Google Pixel XL (128GB) Review

I own a Google Pixel XL in Very Black with 128GB onboard storage. I have had a Samsung Galaxy Note since the first one. I still have my Galaxy Note 4. (Actually, I have two of them! Unfortunately, I couldn’t go any further with the Note series for two big reasons. Samsung in their <sarcasm>infinite […]

Why I Need More Than 16GB RAM @apple @timcook

This is a screenshot of my desktop as it exists at the time of this writing. As of right now, I have the following programmes open on my Macbook Pro: TextEdit SpiderOakOne (suspended) Google Chrome (dozens of suspended tabs) Google Hangouts VM for Work (Windows 10, Outlook, Jabber, Edge) MacJournal TweetDeck Google Chrome Canary (dozens […]

See, Now That’s How You Do Business — @DigixGlobal @Trello

This is an example of my Trello board that I use to keep track of things for our flat. Yes, that is the view from our flat, looking NNW. 🙂 If you look at my Twitter feed, it would appear that I complain a lot. I do. There’s a good reason for that – I […]

Why I Switched Back to Gmail from Inbox

Yeah, not so much. When Google made Inbox available to everyone, I jumped at the chance to use it. I had put in for an invite, but never gotten one. (This was all the stranger when I had also applied on my wife’s behalf, and she had gotten one though we applied at the same […]

This Picture Is Fascinating @taskrabbit

The TaskRabbit homepage when I logged in this morning. Larger image here. In high school, we had a film teacher named “Mr. Luce”. He was one of the people who best showed us how to use critical thinking. He would show us how when watching something that our brain tends to switch off, and that […]

More on Poor UX

I’m going to ignore the fact that FourSquare split in two, which at the time I called its “Qwixster” move. It was a terrible decision then, and it’s still a terrible decision. Since I only used FourSquare as a place where I would keep track of where I’d been, when I could no longer use […]

User Interfaces Still Suck

I’ve been …. busy. I was commuting to Amsterdam weekly for work for three months, and needless to say that didn’t leave much time for blogging. Here’s to hoping I’ll be able to keep up on it a bit more! I use quite a few digital products, as I’m sure you do. I work with […]