I'm Not Preordering the Surface Yet
Microsoft opened Surface preorders this week with zero real reviews out yet, and I'm not clicking buy until someone else finds the problems first.
Watching the Stratos Jump Livestream
A few days late, some thoughts on watching the Red Bull Stratos space jump livestream from my desk, and why the fact that 8 million people could watch at once without it collapsing feels like the real story.
Watching the Jump Buffer
A few days late reacting to the Baumgartner jump, but mostly about watching a livestream buffer at the worst possible moment and the week of scrubbed attempts before it.
Watching Stratos on a Buffering Stream
Felix Baumgartner's Stratos jump was the story everyone watched today, but what stuck with me was the YouTube stream itself buckling under something like 8 million concurrent viewers.
Dragon Docks, Engine Falls Off, Nobody Panicked
SpaceX's first operational cargo run to the ISS survived a mid-flight engine failure and still nailed the docking this week, and I think that's a way better story than another headline about user counts.
The Invite Came, and So Did the Guessing
Apple sent out invites for an October 23rd event and the internet immediately decided it means a smaller iPad. I'm not so sure I'm excited, and I'll explain why.
Apple's "Little More" Invite and the Guessing Game Nobody Needed
Apple's cryptic "a little more to show you" invite landed yesterday, and everyone's already decided it means iPad mini. Some thoughts on the name, the price guessing game, and why Apple Maps still owes me an apology.
The Mysterious Mars Object That Was Just Rover Lint
A shiny speck in a Curiosity rover soil scoop had the internet briefly convinced of a Mars mystery this week. It's almost certainly a fleck of the rover's own plastic, and that's actually the better story.
Facebook's Billionth User Is Named Sarah (Probably)
Facebook hit a billion users this week, but the detail I can't shake is Zuckerberg's weirdly specific guess about who the billionth one actually was.
Big Bird Broke My Twitter Feed
On second-screening the first presidential debate, Twitter's Big Bird meltdown, and getting mildly dizzy over Facebook's one-billion-user number.
A Week of Getting Lost With Apple Maps
A week of getting lost with Apple's new Maps app, Tim Cook's apology letter, and why I still keep Google Maps bookmarked as a backup.
The Maps Apology, and My Own Mapocalypse
Tim Cook's public apology letter for Apple Maps, and the personal story of how it cost me a barbecue reservation two weeks into owning an iPhone 5.