» Clockwise #93: Double Down on Corn
I joined Jason Snell, Dan Moren and Christa Mrgan to talk about accessibility, Apple executives opening up, the PC-on-a-stick and Amazon’s hardware efforts.
Also, corn.
» Welcome to Macintosh #5: Rumors
I was interviewed along with Jason Snell, Rick LePage, Mark Gurman and Rob McGinley Myers for the current episode of Welcome to Macintosh which looks at Apple rumors. I haven’t heard it yet but I expect it’s a good ‘un with such fertile territory.
» PC-on-a-stick
From the makers of pizza in a cup.
Lenovo’s new entrant into this “let’s see if it works” market is a $129 Intel Atom PC with 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage space. It plugs into a TV’s HDMI port and you connect a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard (not included) to it.
That seems too underpowered to be interesting but the form factor is kind of neat. I could imagine there some day being an entry-level Mac mini like this. In fact, I just did.
(Via Engadget)
» Unlocked 32 GB Amazon Fire Phone for $179
Includes a year of Prime, effectively making it $80. It’s almost tempting as a novelty but… nah, not really.
(Via BoingBoing)
» A Swift kick in the ass
I don’t have a hot take on Taylor Swift’s Tumblr post and Apple’s subsequent change of course from this weekend, I just wanted to use that title.
» Sponsor: Pagico 7
My thanks to Pagico for sponsoring the Very Nice Web Site RSS feed this week.
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» Apple Watch now available at the Apple Store
If you’re well-heeled and looking for a last minute Father’s Day gift.
» The Rebound #39: El Capitan Crunch
We talk about Schiller on The Talk Show, El Capitan, iPad multitasking and Apple dropping the Mac before we close with me getting something drastically wrong.
» Turning This Car Around #65: Sacrificial Phil
This week on the world’s most likely to include me dadcast we talk about the sacrifices you make as a parent.
» ‘Who Has Your Back?’
The Electronic Frontier Foundation rates technology companies on protecting your data from government requests. High marks go to Adobe, Dropbox, Yahoo and Apple, among others. Not so high marks to AT&T, Google, Microsoft and Slack.
In light of this, I’d like to apologize to Dropbox for my cynical remarks about their hiring of Condoleeza Rice. Fortunately, that seems not to have panned out. I’m glad to be wrong. Frequently.