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We went to Schloss Nymphenburg to watch the annual “Heilige Drei Könige” procession. We left just after sundown and I caught this shot of the palace illuminated from the back. The shot is a bit blurry, but I still really…
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Capturing fireworks can be tricky – it's dark, everyone's excited and had a few glasses of bubbly… challenging! On most other cameras, I’ve usually used manual mode with a smallish aperture (f5.6 - f8), and long shutter…
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I got the OM-D E-M5 six years ago as a birthday present from my wonderful wife. It’s been a fantastic camera and I love some of the shots I’ve taken with it: When the successor, the E-M5 mkii came out, there wasn’t reall…
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It was a dreary, rainy Sunday afternoon here in Munich – perfect time to go for a stroll around Nymphenburg Palace gardens and compare cameras! I was seriously impressed by the quality of the iPhone X camera, so I though…
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I’ve written about setting up TP-Link smart plugs to work with Homekit via Homebridge, so I thought I’d post an update on what I’m using at home now. We’re currently building our first house and trying to figure out whic…
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These two very similar lenses are hugely popular primes for Micro Four-Third owners. I’ve had the 25mm for a few years now, but occasionally found myself wanting something a bit wider. When I spotted a deal on a second h…
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This August, I had the opportunity to present at Litmus Live in London. All of us on the Mail Designer Team at TOWER ONE make heavy use of Litmus to verify our new design features work across all email clients, so it was…
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As a Brit who has lived in Germany for 26 years, it's fair to say I have a fairly selfish reasons to want Britain to stay in the EU. Once you've seen the benefits of the EU up close, it's impossible to see leaving Europe…
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This year I had the opportunity to give a talk at ioscon 2017 on how equinux builds apps for all three of Apple's major platforms. Shipping a product on multiple platforms adds additional overhead and effort, both of whi…
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I got some of these TP-Link wifi smart plugs on Amazon (US version / EU version), primarily to try out their Amazon Alexa integration. They work well enough and thanks to their terrible security, I was also able to rig u…
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There has been a lot of Apple Watch complaining recently, and mostly for good reason: Apps are unusably slow and some of the things it does well like Notifications and Complications feel underutilized. But I think there'…
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Amazon's Alexa Voice Service is shaping up to become a home appliance platform juggernaut.
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I've already written about how much I'm enjoying the iPad Pro + Pencil for product sketches and collecting ideas, so I thought I'd try diving in all the way with the Smart Keyboard. (It also helped that Apple's smart cas…
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AirPlay for music works really well, but is hampered by a frustrating lack of compatible accessories. In particular, I'm loathe to invest in speakers that have AirPlay built-in, in case I ever decide to switch to Spotify…
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My workflow for years has been completely digital: I take notes on my Mac or iPhone using a simple text editor and draw quick mockups in Sketch on the Mac. But meetings or brainstorming sessions have always been difficul…
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Last night I gave a Lightning talk covering a few thoughts on Product Strategy Mistakes (and how to avoid them!). I covered some examples of how to make sure you're on the right track, as well as some useful tools for bu…
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Some thoughts and pics from a recent trip to Instanbul.
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I recently bought a Bose Solo 5 to use with our Samsung TV. I know I know, don't buy Bose — but I wanted something to fit the following criteria: Fit on our IKEA bookshelf, which rules out most wider soundbars. Have an I…
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The Micro Four-Thirds system has always offered a pretty decent range of sharp, fast prime lenses, and now there's a new option from Panasonic. Olympus introduced their 25mm f1.8 lens two years ago and now Panasonic is f…
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Song Exploder is a favourite podcast of mine that explores the production process of a song or piece of soundtrack music. [](http://songexploder.net/) It's fascinating to hear how parts of a song were developed, which id…
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