Moan, moan, moan, I’m afraid. Require (in)attention Current model iPhones and iPads Pro have Apple’s face detection system, Face ID. This uses multiple sensors to “see” your face as a means of authentication. It’s pretty clever technology, but there’s an extra, optional feature which I think could be put to Read more…
This week I’m actually holding back additional topics for next week. Feast or famine, it seems. Proofreading If you’ve ever been responsible for proofreading your or someone else’s work, there’s a good chance you’ll know a trick or two — read it backwards to look for spelling errors, read aloud Read more…
OK, so I’ve decided the weekly thing isn’t going to work. Rather I shall seek to write when I can and publish when it’s worth reading. The nature of search I’ve known this for a while but it has recently been front of mind. Modern search engines are all but Read more…
Late, again, and not what I had planned. Bugs I had two headings for this post, which I jotted down during the week. To my dismay, the second of those headings disappeared. Now, it was only a heading to prompt musings on the particular topic, but it is nevertheless worrying Read more…
Sleep tracking I’d previously tried sleep tracking with my Apple Watch but it didn’t go well due to two things. First, the charging regimen required in order to wear my Series 2 watch all night was challenging. Over several days I would slowly lose the battle to keep my watch Read more…
I missed posting last week — too busy again — and I’m a day late this week. To be honest, nothing was burning a hole in my brain last week. Perhaps just as well as there doesn’t seem to be enough of it to go around lately. On change “Unnecessary Read more…
Just a single topic this week, because it has been a hectic one. Right and Wrong In a couple of places online this week I got involved in debate which got quite animated. In one case it seems I touched a nerve which caused me not to back pedal so Read more…
The Best Camera There’s a saying — the best camera is the one you have with you. I hate it. I’ve got a brand new iPhone 11 Pro which is receiving rave reviews because of its incredible camera. Except, it’s not incredible. Not without adding a qualifier. It’s incredible for Read more…
New Apple Watch I’ve had my new Series 5 Apple Watch for a little over 24 hours and I love it. The always-on face is not a huge boon while it continues to be long sleeve weather, but one feature has me giddy with excitement. Can we please all offer Read more…
Inspired by Scott Willsey’s WTF Weekly (which I regularly read and enjoy) I thought I might shake the cobwebs off this site (hey, at least I kept the back end patched) and try something similar. The idea behind Echoes is to put down short thoughts, most likely around tech but Read more…