It absolutely blew my mind last week when I randomly had my work Mac and my personal Mac running side by side and my mouse cursor just travelled from one screen to the next. Related: I now have a 3-screen setup.

When the first smart speakers launched in Australia, I was so filled with excitement. I lusted for the idea of a home I could talk, which could turn even my three bedder into Tony Stark’s Malibu mansion. I was fortunate enough to be able to test just about everything that launched in that first … read more

It’s been a long time since a Friday afternoon beer went down as easily as that one. I think it probably reflects my past week more than anything else though.

Sweet, sweet relief peppered with mild panic is apparently today’s emotional range.

I’ve spent a fair amount of time today having deeper thoughts about being in my 40s and constantly feeling like shit. When I say “feeling like shit”, I do not mean “unwell”, by the way. I mean the never-ending feeling of impending doom and disappointment; the silent … read more

Gotta love a message from your bank at 11pm on a Saturday night saying your credit card may have been used for nefarious purposes… now waiting for the call from the fraud team. So tired.

With the sun shining for the first time in a while, I walked my daughter to and from school the past couple of days.

And now my hip is aching.

I do not like this “getting older” thing at all.

I for one can’t wait to see the upcoming blockbuster from Marvel Studios, “Lad”.

(Always love when image cropping does things like this)

This captures a good chunk of my feelings on the Metaverse:

It’s funny because VR is such a powerful technology, as anyone who has used it even once can attest. But Meta, its biggest proponent, doesn’t seem to know what to do with it beyond “what you already do, but worse.”

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The thing I can’t understand about the Metaverse is why.

Why would anyone want to subject themselves to this horror? If this is the best idea anyone has for convincing people to strap a big, ugly device to their head, then they are going to lose a lot of money.

I don’t think Google can launch a new successful product anymore. Surely the weight of its failures is more than its successes?

Google is shutting down Google Stadia and refunding everyone’s money www.techradar.com/news/brea…

Managed to go out to dinner with the wife (and without the kids) for the first time since March last year. It was wonderful. I’ve missed those quiet meals.

How am I feeling right now? I’ve written a fair amount today. Nothing revolutionary – nothing that will change the world. But I managed to type out a bunch of words in sentences that made sense. Funnily enough, this feels like progress. Which is good. Because my motivational challenges at work are … read more

Today I had 1 meeting at work. It was designed to give me clear goals about what my role is supposed to be. Instead, I got goals to come up with what those goals should be. What annoyed me today? I am not enjoying work at the moment. Hell, I’m not enjoying much of anything at the moment. The problem … read more

Colleague pointed out I’d made the homepage of news.com.au yesterday. I’m the guy standing in the background of the main pic. 🤣 Show me the money!

Just having one of those days when I have enough time to update to the newest version of iOS but not enough time to play around with it.

Watching a presentation where the slides have green buttons on a blue background and it offends my sensibilities.

There are a lot of things I like about living in the outer suburbs of Sydney. For example: Just last week I picked up my daughter from school, took a 5-minute detour from our usual commute home through the local Botanic Gardens and ended up watching about a dozen kangaroos hopping across a field. … read more

There are now too many choices.

Whether it’s deciding what book I should read next, choosing the next show to binge watch on Netflix (or Disney Plus more likely in our household), or finding a new video game to play, I am frequently overwhelmed with the sheer number of options available.

I’m actually shocked at how hard I’m finding it to write. There was a time, a little over a decade ago, that I would regularly pump out thousands of words a day. I’d trawl the internet for the latest tech news, finding my own unique angles. I’d go to events and write about them, then spend time … read more