Products I stuck with for a decade or more.

Many things last a decade — buildings, cars, companies, watches, people, etc — and there are many things that you may use within a ten year period.

But how many things are there in your life that you can confidently say you’ve used regularly and consistently throughout a full decade?

When looking back at the last ten years, I really thought about what I was using actively in 2010 that I am still using today in 2020. In that time, I’ve moved six times, to three different countries, so that meant I’ve had to let many things go or replaced…

In recent months, there have been more and more stories addressing the emerging technologies and potential benefits of driverless vehicles. The main application, and expectation of the public as of now, is private vehicles and ride hailing services. The target widens to commercial and public transport vehicles as the scope of this future is realized. Yet, we hear next to nothing regarding the future of a very vital role land vehicles play in modern society: the use of emergency response vehicles, and private vehicles, in medical emergencies.

Last year, as part of a paper by students at Cornell University, the…

I’ve put about 30+ hours into NMS, which I think is enough time to make a fair judgement about any videogame, and I can unequivocally say that I’m having a great time. But I think I need to explain why.

Now, before I get into I’m not going to take part in the “he said this and promised that” cacophony that’s currently dominating the discussion, nor will I discuss the apparent bugginess of the experience (although I have personally not run into any glitches or issues apart from one crash, and really, what game in recent memory, AAA or indie…

You’re not a spy, why should you worry about the capabilities of the NSA?

Alright, so maybe I became a little paranoid (read: a little more paranoid) after watching the excellent and insightful documentary CitizenFour about the Edward Snowden leaks and the NSA secret programs but it got me thinking about taking tighter control on my own privacy. Now, most people think about this subject and how it relates to them in the wrong way: “Well I’ve got nothing to hide” is an argument you’d often hear from supporters of omnipresent surveillance or agnostics on the subject of privacy in…

2014 was a roller coaster year that has hinted at some trends that will continue to emerge into this new year. Here are some of my predictions, related mostly to tech, for this year. And just so you don’t skip the good stuff (or the ugly stuff) I will mix up the list and state at the beginning where I would classify the prediction.

A World Cyber War

UGLY (Likelihood: 2/5) As of writing we’ve seen some pretty unbelievable hacks in the past 12 months. Talking in particular about the Sony Pictures hack that left the company temporarily crippled, exposed 100s of private memos…

So to accurately recognize what it is that changed our lives it needs to be assessed with an objective lens based on its results. So here is the list of things that have made an impact on my life and its future, and hopefully will inspire you to make meaningful changes in yours in 2015.

Getting Some Headspace

I’ve been dabbling with meditation for a couple years now but never really stuck with it until this past year, thanks mainly to the superb app and program known as Headspace. Its definitely not new, in fact, it first appeared on my phone some years…

Defining what we expect our technology to be may help set the path for future consumer devices.

I think its safe to say that 2014 is turning into a hallmark year for wearable devices and a true push from major players into the mainstream space. In particular with the heavyweight lifestyle tech contenders, Apple and Google, finally throwing their hats into the ring in the form of “smart” wristwear. They certainly weren’t the first and the market is absolutely set to explode with a total saturation of gadgets to cover your body with. …

Your smart devices are not smart. They are simply connected. And yet, they can’t even really connect to one another.

What most gadget makers are calling “smart devices” these days are simply existing products with radio chips coupled with phone app and an open API. Generally, they come boxed with a hub unit, a way for these products to then gain access to the web and then be controlled by you through your phone, prompts, preset conditions or through triggers ala IFTTT fashion. But this system is inefficient, buggy and segregates devices from interacting more effectively with one another. Since…