A blog about things that interest me.
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Tivo and DRM
I’ve been loving my TIVO, we can watch / record upto 6 shows at one time. Very cool… However, recent changes in the system have really made me frustrated.. and I am betting it is TIVO cowtowing to the media industry. I used to be able to sit in my computer room and do some…
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Engineers and Developers save the day!
OK, a quick update on yesterday’s blog post, on how individual people work hard at fixing the problems of corporate policy. Yesterday the service tech came by anyway, left his business card, found and fixed the problem for the hum..asked that I double check this morning, and if it was still a problem he’d come…
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The death of Customer Service
In the last month, I’ve had the “opportunity” to have to use customer service from a couple of companies. Both companies have websites and call centers, with the goal of improving customer service. To say that they actually provide customer service is another thing. The first is a major appliance manufacturer. About 14 months ago…
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Brexit and social media
I don’t tend to post a bunch here, and I’ve been crazy busy lately, so I feel a bit guilty that I’ve not had much time to blog. So what’s up? I have been completely dumbfounded by Brexit, and the demographic split that has shown up in the UK during this debate. A while back…
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WWDC 2016 – All Software – All the Time
Yesterday’s WWDC keynote was all about software. Hardware wasn’t talked about, except in the context that certain hardware ran certain operating systems. I tend to take lots of notes during the keynote, and then read a bunch of blogs to fill in the blanks. I also downloaded the keynote and will look at it again.…