So you want to be in Mastodon …?

In case you’re not aware of, Twitter is experiencing some deep changes, depending on the eye of the beholder, these changes are great or catastrophic. Personally, I use twitter a lot! When configured properly (i.e., proper filtering) it’s a great source of information. Nevertheless, the changes are pushing many users to search for alternative/similar platforms…

How to know the WiFi Link Speed in MacOS?

Without further ado: Press the Option key while clicking on the WiFi icon on the top bar. There, this will give you the link speed in WiFi. Rational In the old days the venerable NetWork Utility used to give the user that answer straightforward. However, starting from BigSur (Nov 2020), the practical utility has been…

Immediate challenges to make the Metaverse a reality

It has been a long time since I write (been very busy), so much has changed, so much has stayed the same. Case in point XR, ie, the Metaverse. Why are we here in the 1st place? In short: PR. Let’s elaborate. For many of us in the tech world, the advent of AR/VR (XR)…

To centralize contact tracing, or not to centralized contact tracing, that is the question

As you may have heard lately, contact tracing is one of the latest topics in vogue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m not going to explain contact tracing, it’s superbly explained here. That said, here’s the gist of it. Contact tracing, a quicky In the health world, the way to track and shut down an…

¿Como funciona el rastreo de contactos propuesto por Google y Apple?

Tienen un cafe o su bebida preferida a mano? No? Pues busquenla, porque esto es largo 🙂 Estamos encuarentenaos gracias a la pandemia causada por COVID-19, dos oponentes del mundo informático (Google y Apple) acaban de unir fuerzas para ayudar a combatir la pandemia. Actualmente existen bosquejos de la tecnología y tratare de explicar como…