COVID 19 is tailor made for our culture

I should start with this: I’m not an expert. You should listen to those that are. COVID is an

Scamware, malware, viruses. Who cares?

John Gruber: Computer viruses are called viruses because like biological viruses, they spread by themselves. What Malwarebytes is talking about

Thinner, lighter, faster

John Gruber, on the “thinner, lighter faster” Galaxy Book S compared to the MacBook Air: Well, there’s the small

ChromeOS

I was an early user of ChromeOS. Not as early as David Ruddock, who has written a post on how

Goals

January 2nd, or “the death of goals day”. You spend the first day of the year thinking about all the

Happiness

How often do you think about what makes you happy? Not “how often are you happy?” but how often do

So I got a Surface Pro X

Earlier this year I bought myself a shiny new Mac. This was the first Mac I’d bought since 2015,

The Pixel Slate and why I still really love it

The Pixel Slate has had a rough ride. When it was initially revealed, there was a level of excitement around

My week with the Pixel 3 XL

Never let a bunch of people decide anything that you have to do via a Twitter poll. In my case,

The Pixel 3 XL experiment

Here’s a lesson for you: never, ever ask your Twitter followers whether or not you should use a particular

Learning to love silence

I’ve always been someone who has background noise around them. Growing up, the TV was always on, and my

You've got to know when to fold 'em

Lots to agree with in Owen Williams piece on “Foldable phones: right tech, wrong place?”, starting with this: If I

Becoming a creator

OK, this sounds trite. But… The difference between you and the creators you follow is simply they are creating while

Remembering Project Marklar

Nick Wingfield mentioned something which took me back a long way: Ok, reading this report about Apple contemplating dumping Intel

Rebuilding

Back in 2002 (or thereabouts), I started writing up my thoughts on technology at a site that I dubbed “Technovia“