Welcome to the first post of Text Only Tech.

My aim with this Blog is to provide real-world, end-user evaluations of products and tricks which I come across.  Due to my lack of ties with any manufacturer, developer or distributor, everything I post about will be something that I have personally used while forming an opinion on it, and if it's a product than I've purchased it with my own money.  As such, I'm hoping this will also provide a less "generic" form of review while also not holding any punches back from things which, quite frankly, deserve to be punched.  It unfortunately also means that the major updates will be few and far between - I wouldn't really expect anything more than monthly updates.

So why text only, you ask?  Well, it's simple: not everything can be shown in a picture, or even in a video.  Sometimes you need to stop and explain what's going on, which is precisely what I plan to do all of the time.  As such I expect most of my reviews to be rather lengthy but hopefully they'll be worth the time taken to read the whole thing.

That's not to say that pictures and videos don't have their place.  At a later date I may also branch out into "supplimenraty" videos to go along with my reviews to better demonstrate some things.  But for now, text is my medium of choice and I'm sticking to it.

It is also my intent to focus differently on what I'm actually reviewing.  All too many reviews focus on the number of buttons and dials things have, what they look like and the box they came in while devoting maybe a single page to actually using it; unless, of course, it can be benchmarked (nothing I intend to review can be benchmarked as such).  I'll be focussing as much on what it's like to actually set up and use something as possible, since that's what matters the most in the end.  Suffice to say that things have buttons and dials, look like the pictures on their websites and come in boxes.

I'll also be attempting to review things in such a way that people with less understanding and experience than myself will still be able to get useful information from what I write, and hopefully make a more informed decision as a result of this.

So I hope you find something useful here.  If you feel there's something I've missed, something I should improve or something I've clearly gotten wrong than feel free to let me know.  Otherwise please remember that I'm entitled to my opinion, just as the next guy (or girl) is entitled to his (or hers), and these reviews reflect that opinion.