The CES cesspool is all our own fault
It seems that most of the products at CES are "solutions in search of problems". That might be all our own fault, though...
Post-PC Developments
Matt Baxter-Reynolds blogs on the changing face of software development in a post-PC world.
Matt Baxter-Reynolds
Matt Baxter-Reynolds is a mobile software development consultant and technology sociologist based in the UK. His next book, "Death of the PC" is out in September.
Latest Posts
Why are we so obsessed with driving up the cost of computing?
There currently seems to be a rhetoric that the PC is too cheap. How can it possibly be "too cheap"?
Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga 11 continues to prove that Windows RT is pointless
Lenovo lent me one of their Windows RT-based Yoga laptop/tablet hybrids to try. You might be better off with a Chromebook.
What ubiquitous computing tells us about PCs, smartphones, and tablets
Conceptually mashing together PCs, smartphones, and tablets isn't a terribly helpful approach. An understanding of ubiquitous computing might help all of us understand the pros and cons of each...
Google Maps on iPhone shows iOS 6 Maps where to go
I didn't think iOS 6 Maps were that bad, but turn-by-turn navigation on Google Maps is so good there's no way I'd deliberately launch iOS 6's Maps app again...
Microsoft does little to protect revenues for Windows Store devs
Looking to make money out of Windows Store apps? The support is in the platform, but the ways you have to make money are woefully easy to circumvent...
Like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, Surface is lacking heart
Product development in the post-PC age is not an issue of specification sheets and balancing costs. Products need to involve the owners and make them feel joy...
If BB10 upgrades are a nightmare, why not jump to iPhone now?
RIM is getting ready to help business upgrade to BB10 and BES 10, but if you need help to do it, why not just do something else instead?
Do hobbyists any longer have an effect on Windows Phone adoption?
Back at the inception of the App Store and Android Market, hobbyists had a positive effect in growing the market. Can hobbyists have an effect on the adoption of Windows Phone?
Fantasy CTO - how would you duplicate Barclays iPad platform?
We know that Barclays have bought 8,500 iPad to build a new retail platform, but if you were given the task of doing the same what would you do?