I had a discussion last week with someone at work, a person who hated Apple and who said he would never buy an Apple product. I don’t know him that well, but he pegged me as a fanboy because I… Read More ›
Articles
Your phone will be a full-sized computer one day
The recent discovery of Apple’s latest patent caused the usual and predictable reaction. The fact that Apple patents everything hasn’t seemed to quite sink in yet, but there is something in the above idea. If we ignore how the phone would… Read More ›
The Crazy Work of a Stormchaser
Watching a storm from any distance is a thrill because of the power involved and the spectacle of the winds and lightning. It’s a thrill, it’s awe-inspiring, it’s beautiful. As you approach the storm, it’s all of those things. There’s… Read More ›
TomTom. What on earth are you doing?
I have mentioned many times how much I rely on TomTom and was surprised to see the above screen appear on the latest update. It is true that you cannot buy the original app anymore so it shouldn’t be a… Read More ›
What would you fix?
I may have written about this before, but I have been pondering what would need to be fixed in the products I use each day to make me upgrade. It follows this article in which the question was asked concerning… Read More ›
The Galaxy S8
It is inevitable that I am never going to be too excited by any new Android phone because the chances of me moving to the platform at the moment are very remote. For a number of reasons, mainly how much… Read More ›
What factors cause you to upgrade?
I think a good pairing with this question is “and what factors cause you to upgrade”… to some extent it’s “the quest for new and shiny”, which isn’t great but not as bad as some people say out. Ideally it’s… Read More ›
Tech longevity
What do you consider to be an adequate amount of time to keep a tech product for? It is a difficult question, but another way to put it may be to ask- when you buy a new product, in your… Read More ›
Privacy
Ever notice that many of these “things” we lose are bit by bit and for the best reasons? The government needs to know how much you make so that you can pay taxes. Fair enough. They also want to know… Read More ›
I can’t do real work on an iPad
There seems to be a trend at the moment for some tech writers to explain why the iPad, and in particular the iPad Pro, is perfectly adequate as your main computer. It is not, at least not for me. My… Read More ›
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