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This is my home for things that don't, for one reason or another, belong to Twitter, Facebook or my other blogs. Here you will find my thoughts and musings on topics ranging from climate change and energy issues to mobile & IT technologies, reviews on things I read/see and from cultural commentary to photos. In other words, the topics are all over the place - so if you're looking for a blog with a consistent focus on a single issue, keep looking :)
Category Archives: ICT-stuff
Why I think the Internet will survive even in the medium term
As the predictable series of crisis starts to bite (climate change, peak energy, deforestation, soil degradation & water scarcity to start with), what will be the first large element of the modern society to buckle? One of the most visionary … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Energy, ICT-stuff
Tagged communications, electricity, ICT, Internet, John Michael greer, mobile, renewable energy, Rod Tucker, sustainability
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Diminishing returns in mobile technology
My home PC, almost five years old, still performs all required tasks quite well (I don’t do gaming). While there’s been plenty of technological progress in the past years, a new PC bought today would not accomplish anything fundamentally different … Continue reading
Posted in ICT-stuff, mobile
Tagged diminshing returns, iPhone, mobile technology, mobiles
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Backwater Australia – or maybe not?
There is a general consensus or at least an attitude in Europe that Australia is quite a bit behind in most, particularly technological, things. However, there was also a general consensus in Europe that it was leading the mobile devices … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Culture, Finland, ICT-stuff
Tagged Australia, climate, culture, environmental awareness, Finland, houses, insulation, iPhone, mobile, mobile networks, technology
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The arbitrary and damaging obsession with smartphones (vs others)
Will smartphones end up killing the operator ARPUs? Okay, let’s take a step or two back. In the mobile phone industry, there are few things more misleading than the split to smartphones and other phones. The concept of “smartphones” has … Continue reading
Posted in ICT-stuff, mobile
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Android gets interesting
I’ve been somewhat skeptical on Android over the past couple of years. Now, however, it seems that Google is on to something that can be a game-changer on a few levels – free turn-by-turn navigation with Android, essentially delivering a … Continue reading