Articles Tagged with old technology

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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Perfection

Published on August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

As good as it needs to be?

We ponder whether cameras can be further improved.

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The limits of the eye

Published on July 12, 2022July 11, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Ordering the planets

There are some things that the naked eye just can’t do.

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One’s own sky

Published on June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The kitchen as sundial

We notice that calibrated instruments are not always necessary.

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