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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

Category: Technology

The first 5 minutes

A year ago I wrote about how movies had changed their first 20 minutes to take into account the different viewing channels people use. I was on a few webinars last week and the shift to online means you’re lucky to have 5 minutes now to make sure people have a reason to be there.… Read More The first 5 minutes

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Consumption and experience

My son and I were talking about how technology had sped things up – the idea of accessing TV programmes at any time on my mobile would have been unheard of 20 years ago. I was telling him about how following football scores on Teletext was a thing on a Saturday afternoon and he laughed… Read More Consumption and experience

January 20, 2023January 19, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Recommendations

On my blog site, at the end of posts the algorithm decides what you might want to read next. As far as I know I have no control over which posts are displayed and have to assume it works on keywords in the post summary, or specific words in the content. Looking at the stats,… Read More Recommendations

November 29, 2022November 28, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

The inexorable march

You can deny technology has changed the world but it’s simply not true. I went to a football match last weekend via coach. There was a train strike in the UK so had to spend almost 9 hours getting there and back home. And it was great. As well as air conditioning and a comfortable… Read More The inexorable march

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

The ultimate user experience

I think I’ve found the ultimate user experience. I had to replace my Chromebook. After 4 years and thousands of hours, it’s only working if connected to the mains and, with 4Gb RAM, is struggling to manage the number of tasks I expect it to do. You know when you buy a Chromebook it’s got… Read More The ultimate user experience

July 20, 2022July 19, 2022 andrewjacobslnd2 Comments

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