Cognitive Dissonance
Do these guys even talk to each other?
Part of a Hugh Hewitt interview with VP nominee Mike Pence, quoted on Vox. High Hewitt asks Pence about Obama calling Trump a demagogue: HUGH
🗓️ July 29, 2016
🏷️ Opinion🏷️ Politics🏷️ Twitter
Simple Does Not Equal Mushy
Do you remember the three-dimensional, shelf-like Dock that lived at the bottom of every Mac screen from Mac OS X Leopard in 2007 all the way
🗓️ July 26, 2016
🔗 Nicholas Windsor Howard
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Design🏷️ Linked List
The Master Plan, Part 2
Elon Musk lays out his vision. Again.
Elon Musk, on the Tesla Blog: I should add a note here to explain why Tesla is deploying partial autonomy now, rather than waiting until some point
🗓️ July 20, 2016
🔗 Tesla Motors Blog
🏷️ Tesla🏷️ Car🏷️ Linked List
iMac SSD Upgrade
Breathing new life into an old machine
I have this 2012 iMac. It’s been on every day and night since I bought it. That’s around 1400 days of pretty much non-stop service save a restart
🗓️ July 12, 2016
🏷️ Mac
They Both Failed
When water resistant, isn't.
Two phones, two failures. Not good.
🗓️ July 8, 2016
🔗 Chicago Tribune
🏷️ Samsung🏷️ Linked List
Updating my iMac's drive to an SSD
Updating my iMac’s drive to an SSD. Gonna be a long night, but @owcdigital’s kit should help. Let the surgery commence
🗓️ July 7, 2016
🔗 Instagram
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Micro
Put Dvorak in a Home
Get off of my lawn!
In a rambling Dvorak-esque anti-logic diatribe on pcmag.com, resident crazy-pants get-off-my-lawn commentator John C. Dvorak thinks that Apple
🗓️ June 23, 2016
🔗 PCMag
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Linked List
WWDC Post Roundup
My thoughts and rants on WWDC 2016
I wrote a lot more than I usually do this week in the lead-up to WWDC. Here are all the posts all on one page. I didn’t even have time to write
🗓️ June 13, 2016
🏷️ Apple🏷️ iPad🏷️ iPhone
WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 6
Today's Ramblings: Siri
Apple was the first compnay to put voice control in a phone with the iPhone 3GS. Siri took over for Voice Control with the iPhone 4S, and was a vast
🗓️ June 12, 2016
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Siri🏷️ WWDC
WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 5
The not-iPhones
New software for the last few WWDCs have focused heavily on the iPhone. This makes sense, because the iPhone is such a huge part of Apple’s
🗓️ June 11, 2016
📷 Seriously, Apple? You can do better.
🏷️ Apple Watch🏷️ iPad🏷️ iPhone🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Apple
WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 4
Today's Ramblings: Home
Whatever happened to HomeKit? When HomeKit was announced in 2014, it showed a lot of promise. Having one way to interface with all the fiddly bits
🗓️ June 10, 2016
🏷️ Apple🏷️ HomeKit🏷️ Automation🏷️ Siri🏷️ Echo🏷️ WWDC
WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 3
Today's Ramblings: Keyboards
Ever since third-party keyboards arrived with iOS8, things have pretty much been a mess. Here are some quick thoughts and wants, from my
🗓️ June 9, 2016
🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Apple🏷️ iPad🏷️ iPhone
WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 2
Today's Ramblings: Messages
Messages (the concept) are very important. Messages (the app) needs to live up to that. I use a lot of messaging services for different things.
🗓️ June 8, 2016
🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Apple🏷️ Messages
WWDC Week of Wants, Vol 1
Today's Ramblings: Photos
I use Apple’s Photos and iCloud for my main photo library, but I have Dropbox’s auto-upload turned on as a poor-man’s backup, and I’m a big fan of
🗓️ June 7, 2016
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Google🏷️ Photos🏷️ WWDC
Vote by Mail
I actually voted by mail last week here in California, but Im wearing my sticker today. Despite the fact that the media called the race before tens
🗓️ June 7, 2016
🔗 Instagram
🏷️ Politics🏷️ Micro
I Just Tronc'd My Pants
Despite the terrible name and Nickelodeon font, this is a big change. The old-media outlet is embracing AI and will start trading public shares on
🗓️ June 3, 2016
🔗 Tribune Press Release
📷 MarketWatch
🏷️ Media
The Internet Decapitalized
Finally. We will lowercase internet effective June 1, when the 2016 Stylebook launches. #ACES2016 pic.twitter.com/vv53323GL6 — AP Stylebook
🗓️ June 1, 2016
🔗 Twitter
🏷️ Internet🏷️ Micro
Google Photos Hits One Year
Google photos has been around for a year. I use it and love it. Besides the obvious benefit of an additional free (lower resolution but still
🗓️ May 31, 2016
🔗 Google Blog
🏷️ Google🏷️ Photos🏷️ Video
Brandless
Fascinating that, much like the iPhone or iPad, there is no logo on the front, only a slightly-glossier-than-the-wall logo on the side. New Apple
🗓️ May 26, 2016
🔗 Twitter
🏷️ Twitter🏷️ Apple🏷️ Linked List
Voting By Mail Is Awesome
I just got my vote-by-mail ballot for the primaries here in Los Angeles County. Why doesn’t everyone do this? The state of Washington has eliminated
🗓️ May 25, 2016
📷 LA Times
🏷️ Politics
My Social Apps - 2016 Edition
I’ve been converting my Squarespace blog over to Jekyll. It’s been fun learning new things (including basic Javascript and Ruby), and seeing old
🗓️ May 2, 2016
🏷️ iPhone🏷️ Apps🏷️ Social
We are _so_ California right now.
We are so California right now. Convertible, dog, tank top, and In-N-Out
🗓️ May 1, 2016
🔗 Instagram
🏷️ Dogs🏷️ Micro
New Apple Music Video
Tap-Tap-Taylor
Two things about this commercial: Seeing Taylor Swift “fall” on the treadmill is unexpected and damn funny. Also unexpected is Apple shows what a
🗓️ April 27, 2016
🔗 YouTube
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Music🏷️ Video
Prince
Purple Rain
I’m not big on posting about dead celebrities. Art affects people deeply, whether it’s music, acting, painting, or whatever the shit the Kardashians
🗓️ April 25, 2016
🔗 YouTube
🏷️ Music🏷️ Video
Prepping healthy meals for the week
Outside, like man! Now, where’s my Gimlet
🗓️ April 18, 2016
🔗 Instagram
🏷️ Health🏷️ Micro
Siri Spills It
According to the guys over at 9to5Mac, and confirmed by yours truly (and a bajillion other internet geeks), Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference
🗓️ April 18, 2016
🔗 9to5Mac
🏷️ Apple🏷️ WWDC🏷️ Siri🏷️ Linked List
Microsoft Sues Over Gag Orders
Redmond thinks the ECPA goes too far
Microsoft, in a complaint to the Justice Department, says that governments shouldn’t be able to keep cloud providers behind a gag order when they
🗓️ April 14, 2016
🔗 Consumerist
🏷️ Privacy🏷️ Microsoft🏷️ Cloud🏷️ Linked List
Procedural Failure
Over at MacStories, Graham Spencer wraps up a piece saying: It is too soon to say, but Apple’s actions today may well be the latest example of
🗓️ April 12, 2016
🔗 MacStories
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Linked List
On TextExpander Pricing UPDATED
'When a company changes pricing models...'
This post has been UPDATED First, let me say I LOVE TextExpander. I’ve been using it for years, every day. On my 8 month old laptop, I’ve expanded
🗓️ April 7, 2016
🏷️ TextExpander🏷️ Subscriptions
Apple Turns 40
Steve Jobs: It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy. The Susan Kare-designed Apple pirate flag is flying high today, on Apple’s 40th
🗓️ April 1, 2016
🔗 YouTube
🏷️ Apple
On the IFTTT Kerfuffle
When free, isn't.
There has been a lot of brouhaha lately about IFTTT changing the way apps integrate with it’s service. Pinboard wrote a blog post listing the
🗓️ March 31, 2016
🏷️ IFTTT🏷️ Pinboard
Draft Notes with Apple Watch
Add notes without typing!
Drafts is an app I use every day. On iOS, it’s where text starts for me. /899 Lately, I’ve been trying out the Apple Watch app. I added the Drafts
🗓️ March 30, 2016
🏷️ Apple Watch🏷️ Drafts🏷️ iOS
Fight Another Day
The DOJ has vacated their order for Apple to unlock the San Bernardino iPhone. They were always on shaky legal ground, and were flat out lying about
🗓️ March 28, 2016
🔗 TechCrunch
🏷️ Apple🏷️ DOJ🏷️ Linked List
Both Sides of Their Mouth
Do they think we don't notice this stuff?
So let me get this straight… The FBI is in court right now telling the Department of Justice how it may sometimes need access to information, and
🗓️ March 18, 2016
🔗 Reuters
🏷️ FBI🏷️ Privacy🏷️ Apple🏷️ Encryption
Richard Clarke Talks Encryption
'Not as interested in solving the problem'
Richard Clarke, former National Security Council leader and security advisor to Clinton, Bush and Obama, in an interview with NPR If I were in the
🗓️ March 15, 2016
🔗 NPR
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Encryption🏷️ FBI🏷️ Privacy🏷️ iPhone
I feel like I've accomplished something for the day when I can make the bed without waking the dog.
I feel like I’ve accomplished something for the day when I can make the bed without waking the dog
🗓️ March 15, 2016
🔗 Instagram
🏷️ Dogs🏷️ Micro
Amicus, Briefly
Apple's FBI fight gets some backup
As listed on a Press Info page on Apple’s site, Amicus Briefs supporting Apple’s stance on this issue. In no particular order, these companies and
🗓️ March 3, 2016
🔗 Via Apple
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Law🏷️ Privacy
Law Is Hard
Orin Kerr, writing for The Washington Post, has a great breakdown of the challenges both sides face in the Apple vs. FBI phone-unlocking saga This
🗓️ February 25, 2016
🔗 The Washington Post
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Opinion🏷️ Privacy
Disingenuous, At Best
FBI Director James Comey pleads his case The San Bernardino litigation isn’t about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message.
🗓️ February 22, 2016
🔗 Lawfare Blog
🏷️ Apple🏷️ Opinion🏷️ Privacy
Apple’s FAQ on the FBI Request
Transparency is key in this fight.
This page is riddled with corporate-speak and has a bit of hyperbole, but it does try to lay out Apple’s case in the San Bernardino phone unlocking
🗓️ February 22, 2016
🔗 Apple
🏷️ Apple🏷️ FBI🏷️ Encryption
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