Star Trek Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 15 Jul 2017 03:10:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 The trade off of fidelity and convenience in marketing, and how it doomed my favorite company https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-trade-off-of-fidelity-and-convenience-in-marketing-and-how-it-doomed-my-favorite-company/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-trade-off-of-fidelity-and-convenience-in-marketing-and-how-it-doomed-my-favorite-company Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:00:35 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7025 I’m reading a book called Trade-Off, by former USA Today technology columnist Kevin Maney. It’s primarily a marketing book. Maney argues that all products are a balance of fidelity and convenience, and highly favor one or the other. He additionally

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]]> 7025 Wookie suits at work https://dfarq.homeip.net/wookie-suits-at-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wookie-suits-at-work https://dfarq.homeip.net/wookie-suits-at-work/#comments Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:00:42 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6735 I have a coworker who owns a Darth Vader costume. If you ask him really nicely, he might dress up as Darth Vader to scare your kids. He’s proud enough to own that costume that he keeps a picture of

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/wookie-suits-at-work/feed/ 2 6735 Modems, voice recognition and video cards https://dfarq.homeip.net/modems-voice-recognition-and-video-cards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=modems-voice-recognition-and-video-cards https://dfarq.homeip.net/modems-voice-recognition-and-video-cards/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2000 19:31:31 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1008 More NaturallySpeaking adventures. You must all the thinking now that my life consists of church brochures and NaturallySpeaking. That's just about right. I work for hours on the church brochure, and then I come home and play with NaturallySpeaking.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/modems-voice-recognition-and-video-cards/feed/ 2 1008 Computer ethics https://dfarq.homeip.net/computer-ethics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=computer-ethics Sat, 16 Sep 2000 20:08:48 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=996 Damsels in distress. Every time I turn around, there's a girl who needs her computer fixed. Not that I'm complaining. I was having a beer the other night with the music director from my church and told him about it, to which he said, "That's not a bad situation at all to be in." He's right.

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