Posts Tagged ‘review’
This is a practice that I’m trying to get traction with at work, but it’s not something I’ve seen or read about other people doing. But then it seems so obvious that other people must be doing it, so I’d love to hear more about that. It’s pretty typical for a post incident review (aka […]
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Tags: amber, green, incident, post mortem, postmortem, red, review, traffic lights
I mentioned in my RC2014 post that I’d got myself a new oscilloscope, so this is the blog post to complement my review on Amazon.co.uk. Background The ancient single trace Telequipment S51E that I saved from a skip a 6th form college as they upgraded to shiny new dual trace scopes has served me well […]
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Tags: 100MHz, 2 channel, digital, DSO5102P, electronics, Hantek, oscilloscope, review, scope, storage
Ski Tracks mini review
Towards the end of my recent trip to Pas de la Casa I realised that I was missing the telemetry I’d got from the Valnord App whilst skiing in Arinsal. A quick search suggested that the Ski Tracks app would be a good purchase for my iPhone and Apple Watch, so this is a reflection […]
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Tags: Apple Watch, GPS, iphone, review, Ski Tracks, skiing, telemetry
Accelerate
TL;DR Accelerate is now my top book recommendation for people looking for practical guidance on how to do DevOps. It’s a quick read, actionable, and data driven. Background I’ve previously recommended the following books for DevOps: The Phoenix Project – Gene Kim’s respin of The Goal is an approachable tale of how manufacturing practices can […]
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Tags: Accelerate, book, DevOps, review
Gemini first impressions
TL;DR The Planet Computers Gemini is a 6″ Android (and Linux) clamshell device with a keyboard by the same designer who did the Psion Series 5. The keyboard enables on the move productivity with things like SSH that just isn’t possible with just a touch screen. Background I was lucky enough to hear about the […]
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Tags: android, Gemini, keyboard, Planet Computing, review
Headsets (mini review)
I jumped into a thread on DXC Workplace[1] on the topic of headsets (for use with Skype [for Business]), which made me realise that it’s an important topic that I’ve not covered here before. Even a cheap headset is better than no headset The point made by the original author was that many people are […]
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Tags: headset, Jabra, Plantronics, review, skype
TL;DR The WiFi coverage in my house wasn’t as good as I’d like it to be, and I’ve heard lots of good stuff about Ubiquiti UniFi gear, so I’ve installed one of their Lite Access Points, and it seems to be working well. Background I first came across Ubiquiti kit as part of the bizarre […]
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Tags: Access Point, AP, POE, review, router, switch, Ubiquiti, UniFi, USG, wifi
Review – Lenovo X250
TL;DR I’ve been very happy with the X250 – it’s given me the same performance I got from my X230, but with better battery life, a smaller form factor and it seems more robust. Long term review I started writing this post in January not long after I got my X250, but I never got […]
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Tags: lenovo, review, X250
Review – Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500
TL;DR This is the best gadget I’ve bought in ages. It’s quick, fuss free, and comes with an excellent software bundle. Background I’ve had a bunch of flatbed scanners over the years. Earlier ones succumbed to a lack of driver support as I upgraded my desktop OS, but I’ve been using a CanoScan N670U for […]
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Tags: business cards, Fujitsu, iX500, PDF, review, scanner, ScanSnap
I had some fun last year putting CohesiveFT’s VNS3 cloud networking solution onto Raspberry Pi. It gave us something to demo on at trade shows, and we could also give away Pis as part of promotions. The Pis were like geek catnip. I’ll be using Pis again for Cloud Expo Europe later this month, but […]
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Tags: Brix, GB-XM14-1037, Gigabyte, KVM, NUC, RAM, review, SFF, ssd, Ubuntu
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