Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people copying and pasting the same thing to each other isn't Like-worthy — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. Who says I'm late to the social party?
N.B. The views expressed herein are not my own: they have been carefully shaped by a barrage of mainstream media propaganda and fill-in-the-blanks guesswork. Also, I'm prone to lying for the sake of entertainment.
Why are you waiting for leaders to slow the pandemic?
[3 comments] · 979 words (devours about 5 mins)Like the COVID-19 virus itself, it’s impossible to escape the media coverage of it. People are angry. Feel helpless. Scared. That’s all normal. But pause, just a moment, and think.
Save the shelves: how to stream a movie collection
[4 comments] · 1938 words (vacuums up about 9 mins)I have hundreds and hundreds of DVDs taking up space on shelves in my living room. A huge investment that I don’t want to lose, and I love movies. Time to get my geek on and find a better way. Step into my parlour to see how I did it…
The problem with policy
· 631 words (laps up about 3 mins)One week to go until December’s UK general election. Will anyone we put in office make a difference without being prodded? I’ll give you a clue: the answer rhymes with low ducking pay.
Digital bottlenecks
· 1077 words (sucks up about 5 mins)Throwing technology at the service industry to improve customer service is the trend du jour. But it seems that ill-conceived rollouts have negative effects on customer experience.
Erecting digital walls
· 1053 words (vacuums up about 5 mins)The internet operates without national boundaries. Countries and governmments operate within them. They see this as a problem. Here’s why.
My phone wants to kill me
· 154 words (kills less than a minute)Automated calls. We’ve all had them. But what do you do when they go wrong with rather comedic results?
When automation goes incorrect
· 214 words (laps up less than a minute)Text to speech still has a way to go before it becomes broadly useful and not inadvertently funny, it seems.
Making little changes
· 352 words (eats up about 2 mins)Self-improvement is not restricted to once a year as a New Year gig. It’s a continuous process. Let’s all change one little thing. Today.
