RAMS, about legendary German designer Dieter Rams — by Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Objectified, Urbanized), with original music by Brian Eno.
Will watch the film, and probably buy the poster.
Enjoyed MacSparky’s Blogging Workflow:
Move the Cursor from Left to Right
At times I forget that this needs happen before I criticize a writing idea/intent to death.
Today’s morning pomodoros soundtrack 🎵 is Stillness by Heron.
The web is a social agreement not to break things. It’s served us for 25 years. I don’t want to give it up because a bunch of nerds at Google think they know best.
With a few hundred words, Winer has completely changed my mind.
I don’t regret pushing my company to Slack last year. But in many cases, it creates as many problems as it solves. I was naive in thinking that a tool by itself would fix processes issues.
Great Vox video on app addictiveness. I do remember pull to refresh in Tweetie more fondly and less conspiratorially.
[…] Assistant will be able to understand you in multiple languages fluently.
Wow. Will work first on English, French and German, but this is amazing.
Well, movie night got off to a fun start. Stuck in a loop with Apple TV and recovery mode.
Apple TV hard reset was mostly painless. Sadly FetchTV crashes on launch (long live Fetch!). Moving my put.io based entertaiment to Squire — which is looking pretty good.
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 →
Why It’s so Hard to Actually Work in Shared Offices
A member of the cleaning staff— a young Spanish-speaking woman with a tight ponytail— was one of the few people actually working. She moved quietly, picking up the dirty mugs that people had left lying about and stacking them into the dishwasher. Her shirt was emblazoned with the company slogan: Do What You Love.
The best closing paragraph I’ve read this year.
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 →
Finally a lower priced Nest Aware plan ($5 a month, 3$ additional camera). My Nest wishlist from two years ago is almost done — just need better notifications.
Still happy with my WyzeCams, not likely to buy additional Nest’s.
Here’s hoping that changing the iBooks name to Books, is mostly related to an upcoming laptopesque iOS device with a keyboard.
Enjoyed this scientifically anecdotal comparison of Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze. Costa Rica is total Waze country, but I just can’t get use the UI/UX.
Con mi otra consentida.
This Community mini reunion was very enjoyable..
En la aventura actual no tenemos selfies sin enanos sonrientes, juguetes desordenados y ojeras sin fiestas. Pero todo eso son aún más capas (no tan fotogénicas) de felicidad. Feliz cumpleaños mi @anitamarcela.
The idea of text to speech is always compelling, but I haven’t been able to use it consistently. Curious to give Polly a try again.
Scribd’s new unlimited* books and audiobooks subscription is very compelling.
Going to check it out. I cancelled my Audible subscriptions last year because the credits model gave me anxiety when I fell behind.
Every time I read a company is rejoining its parent, I hear the same sharpening of the knife used when Newton Inc was brought back to Apple. Good luck Nest.
By the by, I’m loving my 4 WyzeCam’s. Probably being streamed live in a bunch of Chinese websites (which is why kid’s rooms still on Nest), but for common areas they work great and give a lot of bang for the buck.