Tech Oversimplified

Explaining technology in simple terms so you can understand why it matters.

What Happens When You Click on a Button?

#1 - What Happens When You Click on a Button?

November 27, 2020

Tech Oversimplified takes the most ubiquitous aspects of computers and the internet and explains how it all works. Why? Because knowledge of the technology we use everyday, and often take for granted, is power.

For this episode, Host Kevin Brown explains what happens when we simply click on a button or page. We stare at our screens and type away in search of some specific information. And in return, we usually get something pretty close to what we were looking for. Kevin describes the processes that request and transmit little chunks of information (data locations, text, images and styling) that come together as a page on our web browser.

Purple and blue blocks on a copper mesh

#0 - Intro Episode

September 17, 2020

Engineers consistently exclude non-technical people from understanding enough about technology to better utilise it. This is wrong! Engineers should be equipping non-technical people with enough of an understanding to make the right business decisions, without trying to drag them all the way down into the detail.

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About me

Hi, I'm Kevin. I've been building software for more than 15 years, helping startups and large enterprises alike bring their visions to reality.

When I'm not building bio-luminescent cars for Lexus, games that use actual Census data to simulate how your suburb would react to your decisions, augmented reality experiences for kids books, or crazy blockchain platforms, I'm helping people bring their software ideas to life.

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