Retailers blocking Apple Pay. This will not end well.

From The Verge [http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/25/7069863/retailers-are-disabling-nfc-readers-to-shut-out-apple-pay] and Macrumours [http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/25/cvs-disabling-nfc-apple-pay/]: > In fact, a significant number of merchants, including heavyweights like

Standing all day

This article [http://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/a-veteran-teacher-turned-coach-shadows-2-students-for-2-days-a-sobering-lesson-learned/] (and sadly I don't remember how I got to it) really struck a chord with me today. > As part of

Dave Winer: The lost art of software testing

Absolutely worth a read [http://scripting.com/2014/09/21/theLostArtOfSoftwareTesting.html]: > I remember when I first encountered a software tester. I had just signed up with a publisher, and they employed

Apple Pay: It's not one thing

TL;DR: Apple announced a payment thing called Apple Pay [http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/apple-pay/]. I've seen a few knowledgeable people talking about it recently, and apparantly either getting it

Three (hopefully) interesting things

"Interesting" is, of course, relative. Like a lot of people, I've moved to a standing desk. After 3 weeks, it's going well. I had the usual sore