Monthly Archives: January 2010

Digital Convergence – Still Waiting

Or… Why I Learned to Hate the HTC Touch HD

A few years ago I toyed with replacing my trusty PDA, phone and digital camera with a combined unit. That was not a success, and I ended up with a second hand SmartPhone, an iPaq 4700 PDA, and the T-Mobile MDA as my car satnav (a job it does acceptably). You can read an analysis of my trials and tribulations, entitled “Annoyance-Based Technology Selection”.

Last year, with my old mobile phone wearing out, I tried again, with depressingly similar results. Someone once said “Those who do not learn from History are condemned to repeat it.” Why didn’t I follow this excellent advice?

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Windows Virtual PC – Breaking Compatibility

How Microsoft have badly broken compatibility (again!) with Virtual PC and Windows 7 Continue reading

Sunday, January 17, 2010 in Thoughts on the World, VMWare

A Parable

Lessons for anyone contemplating a disruptive, rewrite from scratch, change to a software product Continue reading

My “Tenset”

A recent post by Mike Johnston on The Online Photographer decried the frequent difficulty of quickly reviewing an online photo collection to understand the photographer’s interests and style, in order to decide whether to invest more time in studying the Continue reading

Monday, January 11, 2010 in Photography