May. 30th, 2015 [Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff]

Fri, 13:46: Trying to understand why Google has broken the ubicomp taxonomy we've had since the 90s: Brillo should be for Pads, not for Tabs. :-)
Fri, 15:56: Random thunderstorm day.
Fri, 16:00: Recent Reads: Full Fathom Five. Max Gladstone's offshore magic bankers discover revolution is close to home. Statues and statutes, oh my!
Fri, 16:17: The lastest Office 2016 Preview update is a bit flaky: removed all icons from the taskbar and failed to run on one of my two test machines.
Fri, 16:31: Tried a Dell-branded Synaptics pen with the HP Spectre X360. Works well enough - needs more pressure than N-trig on Surface Pro 3.
Fri, 18:10: RT @marypcbuk: The Hypocrisy of the Internet Journalist — yes, THIS. Understand tracking, people. Please https://t.co/UCSKHI2RQu
Fri, 19:56: Fun with a new generation of programmer's editors in my latest column over at @infoworld: http://t.co/9qfZBvCaYY
Fri, 20:08: OK, let's ISO this sucker...
Fri, 20:26: This 10074 install is fscked. Won't elevate privileges at all.
Fri, 20:36: PR calendars of our time: On June X.

Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff