Jul 6It’s been 5 minutes and Instagram’s Threads already sucks.Like many of you, after Elon Musk took over and immediately red-pilled the ever toxic viral hot take inducing algorithm-for-profit microblogging platform known as Twitter, I too sought greener pastures elsewhere. My journey led me to Mastodon, the Twitter-like microblogging platform within the “Fediverse” (which is home to many other…7 min read7 min read
Nov 2, 2021The 3 Year Upgrade Cycle: From iPhone XS Max To iPhone 13 Pro — A Lot Has Changed… Or Has It?(Now With Gif Ratings) A Long, Long Time Ago Three years ago, in the Fall of 2018, two things happened. We were prepping to move to Hong Kong and the iPhone XS & XS Max were released to the world. …IPhone14 min readIPhone14 min read
Sep 9, 2020My Sad & Sweet “It’s A Wonderful Life” Moment: You Do MatterI just had a strange, sad, and sweet moment that I thought I’d share. Note: Names have been changed for privacy… I popped on Facebook the other night and saw I had some message requests. Turns out the mother of Carrie, the person I dated through the my junior & senior years in high school, tried to reach out to me. It seemed a…Sad4 min readSad4 min read
Dec 3, 2019Member-onlyIf The Song ‘Rocket Man’ Came Out Today, The World’s Head Would Explode! Or Would It? Today’s Feelings On Yesterday’s Timeless ClassicsBut does it slap? — The other day I was checking in on twitter when I saw this tweet from one of my favorite songwriters and music makers A.C. Newman of New Pornographers. As a fan of the song, as well as other Elton John songs for that matter, my gut reaction was “Well…Music8 min readMusic8 min read
Sep 30, 2019Member-only“Always On” Smartwatches Are Dumb & Make No Sense: My Apple Watch Series 5 ReviewThe feature I always wanted and immediately turned off. This review supplements our review on the Tech It Out Pod, listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. In the beginning… Many moons ago, well over 15 years ago, I got myself a cellphone. Don’t ask me which one, but I’m assuming it was one of those Nokia candy bar phones. Before…Apple Watch10 min readApple Watch10 min read
Sep 30, 2019Member-onlyThe Sun Still Rises in Hong KongIt’s Monday morning in Hong Kong and the sun still rises. I check the MTR schedule to make sure the trains are still running before I join the other morning commuters on the way to their jobs and responsibilities. People look tired and often sleep as the Tsuen Wan line…Hong Kong2 min readHong Kong2 min read
Feb 19, 2019Member-onlyThe Netflixification of EverythingLet’s Face It, It’s Happening — By Ren Willis In the video world of the Entertainment Arts, we have long seen the “Netflixification Of Everything” happening. Netflix famously went from being an online mail-delivery video rental version of Blockbuster (who?) …Podcast8 min readPodcast8 min read
Published inThis Is My Tech·Sep 27, 2018Tech It Out Podcast Episode 2: OS Updates, The Premature Deaths of Instagram & Email, and Aaron Got A New PhoneEpisode 2 of Tech It Out! Aaron & Tyler chat revivals, OS updates, the premature deaths of emails and instagram, whether or not iPhones are just too damn expensive, and also, Aaron got a new phone! The iPhone Xs Max! Theme music by fairy eyelashes — songwhip.com/artist/fairy-eyelashesPodcast1 min readPodcast1 min read
Published inThis Is My Tech·Sep 21, 2018Congratulations, You Spent Money On Something From Apple!How a blog post from 2010 is still relevant today. The following is a blog post I wrote in 2010 when the iPad was first released. …Apple5 min readApple5 min read
Published inThis Is My Tech·Sep 20, 2018Tech It Out Podcast Episode 1: New iPhones & Apple Watches and the Essential vs the iPhone 7 PlusOur inaugural episode! Welcome to Tech It Out! Aaron & Tyler introduce themselves and go right into writing PR for Dictator Trump’s future iPhone. Also on deck, we discuss the Apple iPhone & Apple Watch event as well as what we think is in store for the Google event in October. Finally, Tyler got an Essential phone on the cheap and compares it to their iPhone 7Plus. Theme music by fairy eyelashes — songwhip.com/artist/fairy-eyelashesPodcast1 min readPodcast1 min read
