From the “Sometimes, I need to get things out of my system” dept. I go through these really intense periods of time where I obsess about a specific subject. Some common themes include cycling, computer networking, and camping stoves. I’m currently working through the latter as I reflect about the backpacking trip the family took […]
As much as I love the Trangia cooking system, if you are by yourself and just need to boil water, there are lighter tools that can be used. I mentioned some alternatives in my previous post: Toaks Siphon Stove (22 g, H: 43 mm, W: 50mm), and Clikstand Alcohol Stove System Firebox Nano I’ve been […]
So one of my co-workers at Nulogy upgraded his aged Kinesis Classic QD. It’s an ancient, PS/2 mechanical keyboard (Cherry MX Brown switches) with combo QWERTY and DVORAK layouts . It’s equipped with a PS/2-to-USB adapter. Most old or broken equipment gets […]
In a somewhat “click-bait”-y title1 on Motherboard, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai quotes the Director of Security for Android: “For almost all threat models,” Adrian Ludwig, the director of security at Android, referring to the level of security needed by most people, “they are nearly identical in terms of their platform-level capabilities.” In a short interview after a […]
From the Guardian’s piece called, “Microsoft to unify PC and Xbox One platforms, ending fixed console hardware“: During a press event in San Francisco last week, Spencer said that the Universal Windows Platform, a common development platform that allows apps to run across PC, Xbox, tablets and smartphones, would be central to the company’s gaming […]
I’ve been looking at the MEAN.io stack technologies (it seems like the new hotness) and I can see this being the underlying the language for the “Internet of Things”. IoT is a term that has slowly crept up into the consumer marketplace displacing the “home automation” trend, but its been in use in many other […]
The big story of CES 2016 was the outstanding Virtual Reality demos by Oculus, HTC, and Samsung. A lot of stuff on the technology and how amazing it is has already been written, but I wanted to touch upon some of the user adoption issues that I think these companies need to overcome in order to […]
Interesting Tweet-storm (or at least that is what I think it is called) from Fahranheit Press, a fine purveyor of Crime Fiction. The Big 6 could have supported scalable, sustainable business models from a whole range of new entrants into the market. — Fahrenheit Press (@fahrenheitpress) September 24, 2015 I encourage you to read the rant, […]
There has been a lot of great writing across the Web regarding advertising and the ethical nature of ad-blocking software with the recent release of iOS9 and its new Safari Content Blocking features. Unsurprisingly, ad-blocking software quickly rose to the top of paid apps on iOS. Content providers quickly responded: I’ve been running ad-blocking software for years. […]
Joshua Porter writes: The Next Feature Fallacy: the fallacy that the next feature you add will suddenly make people want to use the entire product. — Joshua Porter (@bokardo) May 14, 2015 When your product is growing and ramping up new customers, it’s easier to focus on new compelling features that increase engagement. It’s also […]
