Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Chromebook sales have been a big deal over the past year. This of course leads to the naysayers asking why they aren’t showing up in web logs everywhere? I think the answer is pretty straightforward… Chromebook users are likely much the same as cheap tablet users – so they’ll be mostly using them for gmail, […]
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Tags: Chromebook
Classes of tablet
A few years ago I found myself saying ‘with the iPad everyone flys first class’. My thinking at the time was that Apple had levelled the playing field by creating a device that delivered the same excellent user experience whether you were the CEO of a global company, a regular user, or a kid who’d sold a […]
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Tags: class, iPad, Nexus, tablet
This is Fred Wilson’s question, but I’m repeating it because it’s an interesting one, and because I think I have answers beyond glorified remote controls and recipe books. Like Fred I was also intrigued by Ben Evan’s post ‘iPads, price and self-selection‘. Also in common with Fred I really like the Nexus 7 – both […]
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Tags: android, demographics, iPad, tablet
Abandoning Apple
I’ve been a happy iPhone and iPad user for a couple of years, but the time has come to move on. It’s not that I dislike Apple stuff, I just don’t think it’s the best for my needs, and certainly isn’t worth the premium. That said, I’m not very convinced by iOS7, or OS X Mavericks […]
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Tags: android, Galaxy, iOS, iPad, iphone, Nexus 7, S4 mini, Samsung, Swype
I’ve been a big fan of Koss Spark Plug earbuds for many years. They’re cheap, comfortable and sound great. I got my first set after some very expensive Sony noise cancelling earbuds failed on my (just after the warranty ran out), and it was obvious straight away that a good snug fit was an excellent […]
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Tags: android, google voice, headphones, headset, iphone, iSpark, Koss, microphone, skype
Review – Samsung S4 Mini Duos
TL;DR The S4 mini is a fantastic piece of kit. The size is right, the screen is vibrant, the battery lasts, it works fine as a phone. The *only* thing I might ask for as an improvement would be a higher resolution screen. Dual SIM is very nice too. Background 2 years is too long […]
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Tags: android, dual SIM, Duos, mini, review, s4, Samsung
An adventure with Chef
I hear a lot of people talking about automated deployment with Chef (and its competitor Puppet, which I haven’t had the chance to try yet), so I thought I’d spend some time seeing how it would fit in with our image management platform Server3. Don’t stray from the PATH To get familiar with Chef, I dove straight into the […]
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Tags: aws, Chef, development, DevOps, image automation, image management, Inception, Puppet, Server3
More memory, better performance
Since I was so happy with the HP 650 business laptop that I got for my wife, my father in law decided to get one too. I was surprised to find that the Windows Experience Index (WEI) was so much slower than I’d seen on my wife’s machine: It’s no surprise that the memory benchmark […]
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Tags: bandwidth, benchmark, Core, DIMM, experience index, GPU, HD3000, i3, Intel, performance, RAM, SODIMM, WEI, Windows
HP 650 Business Laptop – review
Since the screen failed on my wife’s Lenovo s10e netbook (and I turned it into a TV attached media player) she’s been using my old s10e, but that’s been on its last legs for a while too. The time had come for something new, with a full sized keyboard and screen. I’ve been looking around […]
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Tags: 650, business, EFI, HP, laptop, review, ssd, Start8, UEFI, WEI
Review – Lenovo X230
Shortly after starting my new job it became apparent that I’d need a new laptop. As most of the other CohesiveFT team use Macs (and iWork) I was very tempted by the 11″ Macbook Air, but its limited memory and need for dongles to connect to things like VGA and network dissuaded me. I may come to […]
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Tags: lenovo, review, ssd, X230
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