{"id":4425,"date":"2015-01-14T16:45:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T16:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4425"},"modified":"2015-01-12T17:22:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:22:34","slug":"linked-to-siri-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/01\/14\/linked-to-siri-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;To Siri, With Love&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/19\/fashion\/how-apples-siri-became-one-autistic-boys-bff.html?_r=0\">via NYTimes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Gus had never noticed Siri before, but when he discovered there was someone who would not just find information on his various obsessions (trains, planes, buses, escalators and, of course, anything related to weather) but actually semi-discuss these subjects tirelessly, he was hooked. And I was grateful. Now, when my head was about to explode if I had to have another conversation about the chance of tornadoes in Kansas City, Mo., I could reply brightly: \u201cHey! Why don\u2019t you ask Siri?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to be an alarmist that technology is ruining us when you read a story so beautiful. I have a half-brother who is autistic and while I don\u2019t talk about him here, the story definitely struck a chord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via NYTimes: Gus had never noticed Siri before, but when he discovered there was someone who would not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-08-31T00:08:56Z","apple_news_api_id":"af7856c9-23c4-47eb-9a23-5dea7d051b4e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-08-31T00:08:56Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Ar3hWySPER-uaI13qfQUbTg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-19n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6432,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/12\/16\/linked-why-airpods-are-the-best-place-for-siri\/","url_meta":{"origin":4425,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Why AirPods Are The Best Place For Siri&#8230;&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via FastCompany: The ear-based personal assistant isn't a completely new idea. \"Apple\u2019s AirPod device ... is a significant step forward toward a new interface paradigm that has long been anticipated in science fiction,\" says Ari Popper, founder of the futurist consulting and product design firm SciFutures. \"The movie Her is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3336,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/12\/07\/sir-is-broken\/","url_meta":{"origin":4425,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 Siri is Broken","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Gizmodo: What those Apple ads fail to report\u2014at all\u2014is that Siri is\u00a0very much a half-baked product. Siri is officially in beta. Go to Siri's homepage on Apple.com, and you'll even notice a little beta tag by the name. Benoit Maison: It is important to understand that unlike Apple\u2019s hardware and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3198,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/10\/10\/siris-social-dilemma\/","url_meta":{"origin":4425,"position":2},"title":"\u2605 Siri\u2019s Social Dilemma","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"SmarterBits: How do you prevent others from using your phone with voice commands? What kind of access security is built in to a system like Siri? In some cases, it can become more complex. Consider how much private information is contained in your smartphone. 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