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It's a well known phrase with software developers that "naming things is hard", but what about hardware products? What are the worst offenders and how should it be done?  This post was prompted by a couple of social media posts, taking a look at two culprits. The first was camera model names Whoever designed the Canon's camera naming schema deserves a good talking to. Impossible to know what's newer/better, and all the models have multiple names across the world, making searching for info really hard. — Ben Sauer (@bensauer) August 5, 2020 and this one humorously takes a peek at how monitors get their names View this post on Instagram How companies name their Monitors 😂 Via @system32comics Follow @techgang_ for more . . #programmerhumor #gamersofinstagram #gamersunite #gamerslife #programmerlife #codinglife #programming #programmingmemes #codingmemes #computerscience #programmingjokes #computerengineering #workfromhomelife #gamerlife #ga...

Many years ago I used to live with someone who commuted an hour longer than I did. This was way before smartphones, social media, or even cheap laptops. So I used to do the washing up as part of my evening ritual of winding down from work - luckily she was also as relaxed about leaving the washing up as I was. Thinking back to this time the main method of communicating online was via forums around interests. So Eurogamer, Get Your Boot On, and North Stand Chat for example. Here the conversations are around topics. The nature of content on the sites is discoverable and predictable. I could easily see new information that I was interested in. I could also easily show someone else something interesting later. Fast forward a decade with smartphones and pretty widespread internet connections I can get a notification ping up on my phone instantly alerting me that someone I know has posted something for the first time in a while. It will probably be a cup of coffee. Do I reall...