Different methods to finds answers to different questions.

For me, one of the biggest misconceptions about science is that its out there trying to prove religion wrong. Even worse is when someone say that its a religion itself.

In reality, science is a method we have to understand the why, and how, the world around us work. Its true that doing so, it has forced us to redefine the role that religion plays in our lives. Some religious tenets have been proven false as our understanding of how the universe works, but that doesn't make the whole religion false.

Yet, that doesn't make science the enemy of religion perse. Science doesn't have the answer to everything, or we want to use it for everything.

In some cases, we can find that religion is where we can find things that we can't find in science. A place where we can find some peace of mind, or deep connections to other people in ways that science doesn't afford us to make.

Science isn't out there trying to prove religion, or spirituality at large, wrong. It's trying to find out how the universe works, and how all this is related to each other. Science helps us to get an insights on what we can expect to happen on the physical universe.

Spirituality, which some people manage with religion, is what we need when we try to find the answers, and connections, that science can't give us. For me, spirituality is more of a personal path to find the meaning of my life. And that can't be extrapolated to other people's experiences.

At the end, it's not science versus religion. They are methods to find quite different answers.

Smartphones, refining how we communicate with others and interact with the world.

I remember when cell phones where startinting to become popular, feature phones were the norm, with smartphones on the other hand being rare; relegated to business executives, government officials, or geeks with Blackberry being king. Now, smartphones are what most people have, with the market being ruled by iPhone and Android devices; with feature phones being few, and far between, so much so that its odd seeing them.

The transition took several years, so much so that the current state of affairs seems to be how things are supposed to be. While many of the predictions made didn't come to pass, or at least not as they were thought to unfold, it seems that smartphones will continue to be a part of our daily lives, even shaping how we live our lives and interact with people, but with business and governments.

My first smartphones was a Nokia E63, which I selected because I was already a big Nokia fan. Before that, my favorite Nokia device was the Nokia 6170. Now I'm using a Mobo MB520(link in Spanish), running Android 6.0, which I'm really digging.

Smartphones have really change how people communicate, and what our expectations on how to interact with the world around us should be. They have allowed us to share in ways that were hard to even imagine a decade ago; not only with people in our area, but with people around the world in real time.

They have enable us not only to consume content, but to create it. At the same time, it gives the chance to have a bigger say on the content we consume, and how we interact with it. They even give us the chance to decide when and how we do.

In many ways, smartphones have become a tool that allows us to share information that makes it easier to organize or change our communities in ways that weren't available to us before. Now information can be accessed in many ways, and can't be controlled all that easy by a central power.

While smartphones have had a big impact on society, their use is still evolving. It still be some time to say exactly how deep their impact will end up being, but it's safe that it won't be what most people imagine will be.

Technology helps to redefine what means to be human.

For many, technology seems the perfect scapegoat to explain their lack of empathy or why society doesn't seem to fit their expectations. They say that technology dehumanize.

I say that technology changes what it means to be human, since it changes how we interact with each other. Not only that, technology changes also changes they way we interact with our surroundings. It has changed how, and when, we engage with other people and our environment.

What we have to keep in mind, is that each individual is the one who choose if he or she will use technology to connect with others, or to isolate himself from such contact. At the end, technology is only a tool and each decides what use is to be given to it.

At the end of the day, technology does our biding. We have to make a choice on how to use it. Technology will change how we do things, and things will not remain the same as time goes by. We might feel nostalgic for what was, but we need to keep adapting to the times.

As things change, we ourselves have to adapt to the new circumstances and make the best out of them. What it means to be human changes with time, and the technologies used at any given time are only one of the parameters used to define what it means to be human. What it means to be human is not set in stone, its definition is fluid with just a few central aspects that remain constant at the core.

Looking Forward to Thunderbird 58.

My favorite email client has been Thunderbird for quite some time, since it really works well for the uses I've and it allows me to check all my email in one place.

The one thing that I've been wanting for Thunderbird ever since the Photon UI was Firefox 57, aka Quantum, was that Thunderbird to make use of it too. For me, the new interface is far better than the one had been used until now. Though I must admit that I've always liked better Firefox's user interface far better than the one used by Google's Chrome.

As such, the news that with the release of Thunderbird 58 it also is going to be using the Photon UI are much welcomed by me. It does make this release one I'm looking forward to.

 

The new use interface makes it look more modern, and clean than it did before. As such, it makes it a welcome change.

Ubuntu and Cinnamon are a match made in heaven for me.

My favorite Linux distro has been Ubuntu, with Linux Mint a close second. For a while, my favorite desktop was Ubuntu's Unity, which has been sadly discontinued in favor of GNOME.

Ever since I heard that Unity was being replaced for GNOME around February, I jumped to Linux Mint. Linux Mint desktop, Cinnamon was my second favorite for quite some time. Yet, when I came back to using with its 3.2 version it quickly became my favorite desktop.

I come to love how you can customize almost every aspect of it, and it integrates rather nicely with all my favorite apps. I've found it to be even faster and more responsive than Unity was for me. And to be honest, Cinnamon feels like a modern desktop should work and aesthetically it simply looks better for me with a few relative tweaks.

Personally, I just change some of the typography and use Numix icons.

When Ubuntu released the 17.10 Artful Aardvark, I decided to give GNOME 3 a try. Though the experience was not all that bad, I simply missed how Cinnamon works for me.

This putted me at a crossroad, since I wanted to stay with Ubuntu, but I wanted to use Cinnamon as my desktop. And here comes one of the best things about Linux, I'm able to do so since I can install and use Cinnamon on Ubuntu. Now more than ever, Ubuntu feels like home for me.

Now, the only thing lacking for me is to have an official flavor of Ubuntu running Cinnamon out of the box.

Firefox Quantum, a great leap forward for Firefox.

Firefox has always been my favorite browser, with Chrome a close second, ever since it was released. I've found that Firefox is the better fit for both my needs and my tastes, its the browser where I feel more comfortable at.

Now, with the release of Firefox Quantum (aka 57) it has cemented its position. Not only I've found it actually a big step forward in terms of performance, I found that the user interface looks a lot better.

While the performance enhancements are really nice, and welcome, the new user interface is what I enjoy the most. One of my favorite tweaks is now I can get rid of the search box altogether, since I stopped using much once I was able to use the navigation box for internet addresses input and for search.

There is also the fact that now there are more options to personalization options to make Firefox look even more like you want it too.

With this release, Firefox has become a truly modern browser and a worthy contender.

Nokia Has Come Back With Some Great Offerings.

When I read the news last year that Nokia was coming back, I felt really happy since Nokia was my favorite mobile phone brand. What made things better, was that it was making a come back using Android, which is my favorite mobile OS, made it all that better.

To be honest, the Nokia/Android combination is one I wanted to see a long time ago. Nokia had been one of the top smartphone manufacturer, and Android seem to be the best choice to keep on top of their game. But, it didn't happen that way and we know how that went. For me it was a sad thing to see Microsoft Mobile being abandoned.

So, when it was announced that Nokia was to make a comeback I felt quite hopeful. Specially since it was making a comeback using Android, I felt that it has a fighting chance depending on the quality of the devices they released.

Then, last weekend I had the chance to get some hands on experience with Nokia 3 device. I didn't want to get my hopes all that high, yet the device managed to leave a great impression on my. It' solid, and in black it looks really good.

The price point in Mexico is of $3,499.00 MXN(about $186.15 US), which is about mid range. And its the sweat spot for me.