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Has convergence gone too far? – The Daily PPILL #334

Has convergence gone too far? – The Daily PPILL #334

In the 80s and 90s it was all about the number of gadgets you had. The video camera, a Walkman, DSLR, a VCR, then a CD player, and a computer. There are some funny pictures of all the devices we used to have, the one below is legendary. Then we went through a phase of...
Six no-BS Metaverse use cases – The Daily PPILL #193

Six no-BS Metaverse use cases – The Daily PPILL #193

I don’t think there is a more popular buzzword today than “Metaverse”. So if we let other people smarter than me define it, I particularly like Karina Nobbs’, which goes like: “a persistent, live digital universe that affords individuals...
When in Rome, do like Romans do – The Daily PPILL #138

When in Rome, do like Romans do – The Daily PPILL #138

Well, this is fascinating. I don’t even know how I missed it so far. Google has been working behind the scene on the next generation of their Google Glasses. With all the technology involved, it is ironic to hear how much the design of the glasses has been...
We need an open API for business – The Daily PPILL #133

We need an open API for business – The Daily PPILL #133

An API is one of those words that us “tech bros” (can I say “tech sis”?) just throw around mindlessly, with disregard of the huge idea behind it. It stands for “Application Programming Interface’ and the formal definition of an API...