Hi! I’m Adrian Thomas, a senior product manager at TeamViewer. Also a European (via Wales) living in Munich who enjoys photography, technology and the mountains.
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- iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard as a Laptop – Tips and Gripes
- Battle of the chunky iPad laptops
- iPad app tip: Penbook
- Who needs the “kids” version?
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If you’re still considering buying an SUV in 2025, please read this first: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/11/ever-rising-height-car-bonnets-suv-threat-to-children-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Switched from a Vodafone contract (family and friends 50% off, don’t judge me) to a €10 Fraenk plan and finally I can use my phone on the stretch of the Sbahn around Laim (Munich people know the struggle is real). #munich #5g
https://fraenk.page.link/?link=https%3A%2F%2Ffraenk.de%2Fdeeplink%2Fmgm%3FfriendCode%3DADRT39&apn=de.congstar.fraenk&amv=1040000&imv=1.4&isi=1493980266&ibi=de.congstar.fraenk&ius=fraenk&ofl=https%3A%2F%2Ffraenk.de
This hasn’t aged well, has it?
https://nascompares.com/2025/04/16/synology-2025-nas-hard-drive-and-ssd-lock-in-confirmed-bye-bye-seagate-and-wd/https://mastodon.social/@Adrianthomas/114052653426016465
I really appreciate that Synology has a proper OS, supports other vendors and doesn't lock you in to their ecosystem. Super easy to add an offsite client-side encrypted backup with a provider of your choice.
Music recommendation: I missed this when it came out, but Fruit Bats have a fun full-album cover of Siamese Dream: https://fruit-bats.bandcamp.com/album/siamese-dream
Not as chunky as the original but some fun takes…
Amazing AI product information bot you’ve got there Amazon – what could go wrong.
Note that it suggested the question it incorrectly answered.
I like the idea of a 3D printer but given the efforts to move away from plastic everywhere it feels kind of weird to buy a plastic maker that lets you make doo-dads of questionable utility out of plastic? If you’re extending the lifespan of things I suppose it’s a net positive for the environment but has anyone done the science?
Paper is what Apple should have bought back in the day to give the iPad a killer app. Instead we’ve got Freeform and Notes – which are both decent but not compelling enough to make me need an iPad.
The attention to detail shown in this post was apparent in every part of the product:
https://bsky.app/profile/andy.works/post/3lbgbhko6ec22
The fact that Outlook is getting AI-powered themes before the ability to switch an in-progress draft message from “Reply" to "Reply all” (at least on the macOS desktop version) says a lot about the state of product management at Microsoft in 2024.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/7/24290273/microsoft-outlook-ai-themes-copilot
Apple News remains an utterly broken experience if you happen to be in a country it hasn’t launched in yet and are using an iPhone. Links regularly just don’t work and they don’t fall back to the original website either.