Thursday, January 22, 2009

On investing in equipment


Brown and golden, originally uploaded by jiihaa.


Fresh snow on trees, originally uploaded by jiihaa.


Bird-watching tower, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

We are getting another 5-10 cm of snow today, so now we have a real winter landscape. After work I made a short visit to the Elfvik park at the Laajalahti bay. Here are a few photos from the visit. It was snowing and close to sunset, and thus there was little available light.

Today appeared my column in the printed MikroPC magazine, discussing investments in information technology (in Finnish, "Tietotekniikka on parasta käytettynä"). I used cameras as examples (Panasonic LX3, full frame DSLRs, Panasonic G1 etc.), pondering the reasons and requirements for getting a new camera.

It was interesting to see Paul Butzi discuss a related subject in the posting The trailing edge. My column was about investing wisely. Paul discusses the benefit of using the previous generation of technology: tested, reliable, affordable. The current technology is good enough, and thus there is no reason for an endless cycle of upgrades to the newest technology.

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