Giles Turnbull: archive of published work

Note: many of the links below may be broken now. Some kind people have written a few testimonials about me and my work. I've also contributed to a handful of books.

2009

A variety of posts for Cult of Mac (too many to list here)
A delightful breakfast browsing slideshow for Photocine News
From cover to cover for The Morning News
JustNotes review for MacUser
CameraBag Desktop review for MacUser
Notational Velocity review for MacUser
Leap 2 review for MacUser
SuperDuper review for MacUser
A common nomenclature for Lego families; people, language and Lego deconstructed for The Morning News
TextWrangler review for MacUser
Postbox review for MacUser
Phoneview review for MacUser
Dropzone review for MacUser
Pagehand review for MacUser
OK Genius, picking fights with software for The Morning News
Ulysses 2 review for MacUser
Nisus Writer Pro 1.3 review for MacUser
Radio Gaga review for MacUser
PersonalBrain 5 review for MacUser
Copywriting for Dopplr: the Social Atlas and the iPhone application
The present sound of London, words and noises for The Morning News
The Pride of the Bernard-Bernards of West Wickingham is wounded, satire for The Morning News
Clipstart review for MacUser
When the going was good, political comment for The Morning News
Did some research and development work for Dopplr.com
Wait a minute, Mr Postman, a bit of fun for The Morning News, co-written with Rosecrans Baldwin
NeoOffice 3 review for MacUser
OmniGraphSketcher review for MacUser
A talk for Bathcamp titled iPhone apps you must own, although it's not actually about that.
See the talks page for more detail
Alkaline review for for MacUser
Attractive with glasses, for The Morning News
One Spring Day, co-written with my colleagues at The Morning News
Love sic for The Morning News
The crippling fear of corriearklet for The Morning News
Cash faces its final call for The Guardian

2008

Various posts for Cult of Mac
Various posts for The Unofficial Apple Weblog
An interesting study of iPhone usability
Mr Bowyer's Fantastic Machine, tech reporting of a different sort for The Morning News
A good idea: Genius for the App Storefor Inside iPhone
Online charity begins at the home page, feature for the Daily Telegraph
Dropbox review for MacUser
Conjure 3 review
Google goes back in time for its 10th birthday
Forget email: try postcards from the cutting edge for the Irish News
Phone finger gives a helping hand for Inside iPhone
The wonderful world of appvertising, comment for Inside iPhone
Experimental site as music just a click away for the Irish News
Little Big Planet whets new game generation's appetite for The Irish News
Bloggers in the House of Lords, a PA column
iPhone app investment thriving, for Inside iPhone
Ultimate DVD Player review for MacUser
Apple's mad MailWrangler moment for Inside iPhone
Idiots on the App Store: a necessary evil? for Inside iPhone
Maritime museum catches history surfers
Councillors get blogging to keep in touch
Matt dances his way to a sponsored holiday fund
Get the knol with the new Googlepedia
Software as a service for BT's Upload magazine
20 blogs to read while the boss is away for MacUser
A bright future for corporate iPhone OS dev?, for Inside iPhone
No more trying to calculate the cassette time left thanks to Muxtapes; for my PA column
iShrink review for MacUser
The iPhone knows what you want ... and where you are, for the Birmingham Post
Hello. Again, an introductory post for my new gig at Inside iPhone
A new version of Dopplr, an email newsletter for Dopplr
Twitter searches for the next step, a feature-length interview for the Guardian's technology pages
An article on SEM (Search Engine Marketing) and SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) for BT's Upload magazine (created on BT's behalf by Redwood Publishing)
Radiohead breaks new ground with digital video
Various bits of copywriting (newsletters and user info) for Dopplr
They work for you - so have a look at what they're up to; as used here by the Birmingham Post
TapeDeck review for MacUser
Times RSS reader review for MacUser
Our gazetteer upgrade, an email newsletter for Dopplr
How to make your web site more search engine friendly, some brief tips for readers of BT Insight, commissioned by Redwood Publishing on BT's behalf
Fluid review for MacUser
Flow review for MacUser
How researchers are helping to keep your computer in the picture; as used by the Birmingham Post
Presentation for Informa: Writing for the Web. Private event, but you can read the slides I prepared and some thoughts on why I didn't use them
Digital radio's future already heading into the past, for the PA column
Mailplane review for MacUser
Trust technology and store your data online, for the Birmingham Post
Screenflow review; for MacUser
BOINC and SETI and the hunt for aliens, published by the Birmingham Post
In search of the new Google, for the Daily Telegraph
How to get that advertising bullseye off your back, published by the Birmingham Post
Leap review for MacUser
Meander review, another for MacUser
Searchme looks nice but it doesn't have Google's speed in the Birmingham Post
A writer by any other name for The Morning News
Protecting your computer, consumer advice for young people at thesite.org
Understanding BitTorrent, for thesite.org
Snapper review for MacUser
Who'll be swallowed up by Silicon Valley?, business comment in the Birmingham Post
MacJournal 5 review for MacUser
Slim pickings from the MacBook Air in the Birmingham Post
Scribbles review for MacUser
Please spool to end of tape before playing other side, an essay for The Morning News
Heavy price for a slim and light laptop, reporting on the new MacBook Air for The Irish News
The web helps the music industry, for the Birmingham Post

2007

MacUser magazine:

Little Snitch review
Cocktail review
Taskpaper review
Conjure review
Browsers mini round-up - five modern OS X browsers compared and contrasted
Streamline your Mac - a feature inspired by the minimalist file organisation approach advocated by Ethan Schoonover at Kinkless.com
SketchBox review
MarsEdit 2 review
Skim review
iClip 4 review
Posterino review
iGet 2.6 review
Trapper Keeper review
Power Manager 3 review
Flypath review
Actiontastic review
Instant Gallery review
Nudge Nudge Punakea review

The Daily Telegraph:

Apple versus the iHackers - have gadget, will hack
Don't think about it, just write - thoughts on the phenomenon that is tumblelogs (reader opinions)
Like to send the world a text? - explaining Twitter for the Telegraph
Teletext fights for a place in the digital world
The future at your fingertips - all about multitouch and where it will go next

Mac Devcenter articles:

The Good Easy on OS X - how to make your Mac a simpler, more productive environment
Smarter ways to work with PDFs
Indie Mac development in the UK
Introducing Google Desktop for Mac - written at top speed to be as newsy as a feature can be
Also many blog posts for the O'Reilly Mac Devcenter blog

Syndicated column for PA :

(As used by a variety of publications)

journalism.co.uk:

Flood-hit council turns to blogging for news

BBC Online:

A library bigger than any building - interviewing Aaron Swartz about his work on the Open Library project

Macworld magazine:

At home in Google Earth

The Morning News:

Murder and the Masseuse - "I was completely manipulated"

Copywriting:

Expectnation - I produced contextual help content for this startup web application
YouCanDo Guides - distilling the Scarman Trust's years of experience in community work into easy-to-use, free-to-download information packs