Mar
28
Let’s Get the Blockchain into the London Design Museum
March 28, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Many thanks to the wonderful folks at dezeen for letting me put forward the case that the Blockchain is a sublime piece of design. And if you’re really interested you can also check out my petition on change.org to get the London Design Museum to recognise it as such . . . I must confess […]
Dec
4
Technology: capability v expectation
December 4, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Have you ever gone on the hunt for something fully expecting to be overwhelmed by choice, dazzling features and multiple pricing options only to have your aspirations shattered by a pitiful array of products? The digital picture frame market is a classic example. Customer expectation has vastly outweighed the available product capabilities and has done […]
Jun
21
Novell — A Candid Admission?
June 21, 2015 | Leave a Comment
I’ve written before about the sad fate that befell Novell’s flagship product NetWare. In the list of mistakes and mess-ups made by my former employer I never included the inattentiveness of a CEO. However, I’ve just discovered a sort of mea culpa from our old CEO Eric Schmidt. Mr Schmidt, now CEO of Google, says […]
Apr
5
Bitcoin — The New Believers
April 5, 2013 | Leave a Comment
The British current affairs programme Newsnight on BBC television recently aired a report about the woes of Cyprus. Elderly sun tanned citizens clawed futilely at the barren cash machines while eager reporters goaded them on with microphones. It was a day or so before the island’s banks — or what’s left of them — were […]
Feb
17
A Few Months With Windows 8
February 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Computerworld have an interesting feature today in which some prominent tech authors voice their opinions on Windows 8. A majority of the 14 quoted say they spend all their time on the desktop and never touch the Metro interface which is what greets you on the standard Win 8 start screen. While reading I suddenly […]
Dec
6
The New Myspace — first glance
December 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The Myspace relaunch is coming soon . . sometime next year for the Gen Pop (I cannot believe I just mimicked Arthur Kade). I received an invite to the BETA site tonight so this is my instant reaction . . a more considered analysis will come later. If the involvement of Justin Timberlake in the […]
Feb
19
Watson’s Jeopardy Victory: what it really means
February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment
So the computer won. Does this mean the T2000 is just round the corner ready to rule over us puny humans?
May
23
Bill’s Predictions
May 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment
15 years on from the publication of The Road Ahead, The Atlantic publishes their verdict on Bill’s predictions. I take issue with them on point #2, The Wallet PC Verdict: Hit. Gates’s wallet PC is more or less today’s mobile smartphone with voice capability added. What the Atlantic fail to mention here is that Bill […]