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Joshua Robinson

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iPhone’s ‘Assistive Access’ as a Dumb Phone

I’ve been thinking about the idea of a ‘dumb phone’ recently. This is the idea that phones, since they became so smart, are actually hindering our daily lives and possibly even more than they help. Of course, there’s a lot to love about smart phones – maps, browsing, video calling, calendars, music, etc. But there […]

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Reviews

Doctor Who’s Musical Episode

This month, Doctor Who triumphantly returned to our small screens, now on Disney+ and a new writing team. I’m a huge fan of the show, and I love how whacky and zany it can be. If you haven’t watched before, it’s a time travel show where the main character, called just “The Doctor” and their […]

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Music Communication

Music tuning is not all equal

I just wrapped another year working at the Canberra International Music Festival. It’s a 5 day art music festival in May, and I’ve been working there since 2017 – a long, long time. It’s always great to be exposed to so much music in such a small timeframe. A highlight this year was all six […]

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Make Something Wonderful

We all know about Steve Jobs, legendary CEO of Apple who oversaw the earliest personal computers, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad. His life has been written about and adapted numerous times – several films, many biographies, and lots and lots of internet articles. But, Steve never wrote an autobiography, so we never got […]

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