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Mercedes-Benz Had Peak Automotive UX in 2008
Great user experience doesn’t just consider the device and user in isolation, but also the environment and circumstances of use. This is particularly important in the automotive sector where distraction can be fatal and users need to be able to access important controls within seconds without looking away from the road. This is difficult to…
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Pironman 5 Review
The Pironman 5 is a case for the Raspberry Pi 5 that makes it look like a cute little gaming PC, adjustable RGB light and all. It features full-size HDMI ports, a built-in OLED status display, a fan and an M.2 SSD slot. There’s also a slot to access the GPIO on the side. I’m…
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The Apple USB-C to 3.5 mm Audio Cable Might be The World’s Smallest bi-directional Audio Interface.
In order to use my AirPods Max with things like in-flight entertainment, or any 3.5mm audio jack device, the only supported way seems to be the Apple USB-C to 3.5 mm audio cable. This cable coming out was the reason I finally bought the USB-C AirPods Max in the first place, as unlike the lightning…
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Sometimes, premium consumer product companies can benefit from regulation.
Companies making certain consumer products often fight regulations. But I believe that in a regulated market, especially premium products can come out on top.
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Rødecaster Duo Review
I do a lot of Zoom calls. Because I don’t like having a mic right in front of me, limiting my freedom of movement or obscuring my line of sight to the screens at my desk, I use a shotgun mic that is mounted about 3ft /1m from my normal head position. I needed an…
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CarPlay and the Age of Frankenstein UI
Rendering certain content on your smartphone, to be integrated with the car’s native user interface, leads to an inconsistent user experience.
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Why Apple doesn’t have a password sharing problem
We’ve all heard about Netflix and Disney+ cracking down on their users sharing account access with friends & family that aren’t in the same household. Why aren’t we hearing about the same for Apple TV+? Apple is in an advantageous position, offering much more than streaming TV shows. Sharing one’s Apple ID Password means not…
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Yes, I Do Like Motion Smoothing.
Motion smoothing refers to techniques that modern consumer TVs and projectors use to add additional frames in-between the frames. While users going to cinemas are usually exposed to a frame rate of only 24 frames per second, movie fans watching at home often have a choice. Yes, this is about an article published on Polygon.com…
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Cross-Progression Ruins The Sense Of Achievement Of Console Games.
So… this is in direct response to this article on Wired.com “every game should let you cross-save“ I’m sorry, but no, thanks. I believe, cross-saves can be detrimental to the game experience. Let me explain.
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DELL S3221QS Review
The DELL S3221QS is a Curved 32″ UHD Monitor. At a price of around $400, it sounds almost too good to be true and, after trying one, I got two more for my home office. With the curvature they’re perfect for an L-shaped desk and creating a multi-tasking workplace. From the back, they form a…
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The Deepfake Defense
With deepfakes, it will be difficult to claim that anyone has ever said anything, since any evidence of it might be fake.
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Thoughts on AI
Now that we have language models… great! I can just write this post as bullet points and you may simply copy/paste into the AI of your choice and turn it into a text that I’m sure is better than what I could conjure in an hour.
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Native Display Controls on macOS
MacOS supports controlling the brightness of attached displays via they keyboard. The user can even control monitors separately, simply selecting the controlled monitor via the mouse. I use that all the time. Unfortunately, macOS and Mac monitors communicate through an arcane, apple-specific protocol instead of the standard DDC/CI protocol. This means that only some monitors that are…