”Checking the time by pulling out your phones like it’s a new-age pocket watch.”
I kinda liked this visual - extracted from a really neat post by the people who know watches
”Checking the time by pulling out your phones like it’s a new-age pocket watch.”
I kinda liked this visual - extracted from a really neat post by the people who know watches
Would a hAPI make us happy?
Cal Newport riffing on Bezos isn’t concluding either way. From where I sit, it seems more theoretical than practical, but well worth a read.
For all you podcasters … and aspiring podcasters … out there …. … I am definitely in the latter category … this struck me as a good resource and nice to see Apple continuing with the ‘how to create’ themes …
A large collection of phone and watch reviews on Reddit.
… just in case you haven’t read enough yet. (Via The Loop)
Not going to weigh in on conversations I am seeing in various places re Apple’s iPhone pricing policies except that I wish that BMW would sell their 7 series for the same price as the ‘3’. I can buy a Porsche for around the price of a 3, why do BMW charge so much?
Three Years In A Row - That’s John Oliver my friends.
”I heard from a lot of DF readers earlier this year who said they use Chrome instead of Safari just for favicons in tabs — if you’re in that boat, I highly encourage you to give Safari a try. Your MacBook battery will thank you for it.”
John Gruber
Those samples must have been great. Or do you think I should have taken the books?
This particular ‘ToGo’ is Going - maybe the writing was on the wall as well as the door!
Brett Kavanaugh’s fellow alumni at Yale Law School call him ‘morally bankrupt’ in scathing open letter. … well that can’t be good - can it?
Marc Benioff Buys Time Magazine For $190 Million
… because if you are a tech founder and billionaire … don’t you need to buy your own venerable media institution? Really?
#The Constant Consumer
##Amazon’s mission is to make customer identity more primary than citizenship
And how do you make a GDPR-compliant blockchain anyway?
”People whose data is ‘controlled’ or ‘processed’ need to be able to object, and how do you process an objection to something that’s on an immutable ledger?”
Don Marti
About The Mueller Report
”As I keep saying (and as Mueller’s boss Rod Rosenstein has said in testimony), there won’t be a report, there will be indictments.”
Taegan Goddard
Japanese Prime Minister Wishes to Change Constitution to Create Military Forces
Because MAGA has clearly demonstrated that it is every country for itself.
Yes she does .. she’s just not saying. What WE don’t know is which way she will go. I am guessing that if it isn’t the ‘right’ way, she will find herself in deep doodoo.
Occupy Silicon Valley - A Billion People
Massively appropriate for our community.
Anyone use Better and if so … why?
For You fellow Blotters ….
@herself @jack @fiona @amit @vasta
if there are other Blotters out there …. let me know and I will add you here
Virginia Winery Loses Nearly Entire Grape Harvest in Overnight Heist
2 1/2 tons harvested and taken over night. Taken as in stolen. It’s a loss, but massively efficient, it takes wineries much longer in broad daylight to harvest .. someone needs to recruit this crew.
Four features iCloud Drive desperately needs.
If iCloud had a robust solution to those 4 features … I would be fully in.
… But not because of the headline … because of this:
“China is lashing out at Apple after the tech giant failed to use Beijing’s preferred name for Taiwan during the company’s annual iPhone event on Wednesday.”
As Trump WH Disputes Book’s Claims, Woodward Says He Will Release the Tapes If Sources Agree
“Seems to me anyone complaining about the book has a remedy: Ask Woodward publicly to release the tapes.”
True Dat