Broadband or Airband

  In this day and age there is so much talk about the Internet of Things and how much can be done to use it to increase our social , educational and other welfare.  Nowadays our statutory requirements such as paying property tax and making annual returns are also done online.  But for some people…

A Scary Story

    Halloween is a time when people indulge their fear of spirits and ghouls. When children do their damndest to frighten the life out of people , both young and old, calling to doors demanding treats with the threat of tricks if the treat is not delivered.  Well, here is a scary computer story. It…

I’ll just Login to the Shop and get That

When something is to be taxed and the taxman writes an 89 page booklet on it, then it is possible to say that it has become mainstream. Ecommerce has reached that elevated status and according to the mentioned booklet, electronic commerce (e-commerce) is rapidly transforming the way business is conducted throughout the world.  So what…

Consumers and designers

If you saw a child carrying around a hammer or even an adult carrying around a hammer and hitting things with it, one would be unlikely to say the person was a master carpenter or that the child would grow up to be master carpenter.  It would not be acceptable to say that a person…

HIP HIP Hooray

One of the primary aims of speaking with another person is to communicate. There are many signals and tones that we use to identify a safe person to talk to. We hope that when we speak with someone that we will be understood.  It is highly unlikely that we would have a prolonged conversation with…