Online column

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Technology is supposed to make life easier but sometimes it feels like it’s just making it more complicated. We’re all so connected now that it’s hard to shut off: our cellphones mean we get calls anywhere and any time, and social media means our every […]

Since it’s the season of goodwill to all men, I will flex my festive tolerance levels and include businesses in that warm, fuzzy equation, too. For now. Like many people these days, if I need to contact a business my first port of call is the company’s official website. However, I’m not so keen on

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Gather ’round children, as today we learn all about something from the olden days, that long ago time before Facebook and texting: how to behave like a real human being in public. I went to the ballet a couple of weekends ago and it was awesome:

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) All the hoo-hah that has erupted over the trolls invading the Southland Trader Co Facebook page is a good example of why we all should be careful about our online privacy. If you upload photos to a social network site such as Facebook, you need

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Do we really need an app to encourage people to take more selfies? Well, the obvious answer is no, we don’t. Unfortunately, we’ve got one anyway. Frontback combines pictures of what a person is seeing and their reaction, using both the front and rear cameras

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I reckon the Government could have saved a lot of kerfuffle with that whole spy bill drama by just setting up a Facebook account and friending all of us. While we’re all up in arms – and rightly so – over the possibility of our

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I enjoy a good conspiracy theory as much as the next tin-foil hat-wearing crackpot, and the internet has certainly made the sharing and perfecting of those conspiracy theories so much easier. When the news broke at the weekend that Scotland Yard was having another look

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) There are some news stories that just take over the web and this week’s arrival of the newest royal was one of those stories. As much as we try to pretend we are interested in serious, grown-up newsy stuff, there’s no denying most of us