Category: Thoughts
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Tablets Are For Content Consumption – Or Are They?
If you try researching how people use smartphones and tablets, you’ll probably come up with the following: smartphones are almost only for content consumption while on-the-go tablets are almost only for content consumption in a more static context (couch surfing, anyone?). I agree that I rarely produce content on my phone, except for communication –…
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The Language Paradox
I still have a terrible pronunciation, and I can’t say I feel at home with English, but surely I am comfortable. The trick, obviously, is practice. Over the years I’ve grown so accustomed to reading and writing tech stuff in English that, when I read or write it in Italian, it feels just weird and…
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Google Killing Reader – And A Bit Of Themselves
Google announced that Google Reader will be shut down on July 1st, 2013. How sad. I use Reader daily – mostly through apps for Android – and it’s my primary (only?) way to stay up-to-date with industry news. I use it so much that I learned about Google’s decision in Google Reader! I’ve read tons…
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Software: Epic Fail
Note: I’ve had this post in draft for several weeks. I forgot about it and only found it today. I recently bought a Google Nexus 7. I figured I could use it to read stuff for work while commuting. It looked very handy and convenient. But, it’s been probably the worst experience ever with mobile…
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And That’s Why Yahoo! Is Becoming Irrelevant
Try asking a teenager if he/she knows Yahoo! and what they do (or used to do). Truth is, the only relevant product in Yahoo!’s portfolio is Flickr and even that is becoming obsolete. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that Yahoo! is selling Flickr to – say – Facebook or Google. It wouldn’t be a…