As I See Tech

Starting next month, As I See Tech updates will be posted on Wednesdays. If not, at least once a week. I am in the process of reviewing the content focus of As I See Tech and would like to start it this spring. Stand by for more announcements during the transition.

Usually, the way we put together an application results to sets of UI/UX that should appear to work together as one. Naturally, we create the application as a single project, which we then build and deploy as a single product. All is well and good. That is until microservices become the norm.

Stephen Hawking (Jan. 08, 1942 - Mar. 14, 2018) shall be remembered as the genius of our modern generation. His contributions to modern physics, cosmology and humor are as immense as they are great and commendable. My sincerest condolences to his family and loved ones. Although I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free.

We can imagine the worst about Earth because we know how bad we're treating her. For some of us, we look forward to escaping it all and moving out to space. Space is the final frontier. If not another habitable planet. Although it doesn't have to be. Regardless, there's a new and refreshed focus on space travel, all motivated by hope.

The problem with Microsoft's mobile PC strategy is that it is stuck in the last decade. It's long been tried to put (e)SIM cards to devices like tablets and laptops. As usual, you need to activate them with new data plans. In an age when most people already have smartphones, and likely with data plans already to go with them, forcing customers to add a new data plan just don't make sense.

Three or five years after you bought your device, their batteries would show signs of aging and death. Charging them would become more often and you'll find some common tasks actually draining the batteries faster. At a certain point, they may stop charging. You can replace the batteries or get a new device all together. Either way, in another three or five years, the cycle repeats.

Given a problem, we can think about solutions. There are levels of complexities that may require the use of tools and jotting down notes and drawing diagrams and what have you. Our brains can only handle so much. When you reach a point when things get chaotic anyway, it would greatly help to instead stop and negotiate breaking down what needs to be done, one step at a time.