“Sorry babe, I’m not up for it tonight: Garmin says no.” – Charlie Barber in sarcasm, July 2025 It seems kinda off to start on watches. But I think it’s the perfect place to start. It sits on your wrist all day. It tells you the time. That should be its purpose. It’s only purpose. […]
What’s the first thing you do in the morning? Probably check your phone right? Me too. Or at least until recently. So why do we do this, what’s the trigger for this behaviour? I realised a lot of why we behave a certain way is how we structure and order our environment around us. If […]
Do you ever find yourself sat in public surrounded by zombies glued to their phones and you realise your chances of randomly interacting with anyone, nevermind people your age, seem to gravitate towards exactly zero? I find it a little bit depressing. I sometimes feel like I live in a society of one. Howdy loyal […]
‘Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving.’ – Fahrenheit 451 Ironic to quote a snippet, in Fahrenheit 451 the public become so ignorant because books get reduced to […]
‘Hey my phone is dead. Can you pay?’ I bring my wallet everywhere. I bought it off Etsy. It’s made from recycled rubber tyres. Sometimes I worry there’s a toxic compound rubbing off on my hands that will kill me. Paranoid I guess. I’m not completely against digital wallets. Access to my credit card has […]
‘Oh, you don’t have Spotify Premium?’ Streaming music totally sucks. Seriously. I’m not just being contrarian. Just give me five minutes to explain it. I think you may be dissatisfied with it too. I used to love Spotify. I was a paid customer from age 17 through to 27. Now that’s brand loyalty. 10 years, […]
Admittedly. This isn’t really a question of digital vs analog. But after the entry on music. I think its a prudent entry relating to my ‘buy it for life’ beliefs. Basically my realisation has been: airpods are a bit silly, aren’t they really? I admit it. They’re great for exercising. Active noise cancelling is great […]
Communication addiction is hard to write about because its something I’m still in the middle of. You see, I removed all social media from my phone and found myself still HOOKED to refreshing my email apps. I’d sit there refreshing outlook and gmail like a mad man. So they had to go too. I had […]
I really miss Blockbuster. It’s definitely nostalgia. But that’s by-the-by. Thinking about Blockbuster now, the experience trumps streaming movies. Here’s why: 1) Have you ever sat scrolling with your partner or your friends, just endlessly scrolling Netflix/Amazon/Disney, not knowing what to watch? 2) You have the world of entertainment at your finger tips, yet its […]
Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, stated in a video address that Instagram does not listen to you through your phone microphone. But we’ve all received a super targeted advert after chatting about something, right? The long and short, as admitted by Adam, is that they don’t need your conversations. They already know everything they need […]