Yesterday, I was pleased to join Megan Morrone on Episode 361 of iOS Today. We spoke about the release of iOS 11, and a bunch of my favorite apps and iPhone accessories.
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The Original Apple Watch⇢
Your watch should say something about you. More than a mere timepiece, it should be part of your daily fashion, sharing something about your personality with the world.
Me, I’m a nerd. I collect antique computers and make podcasts for a living. I have a dogcow tattoo on my ankle. I know who I am.
Graham-Cassidy⇢
I have spent the bulk of 2017 writing about the different Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Graham-Cassidy, in my view, is the most radical of them all.
Read every word of this and then call your Representatives and tell them to vote against this bill.
LTE Apple Watch Reviews Unveil Connectivity Issues⇢
Apple Watch Series 3 reviews are in and it’s not great news for those of us who have been excited about (and preordered) LTE models.
The promise of this product is clear. Leave your iPhone behind, but still be accessible, as John Gruber writes:
Apple turned Apple Watch into a goddamn cell phone, without making the device thicker or heavier, and it still lasts all day.
That promise hasn’t quite been met, as Lauren Goode writes. Her first review unit behaved so erratically, Apple replaced it:
Connected #160: Things Have Taken a Turn⇢
Federico’s iOS 11 review is done. Stephen has an announcement. Myke makes a confession about his Apple TV remote.
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The MacStories iOS 11 Review⇢
Federico Vitcci has done it again:
With iOS 11, Apple’s iPad vision feels resolute again. Multitasking is blending with multitouch, giving drag and drop a new purpose; the Mac’s best features – from file management to the dock – have been rethought, simplified, and extended specifically for iOS. The iPad’s mission is to reimagine the very concept of a portable computer by empowering a new generation of users to do their best work wherever they are, whenever they want.
September: The Brick⇢
I’m going to be one of those people for a minute.
This Steve Jobs quote comes to mind for me every once in a while:
Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.
That line is from his famous commencement speech at Stanford back in 2005. The context is about being kicked out of Apple in the 1980s, but I think it is applicable to any moment that causes us unexpected pain.
The Story Behind the A11 Bionic Chipset⇢
Lance Ulanoff at Mashable sat down with Phil Schiller and Johny Srouji to discuss Apple’s new chip that powers the iPhone 8 and iPhone X. It’s a great read, and shows just how far in advance the company is working to ship products like these new phones.
Kbase Article of the Week: Gray screen after installing Snow Leopard⇢
I remember this happening to a family member’s Mac in 2009:
Your Mac may start up to a gray screen after upgrading from Mac OS X v10.5 to Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard. This may occur if a previous Mac OS X v10.5 software update had been downloaded using Software Update, but not completely installed, before installing Snow Leopard.
Cassini’s Discoveries⇢
Launched in 1997, Cassini has spent a whopping 20 years in space, lasting through two mission extensions while going above and beyond what it was designed to do. But tomorrow, the probe will dive into Saturn’s atmosphere, where it will break apart and cease operating. It’s a sad time for the scientists who have worked on this mission for years, but also a triumphant one: Cassini leaves an impressive legacy of scientific discovery in its wake.
Ungeniused #32: Numbers Stations⇢
This fortnight on Ungeniused, my podcast on which Myke Hurley and I dive into weird topics we find on Wikipedia:
A numbers station is a shortwave radio station characterized by broadcasts of formatted numbers, which are believed to be addressed to intelligence officers operating in foreign countries.
How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster⇢
I like that SpaceX can poke fun of itself:
That landing leg collapse in January 2016 is perhaps the saddest of the failures.