The wife got me the Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection boxed (17 discs) set for our anniversary. Yes, well, she got me Lord of the Rings for another anniversary, so it is already well…
Browsing Category tech
Observations on the lack of “free” WiFi in Japan
Above is pictured a sign at (one of) my local Starbucks. Free WiFi is a rare thing here in Japan, at least in the form it takes in North America. There is no lack of…
b-mobile fail follow up
Following my post from a few days ago I was advised to contact the b-mobile Help Desk. The result can be capsulated in the following two tweets. I am considering my next move and any…
Smartphone penetration in Japan: Some numbers
New Straits Times quotes MMRI: Japan’s smart phone sales — 23.3 million this year — account for 56 per cent of the total mobile phone sales of the year Yet, TomiAhonen Consulting, based on Ipsos…
Lining Things Up
My new project: a bi-weekly interview show about creatives and entrepreneurs in Vancouver and greater British Columbia. Just released the first episode. Lining Things Up
Mobile operating system market share, Feb 2011.
papadimitriou: Mobile operating system market share, Feb 2011.
iOS devices:computers::telephone:telegraph
Reading Gleick’s The Information, specifically his discussion about the telephone supplanting the telegraph, made me think of iOS devices and their relationship to general computers. Gleick argues that one reason for the explosion in telephone…
The Talk Show returns
After a “two week” hiatus Dan Benjamin and John Gruber are back with a triple venti-sized episode of The Talk Show, one of my favourite podcasts. Near the end of the ep (around the last…