Category: Thoughts
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Plan For The Worst (Lost/Stolen Laptop)
I must be getting older, as things like this would never have happened to me a few years ago. I lost my laptop at the Heathrow airport. It was not even stolen, I forgot it at the security check. I got distracted by the security officer asking to see my liquid items, and taking a…
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Being Responsive
Ben Yoskovitz writes (emphasis his): “Most customers tolerate bugs. Most customers tolerate products with missing features […] Most customers tolerate the quirks and hiccups that come with new technology and software. This is true of early adopters, but it’s even true to some degree, of late adopters. Customers can be quite forgiving. But what they…
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Android Is the Windows of Mobile Devices – Or Is It?
I’ve had my Android phone for ~14 months now. It’s a HTC Desire and it served me quite well. I can say that it really changed how I do certain things, from reading news to moving around. There is a major problem however with Android as an operating system: it’s a resource hog. Until the…
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RIP Steve Jobs
We’ll all miss him – especially Apple I guess, but I would bet that Bill Gates is also deeply sorry. The very weird aspect of this event is that it reminds us how mass IT is a young industry. You figure this if you think that the vast majority of the people who invented consumer…
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News Oblivion
If you feel like you can’t keep up with what happens around you, you’re not alone. If you feel that most of the tweets on your stream are obscure to you, you’re not alone. If you didn’t know about a great conference everyone is talking about, you’re not alone. If you miss lots of industry…