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• Work is not just about ‘output’ but shared endeavour

  By Shaun on July 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  This may not sound like any of the Zoom meetings you have attended recently. While it is true that new technology has made all kinds of remote (or “virtual”) working possible and it is impressive how well so many businesses… Read More ›

• 1997: Apple and fashion

  By Shaun on July 19, 2020 • ( 2 )

  What I find striking from this image from 1987 is that everything looks modern (even the fashion?) apart from the Apple computer. I guess that tech design ages quicker than anything else.

• The P01

  By Shaun on July 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Three years later, the Swiss brand began developing a highly functional watch to replace the Oyster Prince Submariner Reference 7928, which was the Navy’s standard watch at that time. The first phase of development led to various prototypes and a… Read More ›

• Apple Watch 6 could detect panic attacks

  By Shaun on July 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Apple Watch 6 could be capable of detecting heightened stress levels and panic attacks, rounding out the watch’s well-being features to include mental health. While being notified that you’re on the verge of a panic attack might amplify your… Read More ›

• Your daughter’s heart

  By Shaun on July 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  That got me. Just thinking about it makes me sad- I would be compelled to listen to my daughter’s heart, but the grief must be extraordinary when doing so.

• Going back to the office for no good reason

  By Shaun on July 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  As an unsettling number of people have started ignoring public health guidance because they’re tired of restricting their behavior, employers too are increasingly relaxing their own practices even though the coronavirus continues to surge in many parts of the country…. Read More ›

• Apple: A one-party state

  By Shaun on July 17, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Another recent ex-employee said that security was weaponised across the company, with internal blogs boasting about the number of employees caught leaking and NDAs required even for non-sensitive or mundane projects. The employee described how they were once asked to… Read More ›

• The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Lockets

  By Shaun on July 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Often, upon losing a family member, 18th century mourners would send the dead to their graves only after giving them one last haircut. They would harvest their locks to create elaborate weavings. Sometimes, the hair would be fashioned into floral… Read More ›

• The Zodiac Super Sea Wolf GMT Limited Edition

  By Shaun on July 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  This summer’s sherbet orange and cream edition follows the same format, but this time, Zodiac has made 282 examples available instead of 182. The rapidly extinguished supply of the initial release has demonstrated that the demand is there, so why… Read More ›

• 35 days at sea and still testing positive?

  By Shaun on July 17, 2020 • ( 2 )

  Argentinian health officials are scrambling to understand how nearly every crew member of a ship which spent 35 days at sea were found to have contracted coronavirus upon returning to land. All 61 sailors aboard the trawler, Echizen Maru, tested… Read More ›

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