This week, I joined Steven Aquino on The Accessibility Show to talk about the iPad, Siri and stuttering, OS X’s accessibility features and Touch ID. My thanks to him for having me on the podcast.
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Apple selling Sharp 4k display⇢
The new Mac Pro will be able to drive this baby, but many are clamoring for a first-party display from Apple. My guess is that this is just a stopgap.
Ryan Seacrest’s iPhone keyboard case⇢
Great, now “Ryan Seacrest” is in my site’s database.
On Apple and the podcast market⇢
I don’t find the fact that the majority of mobile podcast downloads are on iOS devices all that surprising. Like Marco points out, podcast listening is one of several activities that makes iOS seem bigger than it is. I’m sure the level of quality of podcast apps on iOS doesn’t hurt either.
The Prompt 025 - A Skilled Keypunch Operator⇢
This week, the young men of The Prompt are taught many things by the good Dr. Drang. This is probably my favorite episode we’ve done so far.
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On the failure of Healthcare.gov⇢
Adrianne Jeffries at The Verge:
More than 55 companies worked on Healthcare.gov and its state counterparts. It’s difficult to tell exactly who worked on what, but the contractors that worked on technical aspects of the site are Beltway regulars.
Noticeably missing from the list are companies with a reputation for excellence in technology.
Without a doubt, the rollout of Healthcare.gov was a clusterfuck.
I work for a web shop. I know websites can be difficult to build — feature scope can creep, designs can go sideways and clients can get grumpy. That said, I think any one of the many Internet giants that call America home — Amazon, Facebook or Google to name a few — could have done a much better job than the jumble of contractors who were awarded the work.
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Ten cool non-US space projects⇢
I had no idea Huygens existed until today.
Darth Vader takes a selfie⇢
The world is weird.
On TextExpander touch 2.3⇢
Smile is now using x-callback-url to share snippets, meaning users will need to manually update apps to see new snippets, but it’s a lot better than nothing. Developers using the TextExpander SDK will need to update their apps to pick up the changes, however.
Amazon Prime Air — Updated⇢
Amazon:
The goal of this new delivery system is to get packages into customers’ hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles.
Putting Prime Air into commercial use will take some number of years as we advance the technology and wait for the necessary FAA rules and regulations.
I have many, many questions about this, but the biggest one is this: will this ever actually happen? My guess is no.
Become a Hero⇢
A week from today, tens of thousands of people from around the world will run races, winding across the city of Memphis to raise money for St. Jude.
Over the past four and a half years, the hospital has spent millions on my son’s treatment. He’s had four brain operations, 18 rounds of chemotherapy, over a dozen MRIs, countless CT scans and is still undergoing weekly rehabilitation services.
Josiah’s medical record number starts with a 3, followed by four more digits. He’s in the low range of 3xxxx numbers, and staff used to always comment on the fact that his number seemed so big. Just the other day, I overheard another father checking in his child for an appointment.