Waitrose iPhone app review
29/07/2011 – in: User experience
The experience of shopping at Waitrose is superb comparing to other supermarkets.
The food looks good and well presented. The temperature is right because there are no open fridges and you can even get free recipes from celebrity chefs before you pay.
The iPhone mobile application is sadly not in the same standard as the physical experience. The navigation is inconsistent, the search is not working well and some of the icons are too small for a touch device.
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Facebook’s Instant Personalization compromises your privacy
17/01/2011 – in: privacy
Without asking your permission, Facebook started to share your personal information with external websites such as Bing, Clicker, Rotten Tomatoes, Docs.com, Pandora, Yelp and Scribd.
This feature is called ‘Instant Personalization’ and was introduced in April 2010. Facebook argues that they want to give you ‘a great social and personalized experience’ when visiting these external websites but they don’t ask for your permission to do this.
Learn how to disable this feature
No Comments | Tags: facebook, privacyOff-license curry in Old Street
29/12/2010 – in: Restaurants
Off-licenses tend to be not the best for lunch but this one offers a selection of authentic curries to take away for £3.5. You can mix and match whatever you like and have it with rice or couscous. Getting your food might take slightly longer than you would expect as after selecting your dish you can decide to pass it on to the person in charge of warming it up in the microwave…Overall this curry is a great value for your money but beware, some of the dishes are quite spicy!
This shop seems quite entrepreneurial as they experiment with selling various products such as Far East sculptures.
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Present- a men’s clothing shop with an amazing coffee
29/12/2010 – in: Cafe
Passing by Shoreditch High St, you might have missed this gem because from outside it looks like a normal clothes shop.
Next to the counter, some the finest baristas will make you a cup of a strong and beautifully crafted coffee. The coffee machine is quite impressive by itself and somehow resemble a Rolls-Royce…
The baristas are very friendly and when it is not too crowded will be happy to explain about what makes a good coffee and why do you need Microfoam to create latte art. The clothes are very expensive- a pair of shoes can buy you 120 cups of coffee…
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FoodHall near Old Street
29/12/2010 – in: Restaurants
FoodHall is a gourmet food store which sells hot dishes, pastries, cheese, coffee and more… The main reason you want to go there is that the shop is beautiful- the food is well presented and it is fun to browse the variety of delicacies. For around £6 you can choose from a range of five hot lunch options (including vegetarian) to take away in a box. The coffee is good too and made properly most of the time. The staff are usually pretty busy so if you are looking for a chat this might not be the place but if you are hungry and looking for good and inspiring food, give it a try.
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Mosob
23/11/2010 – in: food
Mosob is an African restaurant close to Westbourne Park station.
I was there with a group of friends and our experience was fantastic. My complements to our host who was simply amazing. She made us feel welcome and helped us choose what to eat. The food is served on top of a flat sour bread. You then get some extra rolled bread to grab the food with. It is a very nice way to share food with friends unless they are very greedy… You can easily avoid the Italian dessert. Italy has colonized Eritrea in 1935, that is the connection.
No Comments | Tags: African, Restaurants, Westbourne ParkBreakfast in the Arches Wine Bar…
19/09/2009 – in: food, wine
The Arches Wine Bar is a local gem in South Hampstead. It is always full of people, both local and visitors. The wine list is quite impressive and probably the main attraction of this place. The food is worth mentioning and as you can see in the picture the breakfast they serve is excellent as well as the coffee. The deco is really interesting and full of old pictures and antique items. The staff is very friendly and their presence is pleasant. They won’t push you to order more like in many other places. It is becoming more difficult to find such charming places today when we are surrounded by the big chains which represent the opposite term of authentic. Harry Gill, the owner of the place seems to be a savy wine investor according to an article in the Financial times…
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Lonely Planet on iPhone
19/09/2009 – in: Interaction Design, Mobile
Lonely Planet guides are now available for iPhone users. The price for the application is £0.59 which includes a free San Francisco guide. The price for the Lonely Planet iPhone guide is £8.99 comparing with the price of the book at Amazon UK which is £6.49… The clear advantage of the iPhone version is the ability to pin point your location and show you relevant nearby points of interest. It is also worth mentioning that the city maps are stored locally on the phone which means that users do not have to worry about roaming charges when taking the guide abroad. Is it still probably easier to read about the history of a place by reading the book rather than on screen which seems as the main weakness of this guide. The majority of the content is arranged in a traditional chapter format and is not affected by your location which is disappointing. It is a definitely great tool when you are looking for the nearest place for live music. Places can be added as favorites which is useful. One clear missing feature is sorting places by opening hours. If you are looking to visit a museum on a day when it is closed, the guide should allow you to filter this out.
Art in Peckham Rye Multistory Car Park
08/08/2009 – in: Art
Not everyday a car park is being converted into an exhibition space. ‘Bold Tendencies III’ is a series of installations and sculptures scattered between the 7th-10th floor of the Peckam multiplex car park.
Getting there was quite an adventure; you have to go inside a doggy lift with a large ‘heaven’ sticker on one of the walls. The lift only goes to the 6th floor from where you have to walk up the ramp to the 7th floor where the exhibition begins.
Until 30th September.
How not to lock your bike…
02/08/2009 – in: Design
About 80,000 bicycles were stolen last year in Greater London, according to TFL. There are many ways to protect your bike including register them at immobilise.com, buying a crappy bike that no one wants to steal or taking the seat/wheel with you… However, this bike ,spotted in east London is not a good example of locking your bike!