Feld Notes

Feb 2019

The things that you spot in antique shops… here’s a gigantic map of the United States and southern Canada in German.

Feb 2019

Depending on the angle, this is either a lovely, well-maintained and expansive lawn in front of a line of shops or a sad, little ‘parklet’.

Feb 2019

Google’s disrespect for design standards in iOS is somewhat frustrating. Here’s a little example: the lack of title case in the app icon’s 3D Touch menu. Every other third-party app on my iPhone abides by this.

Feb 2019

This Micro Monday, I encourage you to check out @numericcitizen, who has frequent thoughts on the state of tech.

Feb 2019

A welcome visitor!

Feb 2019

My wife, Natasha, was quite enthusiastic whilst collecting weeds for our guinea pigs. Fortunately, she had a 7-Eleven cup handy to collect and display the fresh garden produce before feeding it to them.

Weeds in a coffee cup

Feb 2019

After a recent post by @burk, I couldn’t help but get a Keytron mechanical keyboard too.

Feb 2019

Watching Rage on a Saturday morning is about the most Australian thing that one can do, even if a lot of the content is (and has long been) American. RAAAAAAAAGE!!!

Jan 2019

The corporate tendency to send instructions (for any given work process) in the form of verbose PowerPoint slides will never cease to enrage me.

Jan 2019

On this day five years ago, I was drooling over a Mac Pro and Thunderbolt Display at the (now closed) Apple Carrousel du Louvre retail store. Ha!

Jan 2019

It has been some time since I wrote it but I decided to make my 2013 honours thesis ‘It Just Works’ available on Apple Books. This free ebook explores what it means to be an Apple fan. (It’s funny to see what has changed.) itunes.apple.com

Jan 2019

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Jan 2019

My wonderful wife Natasha threw a surprise ‘bbirthday’ party for me with family and friends, along with a special Apple photo wall and six-colour jelly. Yes, she told everyone to wear black tops and jeans. ACA8961E-22BE-4721-AAE9-F503260CE119.jpg

Jan 2019

I’m not a poet but I thought that the Mac’s 35th birthday would be a fun and cheesy opportunity to give it a crack.

Jan 2019

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Jan 2019

Being a marketing communications person in a human resources department is a very interesting experience. It’s like speaking two different languages; in fact, it’s like two different planets.

Jan 2019

Is it just me or is ‘dumpster fire’ one of the most overused, melodramatic terms on American tech podcasts and videos? It’s uttered frequently about iTunes in particular, when most users couldn’t care less about issues in the blogosphere. Sure, it’s a heavy app but it’s not a ‘dumpster fire’.

Jan 2019

‘Why HomePod Is My Favourite New(er) Apple Product’ on Lounge Ruminator

Jan 2019

M.G. Siegler’s points about the need for a smaller iPhone are spot-on and I felt the need to chime in on Lounge Ruminator.

Jan 2019

It’s amazing how much more motivated I am at work when I pull out my own iPad Pro to perform certain writing and design tasks.

Jan 2019

Although I’m not a fan of Australia Day at all, I am very much looking forward to the long weekend.

Jan 2019

Wear OS apparently isn’t in the best place right now. I shared some thoughts based on a recent article by Are Technica. Of course, the word ‘doomed’ was used, which is a journo favourite. Read more on Lounge Ruminator.

Jan 2019

I work in marketing but something that annoys me about the field is its overuse of the word ‘essential’. Everything’s apparently essential these days and the App Store is often guilty of this. I can’t see how anything that involves Pikachu could possibly be as essential as water, food or oxygen. FE1D33DB-10AD-4C11-8099-FF7CEF0C5FBE.jpg

Jan 2019

Looking over the Tasman Sea from Port Kembla (long exposure on iPhone 7 Plus) 1ED3E254-91CF-4C35-BAC7-9376C7037C6C.jpg

Jan 2019

There just isn’t enough time each week to listen to all of my podcast subscriptions; work gets in the way…