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• Embracing Apple’s Boring Future

  By Shaun on January 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  But a careful read of Tim Cook’s letter to shareholders suggests the opposite. Instead, Cook seems poised to double down on boring services, like the kind that have helped Microsoft and Amazon. Once iPhones reach market saturation, Apple is far… Read More ›

• Avoiding tech?

  By Shaun on January 4, 2019 • ( 1 )

  I may have read this completely wrong, but two recent stories made my ears prick up. The first was the rise in paper book sales which follows on a continuing trend where paper is gaining a bigger share of the… Read More ›

• The (i)Phone business is not what it was

  By Shaun on January 3, 2019 • ( 4 )

  But that wasn’t all. In an extraordinary letter to Apple investors, CEO Tim Cook also told stockholders what he should have been saying for years: The company’s iPhone business has shifted into a lower gear because of changes in the… Read More ›

• Just under 191 million books were sold in the UK last year

  By Shaun on January 3, 2019 • ( 1 )

  The sale of printed books rose in the UK in 2018 for the 4th year running. Just under 191 million books were sold last year; sales grew 2.1% in value & 0.3% in volume. Not bad, given that a few… Read More ›

• Is the Oris Divers Sixty Five perfect?

  By Shaun on January 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Probably. Well, it seems to be perfect for me or as perfect as any watch can get. Perfection is an unachievable aim and one that we would likely not want to attain even if we could. The opposite sex, or… Read More ›

• Skagen Hybrid Smartwatch (SKT1113) review – master of none

  By Shaun on January 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hybrid watches are by many accounts dominating the sales figures for brands such as Fossil, and by some stats in a way which means that they are seriously scaling back on traditional watches due to a lack of sales. This… Read More ›

• The CARBONARA pencil

  By Shaun on January 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  The use of the material is no gimmick. Just like a roadster is modeled on the lines of a coupe, but made to be faster, lighter, and better, the CARBONARA pencil is designed to be stronger, lighter, and better than… Read More ›

• Montblanc Summit II review

  By Shaun on January 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Frankly, Montblanc has to get those things right only a watchmaker can get really right if it seriously expects people to buy a smartwatch from it, rather than people’s go-to brands. Samsung, Apple, LG, Huawei, and even Fossil, these days,… Read More ›

• The journey continues…

  By Shaun on January 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  I think the slow decline contributed to me not noticing the effects as quickly or taking it as seriously from the start, but zoom out and I can see the downslide as clearly as my original progress — physical change… Read More ›

• This Is Love

  By Shaun on December 30, 2018 • ( 2 )

  The creators of the popular podcast, Criminal, surprised everyone when they turned their attention to an investigation of a very different kind. This is Love explores perseverance, obsession, and what happens when we risk betting it all… More here. This… Read More ›