Jon Mitchell on why he’s psyched for the Apple Watch:

What I don’t like about the iPhone is that it’s too obtrusive. The act of pulling the phone out of its pocket and putting it back requires all these little movements and careful manipulation. Every nerve and muscle involved in that process is taken away from the adventure.

As long as it’s not constantly barraging you with notifications, a watch can make accessing your tech easier, more natural and more socially acceptable, exactly what Google Glass and Bluetooth headsets do not. Mitchell’s concern is advertising on the Watch, which I agree with.

Still, my watch battery ran out shortly before Christmas and I didn’t get it replaced. Now I’m just holding out. Instead of spending $20 on getting the battery replaced, I’ll put it toward an Apple Watch. Which, unfortunately, won’t even pay for the tax, but still…

We do a holiday review and then talk about playing with our kids. Which includes gambling.

We talk about Apple’s perceived bug problem and the kerfuffle it’s created and then spend 15 minutes on some other stuff.

Jason Snell has some astute thoughts on the rumored 12-inch MacBook Air-whatever:

If Gurman’s reports are accurate, this new model pulls the MacBook Air line away from the MacBook Pro. In fact, it returns the MacBook Air to its roots—as a product full of choices that we consider crazy at first, because they’re out of step with conventional computer design, but that will appeal to a target audience that doesn’t actually care about those de rigueur features.

While I don’t want a completely stripped Air, I suspect one would sell pretty well at a slightly cheaper price point.

Lindsey Kaufman writing for the Washington Post:

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If the iPhone 6 Plus wasn’t already big enough for you.

This is a link to that thing that everyone is talking about. Not yesterday’s thing, but today’s thing.

Unless you’re at CES in which case you’re talking about this thing.

Please try to keep the things that everyone is talking about straight as these things are very important to me as a professional blogger.

A red light on the Drobo, rumors of a 12-inch Air and more.

I joined Myke Hurley on this week’s Inquisitive to talk about Minecraft and co-authoring a book.

Ben Bajarin:

Any intent to buy Apple Watch surveys are not credible until well after the product is released. Right now our focus is market sizing.

I’ve never put much stock in intent to buy surveys at all — I’ve been “intending to buy” a bitchin’ double-handed broadsword since I was 12 — but certainly the ones you see right now about the Apple Watch are worthless.