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Blurs Day
If privacy is your issue, join us there. MyTerms is the only thing that will get us personal privacy in the digital world (seriously). We'll be working on ways to ubiquitze it at three consecutive events at the end of April: • VRM Day• IIW #42 • AIW #2 All at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Continue reading
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Monday, 23 June 2025
I hope they haven’t moved elsewhere by then. My 2nd Generation AirPods Pro pair, nestled in their little white case, fell out of my pocket in the waiting room at the VW dealer here in Bloomington. At least that’s the last place I knew I had them. According to the Find My apps on both Continue reading
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Today’s Tabs
Overheard: "AI is bullshit's superpower." Big topic at IIW last week: What MCP’s Rise Really Shows: A Tale of Two Ecosystems. This may also relate: AI Agents x Law Initiative—A New Stanford and Industry Initiative Launched Yesterday. The best take on Adolescence I've seen so far. HT Dave Winer. My photos from Day One and Day Two Continue reading
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The Kraken Won
Imagine what would have happened had Martin Winterkorn not imploded, and if Volkswagen, under his watch, had not become a datakraken (data sea-monster, or octopus), spying on drivers and passengers—just like every other car company. What would the world now be like if Volkswagen since 2014 had established itself as the only car maker not Continue reading
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The iPhone 16 Pro Max, so far
Holding the mic in this shot, taken with my new iPhone 16 Pro Max, is Mitch Teplitsky, a documentary filmmaker based in Bloomington, Indiana. Mitch has been reading this blog for the duration, and reached out when I showed up in town. The scene is the Pitchdox award event yesterday, which was by Hoodox at Continue reading
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A workflow challenge
I shoot a lot of pictures. Most are from altitude (such as the above). But lots are of people and places; for example, here are a few I shot at DWebCamp last summer with my new Sony A7 IV camera (to which I migrated last year after many years shooting Canon): Importing and curating photos Continue reading
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Apple vs (or plus) Adtech, Part II
My post yesterday saw action on Techmeme (as I write this, it’s at #2) and on Twitter (from Don Marti, Augustine Fou, et. al.), and in thoughtful blog posts by John Gruber in Daring Fireball and Nick Heer in Pixel Envy. All pushed back on at least some of what I said. Here are some Continue reading
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Apple vs (or plus) Adtech, Part I
This piece has had a lot of very smart push-back (and forward, but mostly back). I respond to it in Part II, here. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch Apple’s Privacy on iPhone | tracked ad. In it a guy named Felix (that’s him, above) goes from a coffee shop to a waiting room Continue reading
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Mics Matter
Sometimes you get what you pay for. In this case, a good microphone in a bluetooth headset. Specifically, the Bose Soundsport Wireless: I’ve had these a day so far, and I love them. But not just because they sound good. Lots of earphones do that. I love them because the mic in the thing is Continue reading
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Google enters its chrysalis
In The Adpocalypse: What it Means, Vlogbrother Hank Green issues a humorous lament on the impending demise of online advertising. Please devote the next 3:54 of your life to watching that video, so you catch all his points and I don’t need to repeat them here. Got them? Good. All of Hank’s points are well-argued and make complete sense. They Continue reading
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Daily Tab for 2016_06_07
For today’s entries, I’m noting which linked pieces require you to turn off tracking protection, meaning tracking is required by those publishers. I’m also annotating entries with hashtags and organizing sections into bulleted lists. #AdBlocking and #Advertising Jack Trout died. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind (co-written with Al Ries) did for advertising what The Elements of Style Continue reading
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Apple is a clothing company
The headline above came to me this morning after reading Walt Mossberg’s latest, titled The post-Jobs Apple has soared financially, but lacks a breakthrough product. Because the main things Apple makes are extensions of ourselves. That’s what our phones and laptops have become. They are things we almost wear, like our clothing. Is it just Continue reading
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The iPad Pro is for business
The rap on Apple for years was that it made gear just for hipsters and schools. But that’s no longer the case. It’s kicking ass in business now too, and in a way that may end up being more dominant than IBM and Microsoft ever were. A refresher… From the mid-’80s to the mid-’00s, Microsoft Continue reading