Both Om and @gruber writing positively about Glass … great respectable publicity.
As words are to Micro Blog… so images are to Glass.
It also reminds me how easily is forgotten the importance of good marketing. A lesson that is too often forgotten - or an afterthought at best.
July was the hottest month ever recorded, NOAA says … Apple News link …
Clearly this was measured in the Northern Hemisphere. By all accounts New Zealand temperatures are way down on normal and the rain is worse than an English Summer!
Not important enough: 1Password abandons its native Mac app.
“The root problem is this: 1Password, originally a Mac-forward software developer, has simply decided that the Mac isn’t important enough.”
Yet another move that has happened post their latest ‘enterprise’ investment.
I am not tech enough to be for or against Electron … but as someone who uses Slack, Discord and on occasions Skype (apparently all Electron apps) - they are not good apps.
I will watch - but with where Keychain is these days - I might just reverse out altogether.
How Media Consumption Evolved Throughout COVID-19
Another example of why I hate generational categories.
It would also be useful to flip so that I can see media category - and then who is ‘consuming it’ - allow me to self manage my generational fit!
This Summer, Beer Goes Soft-Serve
Wrong - at so many levels!
… now this looks like a place I want to visit next time I’m in town.
Question for ‘those that know’.
If I create a doc in pages … I can export to ePub .. but in Keynote there is no such option.
Is there a technical reason or is it just an oversight?
And is there a way that could work?
“It sucks that our kids need to wear masks. It’s also mostly the fault of those fighting to prevent them from being required to.”
💬 Dave Pell
If you are interested in Obsidian but are finding the learning curve particularly steep ( I am ) .. you might find Federico Viticci’s article useful.
My Obsidian Setup, Part 1: Sync, Core Plugins, Workspaces, and Other Settings.
Analog Pens, Apple’s Pencil & Talking Machines: writing & its future
“Why writing’s future is complicated.”
💬 Om
Apparently, it’s not just the future.
“Open platforms are more favorable. If you want to perform a new style of music in Central Park, you can. If you want to do it in Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center, you need to get the approval of a lot of rich people.”
💬 Dave Winer
Daring Fireball: Tokyo 2020 Olympics Medal Count
“It pleases me greatly that the U.S. finished with the most gold medals and the most total medals. That’s how it ought to be.”
‘ought’ ?
Why?
Cuomo / Trump … the false equivalencies continue. America must be so proud.
“I go to the pantomime only at Christmas.”
💬 W.S. Gilbert
… on being asked if he had seen Sir Henry Irving in Faust.
“It sucks that our kids need to wear masks. It’s also mostly the fault of those fighting to prevent them from being required to.”
Dave Pell
The End Of Ownership: How Big Companies Are Trying To Turn Everyone Into Renters
Not called out specifically … but you can add ‘homes’ to the list.
Another nail in the coffin of The ‘American Dream’.
A ‘Firstism’
Sell your VALUE … skills, degrees, time, knowledge, certifications - all of them are useless if you don’t improve the customers life - and you do that my giving them more time OR improving the quality of the time they have.
The creator economy is in crisis. Now let’s fix it.
A great read that highlights the challenges of the much touted creator economy.
And now we have Taio … yet another cross platform text editor.