bobbiejohnson of The Guardian, with a behind the scenes look at the success story that is Twitter

July 19, 2009 3:36 / See original post ...

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Thurly App - great twitter integration in Safari

Thurly App - great twitter integration in Safari: Thurly allows you to not only shorten long URLs, it also lets you easily share them on Twitter, directly from Safari.

July 16, 2009 10:52 / See original post ...

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Photo Journal

View more of my photos at the Giles Thurston Gallery on Flickr.

About Giles Thurston

Giles Thurston

Hi, my name is Giles Thurston and this is my personal site.

I'm based in Ely, the second smallest city in the UK just north of Cambridge. I have over 15 years commercial software development experience, spending the first few years as an application developer before moving into web development and consultancy. I've led teams, managed multi million pound contracts and have a number of years of business development experience. My day job these days tends to focus on IT management and in particular Business Development but I keep my hand in by undertaking personal web development and design projects.

In 2008, after 16 years using Windows based PC's, I made the switch to a Mac and boy was it worth it! Although I continue to use PC's on a day to day basis, my personal preference is always to go with Apple products and I hope to blog about my experiences as a switcher here on this site, with various hints and tips which may be of use to anybody following me over the fence from Windows

Away from software development and technology, I am a husband to Leanne and father to Arlo James, who joined our family in April 2009. I'm a keen sportsman and enjoy a variety of mountain sports, including mountaineering, climbing (rock & ice) and mountain biking. I've recently got back into running and am hoping to do my first triathlon in 2010.

On this site I hope to blog about web apps, all things Apple & life in general. I also highlight my various posts, links & latest twitter updates from around the web.

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My Latest Tweet

My latest tweets:

I got the Mac Heist bundle. 7 awesome Mac apps worth $260+ for only $19.95 and got 3 sweet bonus apps free! http://bit.ly/heist-it

Posted 3 days ago / Tue Mar 09 23:33:13 +0000 2010

I have officially reached Inbox Zero on my work email account, first time in six months. Dead chuffed, now just to ensure it stays that way!

Posted 3 days ago / Tue Mar 09 15:42:03 +0000 2010

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