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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 180

One of the traits I most admire about the human race is the ability to be creative and innovative in solving problems. Go back to circa 3500 B.C. when the Mesopotamians invented the wheel or the Egyptians invented the nail as a fastener then jump to …
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Why did we bother to ban CFCs?

Chlorofluorocarbons. CFCs. The word doesn’t roll off the tongue – and it would be safe to say that before the eighties it was not a topic for common conversations at dinner parties. But in the eighties, we all suddenly became experts on C…
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Have we seen enough yet?

Have we seen enough yet? There are times, in life, when the evidence seems to be so overwhelming that the answer is obvious – yet, when it suits, humans have an incredible ability to obstinately refuse to acknowledge the obvious. Confirmation b…
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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 179

Data shows that 92 per cent of all resolutions made in the heady euphoria of 1 January are unsuccessful so I thought I may as well start the New Year by breaking my recurring resolution. Every year I tell my readers it is simply too hard to make one-…
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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 178

This Christmas, I promised myself, I definitely wouldn’t overindulge and then collapse in front of the TV and start pumping out zeds. But with a beautiful meal prepared and family gathered, the inevitable happened and before I knew it, I looked…
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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 177

As our family gathers together during the holidays, it is inevitable there will be a point in time when we start reminiscing about our lives together. We pull out funny stories from our past with maybe a little embellishment on each retelling. One ch…
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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 176

A friend of mine once told me that a phone call is a demand for a meeting without an appointment. Whilst I don’t necessarily agree with the attitude from a customer service perspective, I do understand the sentiment. Until 1876, our society exi…
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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 175

What would your answer be if I asked you for the most commonly used data service in the world? Just a subtle hint – I have used exactly 160 characters thus far. It was twenty-seven years ago that the first text message was sent. Now text messag…
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I give up

I give up. These are three words that I very rarely utter – or even think. It doesn’t matter if it is in sport or business or Monopoly. I can barely remember a time I have given up – but the cost at the moment is simply too much. I …
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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 174

Most people see the name of my column, ‘Tech Talk’, and assume I talk about technology. Correct assumption. Where it starts to become more complicated is in the definition of technology. For most people the modern assumption of technology…
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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 173

I had a trip down to Bega and Eden on the picturesque Sapphire Coast this week – and apart from a variety of beautiful views I came across an incredibly unusual sight. I saw a person taking photos…with a camera! Sure – people still…
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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 172

Today I have a big day planned. After a breakfast of yeast extract on toast, I am going to visit a shopping mall and travel down the moving stairway after having purchased my lightweight jacket with both clasp lock zip fasteners and additional hook a…
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Fairfax Tech Talk Column 171

When it comes to the rich and famous, we are constantly reading about the latest toys and accessories they purchase to live a life that is foreign to the average person. Think of private yachts owned by Steven Spielberg; Paul Allen and Larry Page tha…
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