Last week I was talking with a prospective client that is based in New York and one of their major concerns with engaging me to work on their software, was the time difference between New York and Australia (my home base). Continue reading
Classic user interface error spotted in wild. Again.
Whilst playing in the “sandbox” of the most excellent payments provider Braintree, I couldn’t help but notice that they’d recreated a classic user interface design faux pas. Continue reading
Why I am not buying an autonomous car
If you keep your finger on the tech pulse, you probably know that Autonomous Cars are just around the corner. The technology has made such progress, that even governments (not the most agile of groups) are passing legislation to allow driverless cars to take to the road. Continue reading
I’m Excited about Google Glass
I’m convinced Google Glass, Google’s foray into wearable computers is going to be big. Smart Phone big. I’ve always thought wearable computers were going to happen and I’m excited to see that it seems to be just around the corner. Continue reading
Hoist on their own petard
Recently (Feb 2013) in the news was a report on “The Pirate Bay” (TPB) having filed a police complaint against the Finnish anti-piracy organization CIAPC for copyright infringement. The reason? CIAPC has “pirated” TPB’s copyrighted material Continue reading
Correct me if I am wrong. Please!
So one of the local mums at my kid’s school (let’s call her Sally) who we have struck up a friendship with mispronounces the word “Asked” as “Arks”. Sally has done this since I first met her and one has to think that she has been doing it all her life. Continue reading
