Articles Tagged with software

The one-stop shop

Published on April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Bundled for efficiency

We remark on a technological tendency that you’ve (no doubt) already noticed.

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Handwriting

Published on February 4, 2025February 2, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Legibility

The old-fashioned art still has some use.

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The meeting (II)

Published on January 28, 2025January 27, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Software and soft skills

Our astronomer adds some comments on the meeting he attended this month.

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But first-

Published on November 12, 2024November 10, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The two-step problem

We identify a major block to productivity.

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The student’s load

Published on September 10, 2024September 8, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Getting bigger

Why are students carrying around more stuff than they used to?

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Notice to Mariners

Published on May 21, 2024May 20, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Software updates

A system of correction and new information long predates digital computers.

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The limits of knowledge

Published on October 10, 2023October 9, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Necessary learning

Nowadays, one needs to learn software in order to learn software.

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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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A matter of time

Published on December 13, 2022December 11, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The big project

We find that time is not infinitely divisible.

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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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