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Dec 21, 2024: While I want to write a longer post about my experience migrating from iPhone to Android, it really comes down to one thing: It’s less ecosystem …
Dec 20, 2024: A 365 photography project in 2025, but on the open social web #365in25 As the sun sets for 2025, I find myself wanting to attempt a 365 photo project again. Yes, again means I’ve tried and failed miserably in the …
Dec 19, 2024: Holiday time (and a reminder to always take the photo) The lead up to this year’s end of year holiday period has been met with less anticipation than previous years. After years of deteriorating …
Dec 13, 2024: When the sky takes your eye 📸 Ricoh GR IIIx 📍 Rockingham & Wellard, Western Australia #Photography #Clouds #Perth #RicohGR #RicohGRIIIx
Nov 23, 2024: I think I need to start heading back to wired headphones. These three are either dead or dying. The Over Ear Yamaha E700a won’t play anything …
Nov 22, 2024: Back in time 📸 Ray-Ban Meta 📍 Perth, Western Australia #Photography #Perth #RayBanMeta
Nov 17, 2024: Barriers I'm experiencing trying to move from iPhone to Android I recently got a Pixel 9 Pro for work purposes. In order to test out switching platforms again, I had my main SIM card in the Pixel for a few days and …
Nov 16, 2024: Halide’s Process Zero is making me enjoy iPhone photography again. I’m loving the flexibility from these files over the highly processed …
Nov 13, 2024: Always love a good cloud pattern at sunset
Nov 11, 2024: Realities of being an ITSM Change Practice Owner / Manager Having been a Change Practice Owner for a few years now, I’m finally at the stage where I’m confident in my ability to run a Change …
Oct 29, 2024: One of those days where I don’t feel good enough. Nothing specific, just a general vibe of uselessness. I know this is my brain having a stupid …
Oct 23, 2024: Silhouette man I took this with an iPhone 7 Plus in 2017 on my way to work. It’s one of my favourite photos & I’ve worked on editing …
Oct 20, 2024: Repurposing an old iPad Mini 4 as a dedicated writing device I recently wrote on the news of the iPad Mini 7, the disappointment of the release, why the iPad fell out of my device rotation, and why the iPad Mini …
Oct 19, 2024: Snuggle time. She’s such a goofy girl who thinks she’s still a small puppy! #Dogs
Oct 19, 2024: What I want from an iPad Mini and why it will never happen Image via Apple News of the updated iPad mini 7 was received poorly. No doubt this update is just a parts bin uplift of the old model with a RAM boost …
Oct 18, 2024: I’m still pondering exactly what my Fediverse experience should be. My current thoughts is around utilising my micro.blog more as the central hub, …
Oct 18, 2024: Going nowhere #Photography #iPhone #iPhone13Mini #ShotOniPhone
Sep 29, 2024: Not bad for a 13 year old camera with a point-and-shoot sized sensor Went to the Perth Zoo today with the family; giving me the opportunity to take my nifty little Pentax Q and 06 telephoto lens with me. For those that …
Sep 17, 2024: First impressions of iOS 18 (on an iPhone 13 mini) I haven’t been willing to partake in the public betas of iOS 18 over this year, so today’s public release is the first time I’ve had …
Sep 6, 2024: How distraction-free devices make you more productive I was watching a YouTube video recently from Spencer’s Adventures around his experiences with the AlphaSmart 3000 electronic word processor. …
Sep 5, 2024: Heading back As I come up to my final few days of my long service leave, I have to admit a mixture of nerves and apprehension about going back next week. …
Jul 25, 2024: Taking time Been a little while since I wrote and posted anything. As per my last post, I’ve needed a break and have taken a couple of months off from work …
Jun 5, 2024: Being honest with myself: identifying the burnout When I set out in May to reduce my social media usage, I envisioned it was a way to focus on other aspects of my life. With some work projects coming …
May 21, 2024: Adventures minus social media: Week three - life interruptions A little late writing up this week’s update. Life itself has been a little distracting recently, both for good and bad reasons. As such, my …
May 13, 2024: Adventures minus social media: Week two - utter failure I re-enabled Instagram. It’s a very annoying thing to do or even admit, but the whole sharing photos thing got the better of me. Even though I …
May 6, 2024: Adventures minus social media: Week one My first week after turning off a bunch of social media accounts. Instagram, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Reddit etc all either disabled or logged …
Apr 29, 2024: Something needs to change: moving away from microblogging While I’m not depressed or at a sort of life crossroads; I do feel overwhelmed and not keeping up. I’ve never been great at coordination, …
Apr 11, 2024: Homelessness in Perth I take and share a few photos. Recently many of those photos have been by the beach, as I and many others take advantage of the nice weather before …
Apr 9, 2024: I tried handwriting my journal for 30 days and here's what I learned Adapting how I journal to the medium After I wrote on why I type my daily journal over handwriting, I thought I would challenge myself during March …
Apr 4, 2024:
Perspective
Today has been a little humbling, with some much needed perspective being indirectly provided. Sometimes we get so caught our own worlds. Focused on …
Apr 1, 2024:
Mini album review: Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé
Going to clarify this thread by saying this is a personal opinion, because there’s no doubt I’ll be called out somehow for daring to …
Mar 18, 2024: Men over 40: it's time to embrace the fanny pack! Ignore the stigma, unburden your pockets While the world has seemingly started to accept men carrying a man bag or shoulder slings, there’s …
Mar 14, 2024: Move forward My mind seems to be sabotaging me again. Taking quite a privileged position at work and turning it into a “fight or flight” scenario; …
Mar 10, 2024: Wedding photography as a guest and why I was wrong Calling out my own bullshit 11 years ago I wrote this post: Social media blackouts for weddings. I had a very technology-positive stance around the …
Mar 8, 2024: Reducing the noise I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately. Not entirely focused on anything, lacking any productivity. So three days ago, I made a change: I …
Mar 5, 2024: Melder's musings: The urge to purge Today has been a day of letting go apparently. Cancelled a few subscriptions, disabled a few social accounts such as Instagram, Threads and soon …
Mar 4, 2024: Older I’ve been extremely blessed and grateful in my life so far, in part cause I’m yet to experience true grief in losing a loved one. While …
Feb 28, 2024: Why I don't handwrite my daily journal It’s all about finding the right medium that fits you best If you spend enough time looking at the benefits of journaling online, you will find …
Feb 22, 2024: Melder's Musings: Apple is playing a dangerous game Apple launched a new sports app to help users keep track of live scores from sports games; sounds harmless right? Well the dangerous part comes in …
Feb 21, 2024: Melder's musings: Finding the drive to blog when you don't have a specific thing to say After a productive start of the year in my blog, I’ve kinda slowed down my writing output over the past few weeks. A couple of reasons for this. …
Feb 7, 2024: When a gratitude practice can become bittersweet If you have pursued personal reflection activities or journaling, you may have come across some version of gratitude exercises. The idea being to …
Jan 31, 2024: The Vision Pro is not the next iPhone, it's the next Apple Watch Reading all the discourse leading up to the release of Apple’s Vision Pro headset, and the reviews now that the embargo has lifted; a lot of it …
Jan 24, 2024: Taking a proper break: A few days disconnect without social media Recently I went with my wife on a 4 day mini break to one of our favourite places; Bunbury in Western Australia. On the lead up to the break, I …
Jan 16, 2024: How the Ray-Ban Meta glasses became part of my daily carry I bought the Ray-Ban Meta glasses with minimal expectations I had purchased these as a GoPro like camera for a family holiday. While I’ve …
Jan 10, 2024: For those of us who don't have a career goal It’s slightly odd to admit professionally that I have no idea what I’m doing. I’ve been wanting to write something like this for a …
Jan 8, 2024: The global town square is dead While the digital town square never truly existed, the centralised social web is making way for connecting specialised communities instead "Twitter" …
Jan 6, 2024: Why a physical keyboard on a phone will make sense...for some In defence of the Clicks for iPhone and the physical smartphone keyboard The Clicks iPhone keyboard. [Photograph] Clicks Technology Ltd. …
Jan 5, 2024: Taking control: What I use to try and be more intentional with my phone usage First, this is not a post to brag about how I’ve cracked the distraction pull of the smartphone and turned it into a productivity machine. Like …
Jan 4, 2024: The Writer Forte: first impressions A sleek alternative to an older AlphaSmart or pricey Freewrite portable word processors If you are familiar with the modern Freewrite …
Dec 31, 2023: Reflection A blog at an end of a year wouldn’t be complete without a post reflecting on the year gone by and looking forward to the year ahead. My …
Dec 24, 2023: Christmas Eve It’s that time of the year again; Christmas Eve. I once again find myself filled with utter gratitude and blessings for the life I have. A …
Dec 23, 2023: Experimenting with Micro.blog Over the years I’ve tried numerous attempts to write and blog more. Most have failed as per the usual story, not being consistent and eventually …
Oct 5, 2023: Retro tech: Using the PSION Series 5 in 2023 Sometimes I find myself going back to older technology. I don't know if it's a nostalgia thing or if the current line of tech devices are too good at …
Nov 9, 2021: It’s my birthday today I don't really celebrate birthdays. I believe a lot of that comes down to spending most of my late teens and early twenties being very depressed. My …
Aug 8, 2019: Thoughts on social media, democracy and the true source of the problem A healthy democracy is fuelled by reasoned, respectful discussions Social media is structured for debates, not discussions Debates are one side versus …
Sep 29, 2013: The continuing debate about mobile phone use in cars: how mobile phone companies can reduce the risk Watching 60 Minutes Australia tonight and they had the tragic story about a young girl who crashed her car and passed away after she answered a call …
May 8, 2013: Updated Apple tech prediction - the next full size iPad will be positioned as a MacBook Air replacement I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, but with recent rumours about the Air not getting a retina update I think it’s increasingly …
May 4, 2013: Using technology during social gatherings: Good or bad? Some of my workmates were talking about phone etiquette the other day and how technology is, in their eyes, having a negative effect on social …
Apr 20, 2013: Social media blackouts for weddings A recent article by The West Australian discusses the increasing trend by couples to ask their guests to not use any social media or take photos …
Apr 18, 2013:
Facebook is the Internet, Facebook is the phone – A look into Facebook Home
Facebook’s biggest problem is trust. The above will seem obvious to some and acceptable to many. Through privacy issues, multiple changes to terms of …
Mar 27, 2013: The education battle and why Microsoft should really be scared Seeing a student with a MacBook of any kind used to automatically typecast them as private school kids with well off parents. Not any more. …
Mar 15, 2013: The Google Reader situation and why everyone just needs to calm the collective fuck down Google is not killing RSS, they're actually re-invigorating it Geeks and nerds around the world are all up in arms over Google's decision to end …
Jan 23, 2013: Technology predictions for 2013 One of my Google+ friends (#shenanigans queen Kristina Sestan) made a post today about the Firefox phone. It started a bit of a discussion about the …
Jan 21, 2013:
4 reasons I’ve switched from the Nexus 7 to the iPad mini
When the Nexus 7 was released, I immediately picked one up and fell in love with the device. A cheaper, smaller, more portable yet full powered …
Dec 26, 2012: Initial impressions: Nillkin Crystal rear screen protector for the Nexus 4 Ever since getting the Nexus 4, I’ve treated it with kid gloves. Mind you, I do this with all new gadgets for the first few weeks but the Nexus 4 …
Dec 2, 2012: Nexus 4: First impressions So first impressions after a few days use with the Nexus 4: Build quality is actually very good at the price point I was expecting it to be fragile …
Sep 16, 2012: What are your battery performance/longevity tips? Many of you have probably received advice over the years about how to make sure your battery is performing at it's peak and continues to do so for the …
Sep 13, 2012: iPhone 5: what it means to the general public The new iPhone 5 was announced this morning and you can already read the backlash by many in the tech media. They see it as a disappointment and a …
Sep 11, 2012: How Nokia already lost the war When Nokia first unveiled it’s partnership with Microsoft back in early 2011, I was extremely hopeful for the partnership. Like many others in …
Aug 30, 2012: Will the 4G Samsung Galaxy Note II feature the new quad core S4 Pro chip inside? (Edit: very unlikely) Here’s an interesting screenshot I noticed during the Galaxy Note II presentation. While Samsung announced they would be making a 4G version of …
Aug 21, 2012: A quick look at two covers for the Nexus 7 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Osb34r6Ls&w=735&h=413&hd=1] I give a quick overview of the ASUS travel case and a standard …
Aug 18, 2012: Official ASUS travel case for the Nexus 7–first impressions While I am waiting for a cheap leather case that I bought on eBay to arrive, I purchased the official ASUS case for sale at JB Hifi today for $25. I …
Aug 16, 2012: When frictionless sharing can (potentially) cause friction For those who follow me on Google+, you would know that I’m a big fan of the music streaming service Songza. Like most other streaming services, …
Jun 8, 2012: HTC One XL review: is 4G enough to steal Samsung’s thunder? With all the attention on the release of Samsung’s Galaxy SIII, it’s easy to forget another smartphone that was released this week; HTC One XL, the …
Jun 4, 2012: Random thoughts: Blade vs. electric shavers Random thoughts is my attempt to blog more. I often have many ideas and thoughts going through my brain but don’t write about it cause it didn’t …
Jun 3, 2012: Facebook gouging Australian customers for purchases as well In an effort to find more ways to monetize the site, Facebook recently introduced the ability to pay for a story to be highlighted in your friends …
May 9, 2012: Why people flip-out over Flipboard OK, first up I promise this is my last post about Flipboard....for tonight. So why am I (and many others) going on about Flipboard being released on …
Apr 25, 2012: 3 simple words Today, we remember the sacrifices of servicemen and servicewomen who fought to protect the freedom of our country. A freedom that some can forget …
Apr 19, 2012: Android app first look: AfterFocus Original photo Post editing via AfterFocus AfterFocus – FREE - Google Play Store link AfterFocus is a new app I've found that allows you to create …
Apr 18, 2012: Android app recommendation: JAYS Headset Control JAYS Headset Control - FREE - Google Play store link Listening to music via my single-button remote headphones, this app has become a must download. …
Apr 18, 2012: Uniden BTS200 Bluetooth speakerphone mini review This is the Uniden BTS200 Bluetooth speakerphone, which retails at $59. I bought it cause I wanted to cheap, portable speaker to connect to my iPad to …
Apr 8, 2012: 3 things Microsoft needs to do to make Windows 8 work Finally after a few weeks of mulling over it, starting a full written review then binning it for a video review, recording that review only to find …
Mar 16, 2012: Despite being more evolutionary than revolutionary, the new iPad is still the best tablet on the market After the migraine I had last night and this morning had calmed down to a mild head buzz by lunch, I headed to the shops to have a close look at the …
Jan 27, 2012: How the alcohol crackdown of 2010 killed the Perth Skyworks After this year’s poor turnout for the Australia Day Skyworks, there are now questions being asked about whether the $1.5 million annual event is …
Jan 11, 2012: My social media resolutions for 2012 2011 marked a big change for myself in regards to my online presence and social interaction. After years of locking down my Facebook account to …
Nov 27, 2011: My thoughts on the Sony Tablet S Had a few moments to check out the new Sony Honeycomb tablet. I wasn’t expecting much but I came away extremely impressed! The …
Nov 6, 2011: Why being a fanboi is just stupid! I originally wrote this post on Google+. Re-posting this on my blog for future reference. There is an interesting conversation going on at a post by …
Oct 14, 2011: The difference between bad and great customer service In our last night in Albany; my wife and son, her mum and step-dad and myself all went out on the town for dinner. We were walking around the main …
Oct 6, 2011: Why Steve was important Picture courtesy of Jonathan Mak Many of you who don’t follow the tech industry will notice that today your Facebook, Twitter and news services …
Sep 23, 2011: Facebook Timeline – Focus moves from the present to past, private to public Today at the F8 Facebook conference, Mark Zuckerburg announced the next evolution of the social network with Timeline. Timeline is a replacement to …
Sep 11, 2011: A reminder to be thankful I wasn’t going to write any posts about 9/11. Being an Australian who wasn’t directly affected by the tragedy, I didn’t feel worthy to write anything …
Sep 1, 2011: Like father, like son
Aug 29, 2011: What I’ve discovered as a new dad: advice for expectant fathers A little over 6 months ago, I became a father for the first time to my amazing baby boy James which has been an great experience. I also recently …
Aug 24, 2011: While social should be real, pseudonyms have their place in your online experience As I explained in my first post, I’ve decided to start a blog site using my real identity instead of an anonymous username. However this doesn't mean …
Aug 17, 2011: Thought I’d share this My father and my son James sitting down for a chat. One of my favourite photos at the moment.
Aug 16, 2011: Welcome to the real me Welcome to my blog site. For those that don’t know me I am a 27 year old husband and father, living in the beautiful city of Perth in Western …