Archive for March 2015
» Not dead yet
Stephanie M. Lee for BuzzFeed:
Earlier this year, Google stopped selling the first version of Glass and moved the project out of its Google(x) lab into a stand-alone unit.
But while Glass failed to set the consumer space on fire, some clinicians and other medical professionals have embraced it as a hands-free means of sharing and accessing information quickly.
Medicine has always seemed like one of the more suitable markets for Glass. Despite the rumors of its death, I think Glass definitely has a place. It’s just not in the social setting Google seemed to want it to be in.
» Turning This Car Around #55: Lexless
No Lex this week, but Jon and I talk about… jeez, everything.
» The Rebound #27: I’m Just an App!
New Apple TV, cancer-causing smartwatches, TouchTone, Steve Jobs’ legacy and Meerkat.
» Apple makes Foxconn workers sign non-compete agreement
I’m sorry, did I say “Apple” and “Foxconn”? I meant “Amazon” and “warehouse”. What a ridiculous mistake.
UPDATE 3/27: Amazon says they’re going to remove it (via Daring Fireball).
» Clockwise #80: We’re All Dying Slowly
I joined Dan Moren, Jessie Char and Casey Liss on this week’s edition of Clockwise, the fastest podcast you’ll ever love.
» TouchTone
TouchTone is my favorite new iOS game which somehow weaves civil liberties, racism, scare-mongering, startup culture and sexism into a fun puzzler.
» Turning This Car Around #54: Free Range Parenting
We get back to free range parenting and all the horrible things that can happen to your kids.
» Forget Apple fanboys, what about Apple doomsayers?
Over at iMore, I show how you have to take a lot more on blind faith to be an Apple doomsayer than an Apple fan.
» Excerpt from ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’
It’s a good read. Clearly the Apple executives — who appear to have been interviewed extensively for this book — are staking it as the best representation of Steve Jobs. Tim Cook heavily criticizes Walter Isaacson’s book in this excerpt and Eddie Cue has tweeted:
Best portrayal is about to be released – Becoming Steve Jobs (book). Well done and first to get it right.
That after expressing his disappointment in Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.
(Via Daring Fireball)
» ‘Here’s what the Apple Watch can do without an iPhone’
Serenity Caldwell answers the basic question. The answer is satisfactory for me. Of course, I’m looking forward to more in the future.