South African-born pioneer of the British tech industry David Potter, the man behind the iconic Psion pocket computers, passed away on 28th June, six days before his 83rd birthday.

Potter was the founder of the company of the same name, a pivotal firm in the British technology industry from the 1980s to the 2000s… More here. Thanks to Andrew for the link.

Sad to hear of David’s passing. I never got to deal with him, but what he created was quite incredible at the time. My first view of the Psion 3 and then owning every single Psion model from then on completely changed how I organise myself and how I came to be fascinated with mobile computing.

This led to multiple websites, freelance writing for many years and seeing how things changed always fascinated me and still does to this day. I picked up the iPhone 17 Pro Max last week because I needed more memory and it truly is a phenomenal piece of mobile technology. However, it will never hold the allure of those early Psion machines for me. I doubt anything ever will.

Related: My Digital Generation.

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