Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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Automatic Photo Backup Without Filling Your Quota
Read more: Automatic Photo Backup Without Filling Your QuotaI spent thirty-four years teaching physics to teenagers who would rather be anywhere else, so I have a very low tolerance for people who use ten words when two would…
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Aperture Explained With Two Photos
Read more: Aperture Explained With Two PhotosI remember sitting in my old classroom, watching a bright-eyed student stare at her camera manual as if it were written in ancient Sumerian. She was frustrated because the textbook…
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Turning Off Ad Tracking
Read more: Turning Off Ad TrackingI spent thirty-four years watching students try to memorize formulas without ever understanding the gravity that makes them work, and frankly, the tech industry is doing the exact same thing…
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Sound Going to the Wrong Device
Read more: Sound Going to the Wrong DeviceI remember sitting in my classroom during my final year of teaching, staring at a projector that refused to cooperate. The students were restless, the air smelled of stale chalk,…
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Sensor Size and Low Light
Read more: Sensor Size and Low LightI spent thirty-four years watching teenagers stare blankly at physics equations, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that people love to hide a lack of substance behind…
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Apps That Ask for Too Much
Read more: Apps That Ask for Too MuchI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the delicate escapement of a 19th-century carriage clock, when my phone buzzed with a notification. It was…
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A Device That Will Not Pair
Read more: A Device That Will Not PairI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of machine oil and old brass hanging in the air, trying to coax a stubborn 1950s mantle clock back to…
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How Accurate Your Tracker Is
Read more: How Accurate Your Tracker IsI spent thirty-four years watching teenagers try to convince me that gravity was merely a suggestion, so I have a very low tolerance for people claiming a piece of plastic…
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Searching Photos by What Is in Them
Read more: Searching Photos by What Is in ThemI spent thirty-four years watching students stare at a physics equation like it was a magic spell, waiting for the answer to simply appear. They always wanted the “result” without…
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Smartwatch Choice and Battery Reality
Read more: Smartwatch Choice and Battery RealityI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare blankly at equations, and I see that same glazed expression whenever someone tries to explain how to choose a…