Tag: software

  • Software & time-saving

    Software & time-saving

    Software is typically sold on the promise of increased convenience or productivity, or both. If we were to believe all the clichéd marketing lingo about time-saving, our lives would now consist largely of uninterrupted leisure time.  In a recent post, Brett Scott argues persuasively that, far from making our lives easier, technology is making them…

  • Screen going black with AutoCAD (LT)

    Screen going black with AutoCAD (LT)

    I am not sure what is the problem — I’ve upgraded Shan’s 27″ 2k monitor to a 32″ 4k monitor and AutoCAD LT recently updated from 2021 to 2022. Shan‘s been using a 2017 i5 NUC (NUC7i5BNB) with 32Gb RAM using the onboard GPU. Something that should be plenty for a bit of Windows, Chrome,…