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The Crosscall Odyssey Plus

Apr 22, 2015

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in Android, observation, reviews, Swiss walks, tech related, Via Ferrata

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Crosscall Odyssey Plus fills two niches. It is a rugged weather proof phone rated to the IP 68 standard and is equipped with dual sim capability. This makes it ideal for the sports I enjoy, mainly via ferrata as pictured below and hiking. It comes with a smaller carabiner…

The Apple Watch does not fill a niche

Apr 16, 2015

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in Android, Apple, Diving, reviews, Scuba Diving, Swiss walks, Via Ferrata

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Apple Watch rather than fill a niche provides a fifth screen. According to Wikipedia the four first screens are the cinema screen, the television screen and the mobile phone and tablet screen. The fifth screen is the smart watch as designed by Apple, Samsung, Sony and others.Â Apple and others have designed…

Pride and media consumption

Mar 29, 2015

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in Post-university life, Real Time Web, social media, social media living room, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 3 minutesI enjoyed reading the Unbearable Lightness of Being so much that I read every book by Milan Kundera. I also read every book by Albert Camus because I enjoyed reading La Peste so much. Laura M. Holson wrote an article about “Unplugging without FOMO” which I skimmed after someone on twitterÂ commented on…

Setting up Chromecast

Mar 24, 2015

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in Google Chrome, Uncategorized

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSetting up Chromecast takes four steps 1. Plug it in 2. Connect to chromecast wifi 3 type appropriate wifi password for home network 4. wait as chromecast updates Now you can use it from your devices. It’s like setting up a gopro camera. If you’ve managed that you can do this-

Headline rating app to encourage useful headline writing.

Mar 23, 2015

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in social media, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn future I would like an application or social network that allows me to rate headlines according to whether they are sensationalist, informative, emotional informative or other. The aim of this network or app would be to discourage article writers from re-using the same phrases over and over. It would encourage…

Social media, loneliness and isolation.

Mar 22, 2015

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in social media, social media living room, social networking, tech related, twitter

Reading Time: 3 minutes”The pathology of social media is all about loneliness” Social media professionals take the weekend off. Twitter users use hashtags so that their content can be found without being followed. Everything is turned towards discoverability rather than commitment and conversation. Social media practitioners know that people aren’t listening attentively so they repeat…

Audible books and Kindle Unlimited

Mar 18, 2015

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in Android, Apple, fun, Post-university life, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year I have set myself the goal of reading 30 books. I am currently on trackÂ to reaching that goal.Â Most of my reading material comes from two sources. Audible.com and amazon.de. What I like about reading books via Audible.com is the freedom it gives me to do something at the same time…

Mar 15, 2015

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in Android, Apple, tech related

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe apple watch will put no one out to pasture. Have you seen how many people from my generation can’t even read books on a kindle? What will put the web out to pasture is the tabloid/gossip magazine style of writing. Too many mainstream media hubs and blogging platforms write for the…

Access to contemporary technology helped promote my habits as an early adopter.

Mar 13, 2015

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in observation, social media, social media living room, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesParents in the silly con valley are idiots. They are in a trillion dollar industry and make billions a year because people want to use the technology they are developing. Think about how different my childhood would have been if we had learned camera work and video editing in art classes rather…

Ingress and it’s barrier to entry

Mar 12, 2015

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in ingress

Reading Time: 3 minutesGoogle has an excellent reputation for server uptime and reliability. They pride themselves on making processes so efficient that hundredths of seconds after a request is sent the answer. As a result of their very high work ethic and desire to excel logic would indicate that Niantic labs would follow the same…

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