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Posted 30th Mar 2020 @ 09:40

Posted 27th Mar 2020 @ 14:05

The episode of Kennan & Kel that inspired this must be well over 20 years old. It's one of those shows I was so excited to watch once we finally got cable.

Everything that was great about 90s Nickelodeon in one glass.

Posted 27th Mar 2020 @ 01:13

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Posted 25th Mar 2020 @ 13:00

For the trips we do make out to the shops at the moment, being able to use contactless methods of payments is a no brainer. Something John Gruber and Jason Snell covered on The Talk Show last week.

Posted 24th Mar 2020 @ 14:20

@mahemoff tweeted in reply about touches UIs and also about placebo buttons. I'd be surprised if these pedestrian crossings weren't already automated in Sydney.

Posted 24th Mar 2020 @ 11:00

This was a lot of fun, and a great way to kick of home schooling with the kids. I was a spectator today, but I'll be joining in from tomorrow.

He's been all over social media for ages, but last year was the first time I really heard anything that he had to say when he was on the Dear Lovejoy podcast.

Posted 23rd Mar 2020 @ 11:09

I don't doubt the results of this study, despite the small sample size. CarPlay looks really good, but Siri is too hit and miss for it to work seamlessly. Unless you trust Siri completely, you'll not only be glancing to check it heard you correctly but you have to pay attention to make sure it understood you too.

CarPlay is one aspect of this, but what's the market share in terms of cars that have access to CarPlay? Single figure percentages I would have thought. Improving Do Not Disturb mode while driving would be really useful. One tap execution of common tasks.

It's also weird that Siri can't work offline for simple on-device tasks like playing podcasts or music.

Posted 23rd Mar 2020 @ 09:49