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  • AI and the average Joe

    They said AI would conquer the market.
 AI would “free the hands” of employers and achieve such automation that workers would no longer be needed, resulting in unbelievable profit margins.
 That’s what they were saying when OpenAI released the first global version of ChatGPT three years ago.The dream for all this still exists — and…

  • The Future of Mobile Applications: PWAs

    Today, I received an email from Google stating: “2 of your apps are affected by Google Play’s target API level requirements. We’ve detected that 2 of your apps are targeting an old version of Android.” Yes, I have created some mobile apps, and this email means that if your app was built for an older…

  • Stop paying for subscriptions

    Do you remember the time when the internet was a free place? Information was there, and you just needed to use AltaVista or Yahoo to find it. There was Limewire, DC++ or Napster. There were free MP3s floating around the internet. There was MySpace! The programmes that we were using on the PC were “free”…

  • DIY Weekend: resurrecting a dead JBL Go Bluetooth speaker

    I had this JBL Go speaker laying around and haven’t touched it since I don’t know when. I generally like JBL as the sound quality is amazing and the price is way lower than some super high end brands (like BOSE). The only problem with this Bluetooth speaker, and generally with the Bluetooth speakers is…

  • Digitalisation of the construction industry

    We are living in the digital age. Everything nowadays is an app and the phones we have in our pockets are multiple times faster than the processor used to get the man to the moon. And yet, thousands of small/medium businesses haven’t jumped on the digital boat. Especially in the construction sector, pen and paper…

  • Things are changing. Constantly

    It has been 40 years since the first major breakthrough in construction software. It was 1982 and AutoCAD was first released. 1982 marks the beginning of construction innovation and automation. In the last 40 years lots of things changed. AutoCAD was only the beginning. Since then, we have seen the rise of the BIM software,…

  • You have been scammed

    You receive an email. It is from someone that you have exchanged some emails with, someone you know or someone that someone you know knows. It is an offer for a new project to check and price. You think “nice”! You press on the link, you go to a page that says “Microsoft OneDrive” or…

  • Mobile apps that you should be using

    There are several apps on my mobile phone that I use. But on the below list there are 10 apps that I cannot thing that I could use a smartphone without them. Firefox When it comes to browser, I do not use Safari or Chrome. I prefer something that I quite more private (Chrome is…