Darren, Jesse and Stuart gather for the final WTF Tech show of 2016, and take aim at Fitbit’s acquisition of Pebble, rumours of IBM refactoring Connections using modern web frameworks and the upcoming Connect conference. The hosts then start a new recurring topic reminiscing about old tech, kicking off with first computers… (Recorded Thursday 15th December 2016)

Show notes:

* FitBit acquires Pebble, shuts down Pebble

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Darren’s steps:

* IBM to redevelop Connections (Pink)

* IBM Connect 2017 coming up soon…

* Old Tech Renaissance

* First Computers

* Darren: Sinclair ZX81 (1981)

* Stuart: Sinclair Spectrum (1982)

* Jesse: Apple Macintosh (1984)

*  Tips:

* Jesse: TaskPaper, plain-text task list software for macOS (Stuart also mentions Omnifocus)

* Darren: Ubiquiti’s latest Wifi access points, including Unifi AP-AC-LR (Stuart also mentions Amplifi)

* Stuart: Sonos. Still meeting folks that don’t get the power of the Sonos solution.  £20-£30 off most products in the range right now. Now play direct from Spotify. Also, Intercom… (Genius for getting teens out of bed!)

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