via XKCD: This actually reminds me of an argument I’ve had for a while that we’ve made the Internet so accessible, so simple to access that we’ve forgotten to educate the users of it how it works. Hundreds of times in my life, people have asked me what “WiFi Repeater / Booster” they need. I …
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Technology: Still against Software Subscriptions
With all of the recent news about a rumor of 1Password going subscription for their applications, I wanted to see if I’m still using the latest version of Adobe Lightroom. I am. Lightroom 6 is still the current version and I receive quarterly updates as long as I remember to launch Creative Cloud and check …
Technology: Ten Years of iPhone
Theres’ a lot to say about iPhone on its 10th anniversary. I’ve spent an hour today reading many of the posts discussing the impact on us as a society and as individuals. I’ve waited in line for nearly every iPhone except that rumored white iPhone 4S back in the day when i didn’t get a …
Technology: Automatic Acquired by Sirius XM + Change to Mapbox
I didn’t update to the latest version of Automatic because I saw this: What’s New in Version 3.9.3 UPDATE• We’ve had to switch road data providers, and unfortunately the new one doesn’t yet offer speed limit information. Now, Weekly Drive Stats won’t include a graph of time spent over/under the speed limit. Sorry about this. …
Technology: My fundamental misunderstanding on why Apple has any competition in any sector
As I read Ben Thompson’s note about Apple’s China Problem, this line really stuck out: Naturally, WeChat works the same on iOS as it does on Android. That, by extension, means that for the day-to-day lives of Chinese there is no penalty to switching away from an iPhone. Unsurprisingly, in stark contrast to the rest …