Category: technology | 技術 | 기술 | テクノロジー

  • Immersive as well as interactive experiences

    This post may take a while to get into, so please bear with me, but I want to take two examples that showcase where I was going on immersive experiences. User experience problems barring the way for immersive experiences I gave my parents my first iPad in September last year so that we could stay…

  • CoolTec + more news

    CoolTec The first of its kind: Braun CoolTec – Luxury News from Luxury Insider – not convinced by this. In theory the CoolTec setting is designed to soothe your skin while you shave. That should make it suitable for men with sensitive skin. CoolTec seems to be designed around an active ‘cooling bar’; likely some…

  • iPhone 5c / 5s

    Apple iPhone 5c and 5s event I had a late evening in the office so decided to stay up late and follow the Apple event where they unveiled the Apple iPhone 5c and the iPhone 5s. Here are my thoughts from the launch permeated through a couple of days thoughts. Evolution rather than revolution The…

  • The Nokia Microsoft Post

    Nokia Microsoft deal In the week since the news broke my thoughts on the acquisition by Microsoft of Nokia’s device business have slowly coalesced into the notes that make up this post. The two Nokia’s The acquisition is a tale of two businesses, the first business is a business services, cloud computing and network hardware…

  • One time pad + more news

    One time pad technique In surveillance era, clever trick enhances secrecy of iPhone text messages | Ars Technica – kind of like the one time pad technique, but created on the fly. The one time pad (OTP) is an encryption technique that cannot be cracked, but requires the use of a single-use pre-shared key that…

  • The Steve Ballmer Post

    At the end of last week Steve Ballmer announced his imminent retirement and the formation of a committee to find his successor. The narratives that went out with the media painted a picture that was a decade or so of opportunities squandered. As with most narratives it hides a more complex truth that doesn’t neatly…

  • Global Village TelePort modem

    TelePort and PowerPort modems Back in the early through to late 1990s Apple computers weren’t as ubiquitous as they are now. If you had a Mac back then you were struggling to find compatible peripherals, you shopped at Mac specialists and often used specialist brand products. In the case of sending a fax, dialing into…

  • NSA + more news

    NSA China mulls probe into IBM, Oracle, EMC after NSA hack claims – report • The Register – they won’t be the only people looking carefully at US hardware and software after the NSA revelations Windows 8+TPM: Germany Warns of ‘Loss of Control’ – Open Enterprise – concerned about NSA back door People Are Changing…

  • Slack + more news

    Slack Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield’s new Slack signed up 8,000 companies in 24 hours | VentureBeat – psyched for Stewart Butterfield. met him once during a press junket to Sunnyvale and he was a gracious host for the media. Slack is a messaging client that allows groups, internal and external. It facilitates moving a lot…