techThreads

stories and musings from a techy Dad

Google Photos has to be up there as one of the handiest and most useful products that Google has released. Up there with Maps and Gmail.

I remember the mind blowing experience of being able to search by faces or type "blue car" into a search window to find a photo of my old car.

Going back to th...

I'm something of a nerd. In addition to this blog, I also have another called Hike with Kids. There I try to focus on my attempts to get outdoors and stay active with kids along for the journey. That site gets updates almost as frequently as this one does (insert humor here). Being a total nerd ho...

My recent article looked at the concept of device choice. I took a step back looking at my recent three devices and came to realise they all share one key thing in common: a zoom lens. This isn't just a random "hey, this thing is in common". Arguably there are other stand out features that are com...

Back in the before times, there was choice.

In early 2010 I purchased a Nokia N900. Still to this day it's probably my favorite ever phone. Back in 2010 the N900 was a technical marvel. Nokia wasn't selling a phone, they were selling a technology proof of concept and letting their enthusiast use...