by Tom | Sep 19, 2013 | Tech, View
Sort of the opposite of Max Payne: time only flows when you are moving, so if you stop you can plan your next shots and dodge bullets. Very nice idea, assuming they expand it beyond shooting. The link allows you to play a few introductory levels in your browser. Link:...
by Tom | Sep 16, 2013 | Business, Tech
Fascinating article from Jakob Nielsen highlighting a real problem for measuring the effect of marketing on internet usage. An experiment on whether users were more or less likely to visit Yahoo having seen a promotional video showed the following: the thick blue line...
by Tom | Apr 26, 2013 | Tech, View
Wow. I thought that 4K (improved HD TV standard) was most likely a marketing ploy to sell TVs. I’ve changed my mind. This footage is incredible on my non-retina (but 1920×1080) laptop display. It should be extraordinary on a big TV. Find the biggest bestest...
by Tom | Apr 19, 2013 | Reading, Tech
A quite marvellous speech to close SXSW. Worth reading, even if you don’t get the geek humour bits. If more computation, and more networking, was going to make the world prosperous, we’d be living in a prosperous world. And we’re not. Obviously we’re...
by Tom | Apr 18, 2013 | Business, Tech
I like the idea of bitcoin, but I have to agree that it feels crazily bubbly. Also, no sensible government would let a uncontrolled currency loose on the world. The Bitcoin bubble, at $1 billion, is tiny compared to those that burst in 2000 and 2008. Nevertheless,...
by Tom | Apr 11, 2013 | Reading, Tech
Crikey, I’m glad Wiffy was in the air before I read this. No wonder plane manufacturers are so dodgy about wireless devices, and I’m glad they are. Summary: you can misuse some on-plane systems to install an attack framework and then, so long as AutoPilot...
