Articles Tagged with old technology

Sealing wax

Published on May 23, 2023May 22, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Authenticity

We ponder whether an affectation is actually useful.

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Planning for the end

Published on May 9, 2023May 8, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Cleaning up after yourself

Proper dismantling is harder than building.

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Beginning with color

Published on April 18, 2023April 16, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

A different start

We explore a what-if about photography.

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Convenience rules

Published on April 4, 2023April 3, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Driving technological change

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Rent or own?

Published on December 20, 2022December 19, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

On revenue streams

How and why do we pay for software?

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Software and film

Published on November 15, 2022November 13, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

An analogy with analog

Trying out a smartphone app suggests similarities.

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Talk about the weather

Published on November 8, 2022November 6, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Altostratus and a falling barometer

Why would you do your own weather forecasting?

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Programmable (III)

Published on August 30, 2022August 26, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The right problem

Why do we only teach the easy problems?

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Programmable (II)

Published on August 23, 2022August 22, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Victory of the geeks

We note one time when the computer-engineers won over the marketers.

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What kind of scientist?

Published on August 9, 2022August 7, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Astronomers of different eras

We note that different kinds of people have become astronomers, depending on when they worked.

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