A few weeks ago I saw this amazing pen design by Lamy, the Pico. I'm a heavy computer user so I don't do much handwriting, but I do like nice tools so I thought I'd get this. Particularly the small form factor when retracted and the sleek design attracted me. There are some things about the Pico that nobody is telling …

We all know the stories about how vacationing smartphone users became the victim of high roaming charges, resulting in monthly bills sometimes exceeding €1000. To put an end to this, the EU has come up with a rule stating that carriers can no longer charge more than €50 per month for roaming, and are obliged to warn …

Dear Tim, I am certainly not the first, nor the last to congratulate you with your new position at Apple. I'm sure there will be many great things to come for Apple and it's customers. Apple has become the doctor that doesn't fix the pain, but cures the illness and improves our daily digital lives. Please make sure …

Recently there was some kerfuffle about LinkedIn silently changing privacy settings. In fact, they didn't do that "silently", nor was it "recent". Remember that large chunk of text nobody reads with the "Agree" button you clicked on? Those were the new terms, and deeply buried in them was …

I recently had a very unpleasant experience with my mobile phone. Actually, it wasn't so much my mobile phone itself, as it was the sharing of my private mobile phone number between colleagues. Seemingly harmless, but with great consequences. One of my colleagues, in his innocence and with nothing but good intentions, …

Quite often I am amazed at people's ability to miss what looks obvious to me. Not only the small things like cleaning up when you spill coffee over the floor, or washing your hands when you get off the toilet, but also bigger things. Like the silly "solutions" to the world's pollution problem for example. …

Stephen needs a new car. Being dilligent and a car lover, he takes the time to write down all criteria for a great car. When he finishes the list, he notices that the only car matching all his criteria is a Ferrari. Well, he always loved a Ferrari so that makes sense. To make things more realistic he adds another …

Ik weet niet welke lobbyist menner Eurlings heeft verteld dat dit een briljant plan is, maar ik weet donders goed waarom onze regering kilometerheffing wil invoeren. Weer een kraantje toegevoegd aan het vat dat "werkende Nederlander" heet, en als bonus nog wat privacy gevoelige GPS gegevens om in rond te …

Now that the twitter hype is cooling down, and companies tart to realize that it is, in fact, just CB radio in a new asynchronous form, only the "true tweeps" still hang around. And now, it's time to t(w)inker with it. [caption id="attachment_942" align="alignright" width="150" …