Matt Alexander, for The Loop:
Perhaps link bait is a short-term solution for advertising revenue and attention, but I daresay that treating readers with deserved respect is a much better avenue to a sustainable audience.
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Car Talk Retires
Schiller
Peter Burrows and Adam Satariano at Businessweek:
According to a person who met with Schiller recently to discuss Apple’s future, the marketing executive knows he’ll get more than his fair share of blame if the new products aren’t hits. Schiller has the daunting task of keeping Apple cool. And that’s harder to do now that the company is a $535 billion behemoth, subject to antitrust reviews and labor-practice criticisms, rather than the underdog he rejoined in 1997.
Apple’s Batcave
Apple’s new campus is set to include a huge underground event hall and parking lot.
My guess is that the company won’t be renting Moscone much longer.
The Loop Turns 3
It’s hard to believe, but three years ago today I started The Loop.
It’s hard to believe that The Loop has only been around since 2009. It is such an anchor in our corner of the Internet, it feels like it’s been around forever.
Here’s to many more, Jim and Peter.
Casio, in 1984
I love my Casio, and I sure love this collection of ads.
Happy Birthday, Macintosh II
Twenty-five years ago, Apple released the Macintosh II, a powerful, expandable desktop computer that represented a profound ideological design shift in the Macintosh line. Through its open architecture and color display capability, it echoed the experimental philosophy of Apple’s earliest machines and ignited a new wave of enthusiasm for the Macintosh platform.
It may have echoed the ‘experimental philosophy’ of Apple’s earliest machines, but it did so by being a complete reversal of the original Macintosh.
Terrible Tech Tattoos
No dogcow tattoos on this list, so I think I’m good.
All of the Filters
Don’t put every Instagram filter on a single photo, or this will happen. Yikes.
On Reporting Rumors
With Apple’s WWDC keynote less than a week away, most of the Internet has lit its hair on fire and is running in circles, moving from one rumor site to another, trying to glean information on what Tim Cook and company might announce.
While a look at Mountain Lion and iOS 6 seem inevitable, rumors now say the entire Mac line might get updated. They’ll have Retina displays, or at least USB 3. Google Maps is getting kicked the curb (perhaps), on Apple’s fancy-ass, big-and-tall iPhone 5. (Or iPhone 6. OMG WHAT DO WE CALL IT?)
Most Macs To Be Refreshed During WWDC?
This makes me wonder about the release schedule for Mountain Lion. Either it’s ready now, and these machines will ship with it, or we’ll see a Lion update (or new build, at least, for these machines), with 10.8 coming later this summer. If it does, then at least the company’s “Back to School” sale will be stuffed with new Macs.
Day One 1.8 Teased
The upcoming update to the journaling app will include the ability to add photos, weather and location data to entries. I’m pumped.