Category Archives: telecommunications

House Hunting in Auckland with the Barfoot and Thompson Real Estate App

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

It’s been 5 years since I last looked at the Barfoot & Thompson Real Estate App. I did a brief review of it back in 2013. That version was a finalist in the Designers Institute Best Designers Award and they … Continue reading →

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Working From Home AND 7 tips to make it work.

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

This morning I read a great article by Stuart Crawford of Inkbot Design called 12 Tips for Increasing Productivity When Working from Home. It got me thinking about lessons I had learned from my own experience and thought I’d share some … Continue reading →

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Where’s My Phone? How to make sure you can find it when it is misplaced or stolen.

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

People misplace their mobiles often. I challenge you to say that you have never ever spent time trying to remember where you left it. The industry does really well out of mobiles that have been lost on public transport, airports, … Continue reading →

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Trucks to be able to Share Black Ice Information with Aftermarket Solution

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

There have been some great stories of V2V communications but they have typically been proprietary. Volvo for example are developing some wonderful systems whereby a truck can share information about a crash or other conditions, with other Volvo trucks, or … Continue reading →

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Telecommuting produces gains in productivity

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

A month or so ago on a Friday, the starter motor on my car decided to stop working. I ended up having to have a tow truck pick it up and take it to the garage where they had to … Continue reading →

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Life List #6/150 Write a Sequel to Unleashing the Roadwarrior

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

It’s been 15 years since I wrote and published Unleashing the Road Warrior and it’s interesting both how much has changed and how little has changed. I was planning on writing a book about traffic congestion on our roads and … Continue reading →

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USDOT reports to US Congress on DSRC for connected vehicles

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

The US Department of Transportation has released its report to the United States Congress assessing the status of dedicated short-range communications for connected vehicle technologies. The findings are that they are ready for deployment. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.gizmag.com And … Continue reading →

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Telemedicine, mobile health care apps like Pager bring medical care to you

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

When you’re sick, getting out of bed for a doctor’s visit can seem near impossible, but now there are apps for that Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.cbsnews.com This evolution is not going in exactly the way I expected, certainly not … Continue reading →

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Aussie telcos to sell user location data to marketers – Register

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Luigi Cappel

Aussie telcos to sell user location data to marketers Register The telcos, unnamed due to non-disclosure agreements, were seeking a project similar or based on Singapore’s SingTel which tracked the location of users via cell signal strength and… Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk … Continue reading →

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