Good and obsolete
On being relevant in a changing world
The (tech) world is catching up to fiction
We need a new category—SciFi is no longer applicable When I was a kid I read the comics (OK, I still do). We read them because we didn’t have TV, hadn’t even heard of it. ...
Customers in charge
One sure sign of a successful launch in the game industry is the rise of an unruly fan base, and AMD has that in spades. Vega is a competitive graphics chip for AMD with benchmarks ...
Today’s VR is so disappointing
Can we finally say the emperor is naked, and move on?
Stop that or I’ll replace you with an AI
Look at what you’re doing not what the AIs are doing Everyone who has heard of AI (which as you know was just invented a few weeks ago) is sounding the warning bells about how ...
New restrictions on PCs; New opportunities for smartphones
In late March, the U.S. and U.K imposed a ban on bringing electronic devices larger than a smartphone in to the cabin on flights from certain countries in the Middle East and North Africa, as ...
Of game consoles, VR and all that jazz
The difference between selling and promising The seemingly unbridled enthusiasm for gaming in VR continues even the face of the disappointing sales results, unresolved technical and physiological problems (that may never be solved), and turmoil ...
Privacy vs. security
They aren’t the same thing What do you think is the difference between privacy and security? Privacy is about the things you want to hide, whereas security is about the things you want to protect. ...
The API path
I was thinking about the evolution of graphics APIs, and how critical they have been to the industry and the participating companies. The API activity has always been contentious, dynamic, challenging, and many times frustrating. ...
The reality of disappointment – We need a new law
The use of the term “Law” applied to an observation or axiom is incorrect and has been over used, but in this world of fake news, and alternative facts, the practice seems totally acceptable. Moore’s ...
Fear of the unknown – the AI are coming
We have all heard about the new developments in artificial intelligence (AI), where intelligent machines approach the mysterious singularity that represents either the end of mankind or the beginning of a new kind of mankind. ...
Tiny tiny things
Our lives depend on the itsy bitsy As the world of semiconductors has shrunk to nano and microscopic our lives have gotten better. Whereas the steam and gasoline engines gave us a better standard of ...