minor ramblings

Entries that aren’t really worth the bandwidth they take up…

The ideal smartphone – why does not not exist yet?

The last couple of months I’ve been keeping an eye on developments in the smartphone market and there’s one thing I do not understand… Why is it so hard to design a decent smartphone? There are many models on today’s market which have nice features, but the ideal smartphone is still nowhere to be found…

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Microcomputer Club Nederland – a piece of nostalgia

I was cleaning up some old magazines and came across a stack of MCN Magazine, the bimonthly magazine of the MCN (Microcomputer Club Nederland). This Dutch computer club existed in the 1980’s (as far as I know the magazine was published in 1985 & 1986). I’ve searched a bit online but can hardly find anything

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‘Norwegians are being experienced as reserved and hard to establish social relationships with’

This is a conclusion mentioned in an article on the Norwegian web site digi.no about new research carried out by Oxford Research on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion and NHO. Norwegian companies have a great need for qualified IT personnel, and Norway is not able to cover this need. Companies

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