If you are posting original content on Facebook or Twitter, you’re stupid. No polite way to put it. You’re an idiot. Every day I see great thoughts, photos and other inspiring original content posted on Facebook and it makes me cringe. It is like cooking an interesting organic and original meal and… Continue reading Why Google wants to stop me blogging
Author: alexanderchalkidis
How to know when not to buy the latest gadget
It’s almost a decade since I bought my first DSLR. A Canon 10D. “Barely” 6.3 megapixel resolution, most smartphones I would consider buying these days have more than that. But it used all my EF lenses and has served me well. Too well in fact. For all of us in technology,… Continue reading How to know when not to buy the latest gadget
Interface time (again) – supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
You know that something is changing when Google talks about a “beautiful interface”… As the world tries to figure out how to keep their day job and still find time to check up their facebook, twitter, linked in and Google Plus accounts, it seems we are going full circle to the operating system debate… Continue reading Interface time (again) – supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Communicational lessons from the Greek crisis
As you watch the television coverage of riots in the center of Athens, you might find it useful to ponder for a minute on the situation. Not for the conspiracy theories or the endless economic analysis we are all tired of. From a practical point of view the items which might appear in your… Continue reading Communicational lessons from the Greek crisis
I miss those old IBM laptops
The keyboard was magic. You didn’t realize quite how good it was until you fumbled around with anything else. I can touch type in the dark almost unconsciously on one of those IBM keyboards. Then again I didn’t have to because they had that cool little light built in the top which would… Continue reading I miss those old IBM laptops
www.eshop.gr – The Greek version of an internet bubble
While the rest of the world ponders if this spurt of activity is a tech bubble or not, in Greece one of the oldest ones is about to pop. Now you could say that a company that has been around for 13 years doesn’t really qualify. In fact in the tech industry, they… Continue reading www.eshop.gr – The Greek version of an internet bubble
Πλήρες κιτ μετατροπής σε ηλεκτρικό ποδήλατο από την Shimano: Αλλά πού’ν’το;
Ακούμε από το καλοκαίρι για το εκπληκτικό πλήρες πακέτο μετατροπής ποδήλατου σε ηλεκτρικό της διάσημης εταιρείας. Η φωτογραφίες είναι δελεαστικές, το marketing καλό. Είναι ένα μόνο μοντέλο, όχι ιδιαίτερα δυνατή μηχανή, αλλά για τις περισσότερες εφαρμογές επαρκέστατο. Με την σωστή τιμή, η κίνηση θα είναι ίσως καθοριστική για όλη την αγορά. Η… Continue reading Πλήρες κιτ μετατροπής σε ηλεκτρικό ποδήλατο από την Shimano: Αλλά πού’ν’το;
Why a modern Greek should feel like Achilles at sea
While everyone gets used to what most of us saw (and wrote) all along and the Greek debt sooner or later gets restructured, the road ahead is pretty clear: we have to actually produce something! While the media and most of the population rolls over slowly, fat and lazy from so many years of… Continue reading Why a modern Greek should feel like Achilles at sea
Scanning opportunities and inroads to social networking
Old photos fade away. Literally! No matter what paper they are printed on, even in good storage conditions. So as I started to scan a few from my vast – pre digital – collection I couldn’t help but feel there is a better way. Not even an automated scanner would save me. I want to… Continue reading Scanning opportunities and inroads to social networking
Master Chef’s “insanely delicious” ouzo sauce
“Insanely delicious scallops&shrimp on eggy noodles w creamy ouzo sauce @my FAVE Manhatt greek resto #Pylos. Their tarama DE-stroys all others.” If you are not from the U.S. you may not know Kelly Choi who Wikipedia says “is the former host of Bravo TV‘s Top Chef spin-off, Top Chef Masters, which premiered on June 10, 2009.[1] Choi is also an Emmy-award winning Korean–American television personality on NYC… Continue reading Master Chef’s “insanely delicious” ouzo sauce