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In Praise of Dongles

There’s more to adapters than meets the eye

Jan 24, 2020

In Praise of Dongles

Jan 24, 2020

Software Used to Eat the World. The World is Biting Back

If anything is being eaten, it’s software companies as Series A round by Series B round, their stocks and voting rights are sold to…

Feb 9, 2024

Software Used to Eat the World. The World is Biting Back

Feb 9, 2024

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Debugger

An Ode to Undo

It’s not what you can do with computers, it’s what you can undo

Oct 30, 2021

An Ode to Undo

Oct 30, 2021

Social Media Platforms Are All the Same

And many of us are trying to quit them

Oct 19, 2021

Social Media Platforms Are All the Same

Oct 19, 2021

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OneZero

Apple’s Malicious Compliance with Charger Regulations

The European Commission is about to force vendors to standardize connectors. But will Apple add USB-C to the iPhone?

Sep 29, 2021

Apple’s Malicious Compliance with Charger Regulations

Sep 29, 2021

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OneZero

What Sort of Technology Adopter Are You?

Innovator or laggard? Do you hold back because you have refined tastes or because you are late to see the potential?

Sep 20, 2021

What Sort of Technology Adopter Are You?

Sep 20, 2021

Good Jobs and Selling Out

The judgments we cast on work

Aug 23, 2021

Good Jobs and Selling Out

Aug 23, 2021

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Age of Awareness

Our Strange Ideas About Owning Space

Who owns spaces on our planet (and beyond) and what does owning them mean?

Aug 22, 2021

Our Strange Ideas About Owning Space

Aug 22, 2021

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Debugger

The Joys of Old-Fashioned, Low Tech Hardware

My clock isn’t smart, but it works even if US-East-1 is down

Aug 5, 2021

The Joys of Old-Fashioned, Low Tech Hardware

Aug 5, 2021

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OneZero

How Easy Things Became Hard and Hard Things Became Easy

Hard computing problems have become either trivially easy or so impossibly difficult it’s not even worth trying anymore.

Jun 30, 2021

How Easy Things Became Hard and Hard Things Became Easy

Jun 30, 2021

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OneZero

We Have Reached the End of Free

In the beginning, the web was a free bonanza. Now every site tries to sign you up for a monthly subscription.

Jun 11, 2021

We Have Reached the End of Free

Jun 11, 2021

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Geek Culture

Why The Latest Technology Won’t Solve All Our Problems

How we fall for magical solutions

May 30, 2021

Why The Latest Technology Won’t Solve All Our Problems

May 30, 2021

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Debugger

The Relief of Dropping An iPad

May 25, 2021

The Relief of Dropping An iPad

May 25, 2021

Why Make a Kid Who Keeps Lying Responsible for Watching Out for Wolves?

How we take the wrong morals from stories

Apr 29, 2021

Why Make a Kid Who Keeps Lying Responsible for Watching Out for Wolves?

Apr 29, 2021

The Pleasures and Horrors of Buying a House

Buying property feels like bartering in the middle ages

Apr 28, 2021

The Pleasures and Horrors of Buying a House

Apr 28, 2021

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Index

The Problem With Requirements

Requirements documents are halfway between a peace treaty and a Christmas list.

Apr 21, 2021

The Problem With Requirements

Apr 21, 2021

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Human Parts

My Seven Years of Itching

Sometimes our bodies are best left alone

Apr 7, 2021

My Seven Years of Itching

Apr 7, 2021

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The Shadow

How Technology Projects Cost So Much

And what the next recession will mean for them

Mar 30, 2021

How Technology Projects Cost So Much

Mar 30, 2021

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CodeX

How IT Stopped Being Boring

The journey from tucked in grey shirts to hoodies

Mar 25, 2021

How IT Stopped Being Boring

Mar 25, 2021

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The Shadow

Electric Cars Are Cars From The Future, In The Past

Driving an electric car is like driving a computer. Except you’re surrounded by people who use pen and paper.

Mar 16, 2021

Electric Cars Are Cars From The Future, In The Past

Mar 16, 2021

Simon Pitt

Simon Pitt

Media techie, software person, and web-stuff doer. Head of Corporate Digital at BBC, but views my own. More at pittster.co.uk

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