Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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Power Bank Capacity Explained
Read more: Power Bank Capacity ExplainedI spent forty years teaching my students that you can’t trust a black box just because it has a shiny casing and a high number printed on the label. Last…
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An App That Refuses to Install
Read more: An App That Refuses to InstallI was sitting at my workbench yesterday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at the delicate escapement of a 1920s pocket watch, when my grandson came in complaining about his phone.…
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Colour Gamut Explained
Read more: Colour Gamut ExplainedI remember sitting in my old physics lab, staring at two different monitors side-by-side, feeling that familiar, nagging itch of frustration. One showed a sunset that looked like a bruised…
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Fast Charging and Battery Wear
Read more: Fast Charging and Battery WearI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the delicate escapement of a 1920s pocket watch, when my phone let out that aggressive, high-pitched chirp…
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Two Factor Without Losing Access
Read more: Two Factor Without Losing AccessI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at the delicate escapement of a 1920s pendulum clock, when my phone buzzed with a frantic notification.…
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A Task App With One List
Read more: A Task App With One ListMost people approach productivity like they’re trying to assemble a complicated Swiss watch without a magnifying glass or a steady hand. They download these massive, bloated software suites, spend three…
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An App That Closes Immediately
Read more: An App That Closes ImmediatelyI was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, trying to coax a 19th-century escapement back to life, when my phone decided to stage a protest. I was merely trying to…
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Tethering Safely
Read more: Tethering SafelyI remember sitting in my old physics lab, surrounded by the smell of ozone and heated solder, watching my students struggle with a textbook that treated electricity like magic rather…
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A Notes App You Will Still Use
Read more: A Notes App You Will Still UseI spent thirty-four years watching students stare at chalkboard equations as if they were written in a dead language, but nothing frustrates me quite like the modern obsession with “productivity…
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Hdr and Why It Often Looks Worse
Read more: Hdr and Why It Often Looks WorseI spent thirty-four years watching teenagers stare blankly at chalkboard equations, and if there is one thing I learned, it’s that marketing people love to hide a simple truth behind…