“I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book” - Groucho Marx At around 16 years old I started gaining an interest in Psychology, I even began an in-depth study of hypnosis, reading every book I could find on the subject; the internet wasn’t a thing back then. By the time I started University, other interests took precedence and psychology was left at the wayside.

The year was 2015… Justin Trudeau, at 44, took leadership in Canada Myanmar held its first free election in 25 years Gay marriage was legalised across the US Tesla announced the ‘Powerwall home battery’ Space X launched the first reusable rocket into orbit and recovered it Taylor Swift pulled her music from Spotify, whilst the Beatles added theirs….. Medium, just 3 years old, was a little known website allowing people to create their own blogs in a simple, yet elegant fashion.

Apple’s recent presentation of the new Macbook Pro has had rather negative feedback. I too was disappointed when the end arrived and all we’d seen was something related to Apple TV (not interested), the demise of the Macbook Air and a new line up of Pros. Like many others, I’ve been waiting for quite some time to upgrade my Mac. In fact, my mini is nearing 10 years old and no longer supported by Apple and Google Chrome (at least there’s Firefox)!

An English bank, once a highly respected establishment, one you could trust and entrust with personal data, common sense and good practices; sadly this is no longer the case. With the fast moving technological era that we’re now living in, it amazes me how the mighty have fallen. Whilst reporting of data breaches from large, international companies are all too common these days (Sony, Yahoo, Ashley Madison etc.), it’s hard to believe that simple bad practices are not only still implemented, but the reporting of such practices ignored.