Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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Resetting Before You Sell It
Read more: Resetting Before You Sell ItI remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of aged machine oil heavy in the air, staring at a digital thermostat that had decided to become a very…
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Smart Devices Without a Hub
Read more: Smart Devices Without a HubI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare at a circuit diagram like it was a piece of ancient hieroglyphics, and if there is one thing I’ve…
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The Numbers Not on the Spec Sheet
Read more: The Numbers Not on the Spec SheetLast Tuesday, I was hunched over my workbench, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the guts of a vintage chronometer, when I realized how much the marketing departments of today…
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Apps That Grow to Gigabytes
Read more: Apps That Grow to GigabytesI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that people love to mistake a shiny exterior for a working mechanism.…
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When an Update Makes an App Worse
Read more: When an Update Makes an App WorseI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the delicate escapement of a 19th-century French clock, when my phone decided to “improve” itself. Suddenly, the…
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A Note of Every Fault and Date
Read more: A Note of Every Fault and DateI was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of aged machine oil and ozone thick in the air, staring at a 1950s mantle clock that had decided to…
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Ai Running on Your Phone
Read more: Ai Running on Your PhoneI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock, when my granddaughter asked me if my phone…
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Making Devices Last Five Years
Read more: Making Devices Last Five YearsI spent thirty-four years watching teenagers stare blankly at physics textbooks, and if there is one thing I learned, it’s that people love to complicate the simple. You’ll see advertisements…
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Describing a Fault So It Gets Fixed
Read more: Describing a Fault So It Gets FixedLast Tuesday, I was hunched over a 1950s pendulum clock, trying to figure out why the escapement was catching only when the temperature in the room dropped. It reminded me…
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The Year You Skip the Upgrade
Read more: The Year You Skip the UpgradeI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock, when I realized how much the tech industry relies…