I was one of the lucky few able to get my iPhone X on launch day within Australia on November 3rd. These are my thoughts after 3 weeks.
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Apple's latest keynote event was held yesterday morning in the new Steve Jobs theatre; a fitting futuristic memorial to the controversial visionary that brought us the original iPhone 10 years ago. That invention ten years ago initiated a tectonic shift into the way humanity operates in the modern era, and ushered in a new age of business, unparalleled technological development and western consumerism. Understandably there was a bit of pressure, from consumers and pundits alike, to adequately recognise this feat when it came to the new iPhone X (pronounced iPhone Ten), Apple's new 'future of smartphones' smartphone. Let's discuss.
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The much-awaited Galaxy Note 8 is finally here. With a pre-order date of 5th September, and an official launch date of 22nd September, consumers will be scrambling to get their hands on the latest flagship in Samsung's lineup - despite being the successor to the DIY hand grenade that was the Note 7. And it's epic.
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I've written before about how disgusting I find it that at a time where the government is stripping away penalty rates for the poorest 17% of our working class, they simultaneously decided to give a $1.2m bonus to a public servant who was already on a salary of $2.4m per year, despite being in charge of the most calamitous execution of a rollout program the world has ever seen.
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What is the value of human life? When AI programmers are playing god with self driving vehicles, it's up to society to put a price on safety.
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During the airing of Game of Thrones earlier this week, few would have been aware that it was ironically difficult to find ice at shooting locations where ice was traditionally plentiful, despite winter having arrived in Westeros.
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It's been a long time coming - but here's the first of a long list of best analogies I use to explain fundamental technology principles to the technophobes among us. First off in the list: Bandwidth
The more bandwidth you have, the more information you can push from point A to point B. Bandwidth determines how fast you download a movie, how easily you can stream Netflix, how fast Facebook loads on your phone or how quickly you can send and receive photo's. Bandwidth is a giant, fundamental part of everybody's life in this day and age - and despite how much people like to think they don't need to know about 'this techy stuff' - it will benefit you exponentially to realise how and what bandwidth is. Here's how it works.
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About a month ago I wrote a post called 'Bitcoin going Banana's'. At the time, I pointed out I had made $10AUD turn into $150AUD with Ethereum - an alternative, but superior cryptocurrency (or 'Altcoin'). Earlier today I posted on facebook that the same $10AUD Ethereum is now $280AUD and not 12 hours later that same $10AUD is now worth $315AUD.
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Ever tried desparately to explain an extremely simple concept to somebody that simply gives you a blank look in return, as if you're the idiot for not being able to educate an infant on quantum metaphysics? That's how it feels working in an electronic retailer and dealing with most people, every day.
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If starting this blog has taught me one thing at all, it's that waiting for direction is not a direction.
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