The problem of free work is getting worse as the UK’s freelance army grows. The number of self-employed people in the UK has increased from 3.3 million in 2001 to 4.8 million in 2017, according to the ONS, contributing the… Read More ›
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What He Left Behind
We studied each other, silent. His eyes were a deep smoky blue, the darkness of them promising the stained glass brown they would become. He stared back at me, unblinking and somber. He never cried about being born — it… Read More ›
I Fought Apple and Won
I continued the conversation with the store duty manager and she said the best she can do is take 25% off the replacement handset price of AUD$800 (or close to it). I was not about to pay an additional $600… Read More ›
I fail to understand Apple…
I fail to understand why companies like Apple don’t address the entire market. That means various smartphone sizes and various smartphone prices. I don’t believe that making a less expensive phone with fewer features eats away at the higher priced… Read More ›
Tracked all of the time…
I had a brief email conversation with the editor of one of the magazines I write for yesterday and agreed to write an article about a very specific topic. I followed this up with a quick search on Google, by… Read More ›
Prime and Punishment
As a precaution, he reported the reviews to Amazon. Most of them vanished days later — problem solved — and Plansky reimmersed himself in the work of running a six-employee, multimillion-dollar weapons accessory business on Amazon. Then, two weeks later,… Read More ›
Apple Services are way behind
It’s interesting how many commentators are looking at services as Apple’s next big thing in light of recent announcements. The fact that Apple Music works on Alexa is an indicator as is iTunes coming to Samsung and other TVs which… Read More ›
Timeline Your Life
I wanted to get a more concrete feel for the time I’ve enjoyed – and to answer questions like “what was I doing in 2013?” so I decided to create a timeline. It’s a design challenge, On my devblog I… Read More ›
‘What’ is next
The title is not a question. It is a statement that ‘how’ should not be the priority for the bigger tech companies over the next couple of years. Look at what you do with your phone today; photography, organisation, games,… Read More ›
A human in the land of the Gods
Murray wasn’t a freak of technique like Roger Federer, nor a freak of endurance like Rafa Nadal, nor a freak of physics like Novak Djokovic. In many ways, he was all too human. He didn’t have an earth-shattering serve or… Read More ›
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