Category: Technology
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Daily Rumination No. 10: Teeming with Issues
In many ways, it’s easier to work now than ever before, particularly if you’re out of the office. We’re spoilt with increasingly diverse and customisable devices and powerful, digital communication channels such as iMessage, FaceTime, Skype, Zoom, Slack and so on. The same way that email and other apps were supposed to lead to the…
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The Paris Review: ‘Reading in the Age of Constant Distraction’
Whilst scrolling through Twitterrific on my iPhone recently, I stumbled upon the article Reading in the Age of Constant Distraction by Mairead Small Staid. The article is fantastic. Based on Sven Birkerts’ work The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age, the article details the ways in which long- and short-form writing…
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Daily Rumination No. 3: Many Thanks
These days in Australia, when café owners and waitstaff approach you at your table with your coffee order, they often say ‘thank you’ before they’ve even set them down or you’ve had the chance to thank them for the beverages. Shouldn’t the patron be saying ‘thank you’ in this moment, or is this a confirmation…
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Daily Rumination No. 2: Crests
People frequently choose the stupid, dangerous option of crossing a road on the crest of a hill, where they are unable to see any approaching traffic from the other side. Earlier this morning, I noticed a woman who was accompanying a young boy and a guide-dog-in-training across the road. Where did they cross? On the crest…
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Poem: Happy Birthday, Mac
When I was the tender, young age of five, My parents bought our very first Mac. From the moment we pressed it alive, We knew there was no looking back. Through the classic OS I did click, Unaware of the company’s woes. I was in love with a GUI so slick, It could have collapsed…
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Why HomePod Is My Favourite New(er) Apple Product
It has been some time since I first wrote about HomePod. Considering the general tech news angle that HomePod hasn’t been quite the success that Apple had imagined—which we don’t actually know for sure or in any real detail—I thought that it would be good to revisit the device and discuss how I’ve been using…
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500ish Words: ‘The “iPhone Mini” Revisited’
Small. Medium. Large. You offer an iPhone XS Max, an iPhone XS, and an iPhone XS Mini. Or Micro. Or Nano. Or whatever. You already have the “medium” and “large” options, so you give the people what they actually seem to want: a “small” option too. I could not agree more with this excerpt from…
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Ars Technica: ‘Even with the Google/Fossil deal, Wear OS is doomed’
Although I’m a dedicated Apple Watch user/wearer, I do occasionally monitor things in the land of Wear OS. You can’t ignore what’s happening elsewhere. The fact that most Wear OS smartwatches are circular in design is fascinating to me, as this has led to a range of different user interface considerations, case shapes and band…
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