Phones and Tablets are killing the PC
Steve Jobs Was Right: Smartphones and Tablets Killed the P.C.:
Apple’s latest iPads are different. Not only can you get work done on them; in many ways they’re productivity dream machines. Today’s iPads are powered by custom-designed processors that are faster than the chips on some of the Macs Apple makes, and the iPad’s separately sold keyboard is better and more durable than the accursed, falling-apart mess of a keyboard that Apple is shipping on its much-maligned current line of laptops.
I know this isn’t true of everyone - but it’s true for some of us. I’ve spent the majority of the day working on my iPad, without even considering reaching for the MacBook Pro.
Some links that are worth your time - from the psychology of social media outrage, to a celebration of RSS…
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a 16” MacBook Pro - and they appear to have fixed the keyboard - by reverting to an older approach.
An interesting read for those interested in the psychology of social media:
BPS Research Digest: The Paradox Of Viral Outrage: Public Shaming Inspires Further Outrage — But Also Increases Sympathy For The Offender
I’ll be very sad if this proves to be true. I started becoming serious about photography once I had a Trip 35 as a schoolboy:
Rumor Claims Olympus will Shut Down Its Camera Division Within a Year
For those of you on devices that support it, and are in the right time zone, One Man & His Blog now supports dark mode…
Yo dawg we heard you like Moodle so we put some Moodle in your Moodle so you can Moodle while you Moodle.