Pixels and Widgets

A blog by Tai Toh

Month: October 2016

  • Apple Touch Bar & Microsoft Surface Dial: Two separate solutions for the same problem

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    Yesterday, Microsoft announced their all-in-one Surface Studio PC featuring a very clever integrated zero-force monitor arm.  It reminded me of Wacom’s Cintiq line of visual graphic tablets. Now the Surface Studio  isn’t cheap ($2,999 USD for the base model), but I’m actually more intrigued by the new Surface Dial that they released as an add-on accessory…

  • pfSense OpenVPN, VLAN and DNS Resolver guide

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    This is a great tutorial on setting up AirVPN (can easily be applied to any VPN provider) on pfSense 2.3.x and VLANs.  I had always meant to update my guide for this.  I had written: NOTE: FWIW, I think you could accomplish this through VLANs [rather than static IP addresses] The author goes through the…

  • The behavioural psychology of engagement

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    Working in design and UX, my team and I are often challenged with making things more “engaging”.  In other words, how do you make the user come back for more? Ian Leslie writes in, “The Scientists who Makes Apps Addictive“: Fogg called for a new field, sitting at the intersection of computer science and psychology,…