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Daily Rumination No. 11: iPhone Feng Shui
Nerds seem to be in a permanent state of restlessness when it comes to iPhone home screens and I’m no exception. As the most personal device that we own (besides Apple Watch, of course), the iPhone is a kind of expression for our identities. How do you organise your screen? Should icons be arranged alphabetically,
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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. 9: A Fresh Cup of #Caffeinespiration
Do you like coffee? I do. I wrote about it recently and the topic has already returned today. This time, it’s not about people’s love for instant coffee but the clichéd and mundane efforts that café owners undertake to decorate their establishments and create some sort of story about coffee. Some time ago, café owners
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Daily Rumination No. 8: The Sad State of TV
I don’t watch traditional broadcast television very much anymore. Unless you’re talking about government-run channels like ABC and SBS, which show an interesting mix of multicultural programmes and news with great on-demand options, I’m not interested. Naturally, the convenience of the Internet TV is a cause, however it’s also the fact that traditional TV has
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Daily Rumination No. 7: McEquine
I’m not a huge fan of McDonald’s but whenever I’m visiting somewhere for the first time, if we happen to stop there for a quick meal, I like to check out how the menu differs. Usually, you’ll only ever spot unusual things if you visit a different country. Two examples that spring to my mind
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Daily Rumination No. 6: Instant Gratification
Australians (on the east coast, at least) generally pride themselves as simultaneously being super-cazj mass consumers and fine connoisseurs of Italian espresso. People here look upon Americans, for example, and spit upon their coffee taste (or lack thereof, for that matter). When I worked in Sydney, I saw this caffeine-fuelled madness every morning, as corporate
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Daily Rumination No. 5: Hipster Bulbs
Hipster style continues to spread throughout Australian cafés and eateries, homogenising menus, decor and more. Where the egg was once king, avocado now rules supreme. Never has non-conformity been so mainstream. In recent times, I’ve noticed the increasing installation of hipster ‘subway tiles’ as backdrops for café counters. Undoubtedly you’ve seen them before; they’re generally
Lounge Ruminator
by Martin Feld
Lounge Ruminator 