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 having a midlife crisis has me reaching for the Glock — 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. 'Coz propah spelling is so last century.
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.
My phone wants to kill me
· 154 words (wastes 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 (devours 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
· 347 words (kills 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.
Passport shenanigans
· 310 words (devours about 2 mins)Help! The government can’t locate me in a photo so I won’t be able to travel anywhere until they do.
My settings are mine
· 298 words (sucks up about 2 mins)Oi, Apple! When I set some user preferences, have the decency to honour them because it’s my choice, not yours.
I'm in the wrong business
· 1114 words (devours about 5 mins)Time for a change of career. Forget making money the old fashioned way doing things I enjoy. I’m going to sell software to schools and governments. They’ll buy anything.
Why you should never use your fingerprint to unlock your phone
· 827 words (eats up about 4 mins)Unlocking your phone with a passphrase, password or pattern takes time. Using your thumbprint is virtually instantaneous, and it’s guaranteed to belong to you, right? Wrong.
Downfall of the ubiquitous hashtag
· 712 words (laps up about 4 mins)The hashtag: the cornerstone of social media. Trends. Analytics. Fun. But I sometimes wonder if certain entities understand what it’s actually for.
