Posts from Rant

Too Many Apps Spoil The Broth

Look at the picture below of my iPhone home screen and tell me what’s wrong with it: Yes, you guessed it: every man, women, child, dog,…

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Expat or Immigrant?

When thinking about the identity of those living outside their native countries it soon becomes pretty clear that there’s a big gap between how we perceive ’immigrants’ and…

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A Disturbance in The Force at Apple

Having watched Apple closely over the past few years and thoroughly enjoyed using many of their products that enable much of what I do every day,…

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Wasteful Watsons Water

Bottled water has never been an environmentally friendly way of consuming our most precious necessity but it’s convenience has people buying it in enormous quantities every…

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The (Not So) Secret Truth About Outsourcing

Over the past seven years I have worked on a variety of outsourced software projects with people from the US, Europe, India & China which has…

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Bangkok Day 2: Grand Palace & Wat Arun

If you’re looking for a quiet, relaxing holiday then Bangkok probably wouldn’t be your first choice. What with year-round heat and frenetic streets which require your…

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Expat Subculture (and why I dislike it)

If you’ve lived abroad long enough you’ve undoubtedly encountered other foreigners who are also there either by choice (like myself) or because they’ve been sent there…

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The Art of Living Comfortably

When I moved to China from London I took a large pay cut and left the majority of my worldly possessions behind me. It was of…

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My Love-Hate Relationship With China

I wrote this sitting on the beautiful island of Jeju in South Korea where, with the rare occurrence of time to spare, came time to reflect on my current…

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I Want My Life Back

If you don’t know what this means then you probably don’t have the problem (via). The biggest time suck in my digital life right now is…

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