Category Archives: mobile

The dirty mobile telecommuters

Posted on Oct 16, 2012 by sim

Telecommuting can be great. It can also be loaded with many lies, one of which I’m going to partially debunk here: environmental benefits. Here’s typical imagery of a telecommuter, the kind that can be found from a plethora of presentations … Continue reading →

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Is your mobile making you dumb?

Posted on Sep 4, 2012 by sim

Could your mobile be blamed for making you dumber? Maybe, and that’s not the half of it – it could kill you. Or, rather, it would be more accurate to say that your obsession with your mobile is what can … Continue reading →

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Notes on iPhone 4S

Posted on Oct 15, 2011 by sim

The iPhone 4S had, as usual, already been reviewed to death even before it launched to the public, let alone now. But since I acquired a work-related iPhone 4S on launch day, I thought I might as well jot down … Continue reading →

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Diminishing returns in mobile technology

Posted on Oct 5, 2011 by sim

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 →

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Most apps don’t make money. So?

Posted on Jul 26, 2010 by sim

One of the recent annoying trends in the mobile business domain has been the attitude towards apps. Most of the media extols apps as the next big thing, the gold rush everyone must get at now or miss billions of … Continue reading →

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