Conceptually, I still miss the home button a bit – there was something nice about how it was “out of band” from every app-interaction – it was kind of reassuring that to know you were communicating directly with the device,… Read More ›
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Nobody notices your watch, nobody cares
I didn’t own the watch (it was a rental from the good folks at Eleven James, who let me try their service), but that didn’t change things. I was conscious of it nearly all of the time. Walking down the… Read More ›
What should Apple change next year?
It is a struggle to think of things Apple needs to change in the future because the company is doing rather well at the moment, $1 trillion and all that. There are some areas, in my humble opinion though, that… Read More ›
A missed opportunity?
Based on the rumours I was ready to write an article entitled ‘Apple just released its most important product this decade’ tonight. As it happens I cannot do that because the Apple Watch series 4 didn’t tick the boxes I… Read More ›
Why is Rolex so popular? Why?
I was talking to an authorised dealer for Rolex the other day and mentioned the fact that the Submariner and certain other models are seemingly being constrained in terms of the volume on sale. He disputed this and advised that… Read More ›
Watches feed a guy’s sense of security/superiority
To parse another thing that guys do: they see a watch all over social media, read about it in all the magazines … it quickly becomes the It-Watch, which they also start obsessively wanting. “Everyone who is anyone has X,… Read More ›
$1 trillion and counting
It’s a lot of money and not really $1 trillion because of how the markets work, but it is a significant milestone that only a select few organisations had a chance of breaching. The reaction has been predictable in many… Read More ›
Use Instapaper in Europe today
The ongoing debacle that is Instapaper’s handling of the new GDPR rules doesn’t look likely to be resolved soon. It has been made worse by the complete lack of information from the developers and the late notice in pulling the… Read More ›
Stuff
Versa Felt it right to update my thoughts on the Fitbit Versa and the company in general. The Versa has gone now because of multiple problems and more specifically because of the way Fitbit deals with its loyal customers. For… Read More ›
Privacy again
The new EU privacy laws go into effect May 25. Many companies are sending out privacy statement updates because of this. However, new privacy laws don’t necessarily mean more privacy. I’m diabetic, but luckily not seriously. It’s easily controllable using… Read More ›
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