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  • Twitter and SMS

    Twitter and SMS

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesBack in the good old days of Twitter the length of a tweet was limited to the length of an SMS. The aim was to make it possible for people to tweet and have conversations using GSM phones. With short messages we could leave the keyboard behind and read messages on our…

  • Thoughts on Large Watch Screens

    Thoughts on Large Watch Screens

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I played with an Apple Watch Ultra in a shopping centre and two thoughts came to mind. The first is that this is finally a calculator watch that is big enough for an adult to use. This is meant more as a joke than as a serious comment. The second thought…

  • A Four Kilometre Run

    A Four Kilometre Run

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I ran four kilometres, after walking fifteen kilometres yesterday and my legs felt tired. They felt heavy and I thought that I wouldn’t make it to the target distance. I did, but it was a game of will. Usually I go for a run, and then I walk. Today I did…

  • My Lack Of Interest In the Apple Watch Ultra

    My Lack Of Interest In the Apple Watch Ultra

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI see people are training for ultrarunning events, scuba diving and more with the Apple Watch Ulta, but I feel no interest in such a watch. The first reason for my lack of interest is that the watch is stupidly expensive for something that lasts just 30 hours on a single charge.…

  • The Sunday Run

    The Sunday Run

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning I decided to go for a run, rather than studying or doing other things. I ran along one of my usual routes thinking that it would be quiet but it wasn’t. Groups of people walking two to three abreast, or more were blocking different roads so I deviated through fields,…

  • My Kindle Reading Streak

    My Kindle Reading Streak

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to the Kindle app on my phone my longest Kindle Reading Streak was 126 days. I say “was”, because I lost it two days ago and now I am back to a one day reading streak. I hate that apps like Kindle count reading streaks as “days of reading in a…

  • Running From Village to Village

    Running From Village to Village

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesNormally I walk from village to village. My walks can take me through four to six villages per walk. I walk from village to village in part because I live in the middle of a landscape where walking from village to village is easy. I had doubts about today’s run because I…

  • The Free Twitter API Ends and The Twitter Silo Begins

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesSocial networks and social networks are based on people connecting with other people. Twitter is a glorified chatroom masquerading as a microblogging platform. As twitter shifts from being free, to being paying, it is losing it’s appeal. Fifteen years ago there was plenty of discussion about Social Media silos and the social…

  • A Run And A Walk

    A Run And A Walk

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI am going for a run and a walk three times a week at the moment. The run is set by the Garmin Coach and the walk is set by the route I have chosen to use on that specific day. By running the first part of my daily walk I increase…

  • Mud and Walking

    Mud and Walking

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesI go for walks, runs or bike rides every single day, whether it’s rainy, windy, snowy or a heatwave. As a result of this I often walk along routes where mud forms. Sometimes I come home from walks and my shoes are spotless, thanks either to a drought, or paradoxically due to…