The Hoverboard Was On Google Maps Yesterday
A day-after take on Back to the Future Day: the one-day hoverboard icon Google Maps quietly added, and the eBay scalping frenzy around Pepsi Perfect bottles.
Fandango Fell Over And I Refreshed That Page A Hundred Times
Advance tickets for The Force Awakens went on sale today and promptly took down Fandango, AMC, and Movietickets.com. Some thoughts on predictable traffic spikes, plus Back to the Future Day is two days away.
Jailbroke the iPhone Again, Battery Regrets Already
Pangu dropped an untethered iOS 9 jailbreak this week, so I finally did it to my iPhone 6 - what I installed, what it cost me in battery life, and why the whole scene feels thinner than it used to.
Finally Saw the Jobs Movie (And I Have Feelings)
A weekend trip to see the new Steve Jobs movie, some gripes about how Fassbender plays the cruelty, and a stray thought about Twitter's layoffs the same week.
The Bat Flip, and Also Twitter Just Fired 336 People
Twitter cut 336 jobs this week, two days before its live-event superpower was on full display during the Blue Jays bat flip game. Some thoughts on both, plus a Tweetdeck tangent.
The Steve Jobs Movie Isn't Playing Here Yet
The new Sorkin/Danny Boyle Steve Jobs movie is only playing in four theaters this week, which has me thinking about this blog's own origin story and Sorkin's dialogue tics while I wait my turn.
Safe Harbor Just Sank and Nobody Told the Small Sites
The EU court just killed the Safe Harbor data-transfer framework, and it turns out that's not only a Facebook-sized company problem, it's a my-$5-DigitalOcean-droplet problem too.
The Steve Jobs Movie, and Why I Couldn't Turn My Brain Off Afterward
Caught the new Fassbender/Sorkin Steve Jobs movie on opening weekend and have thoughts on the dialogue, the timeline compression, and an unrelated EU data ruling that ruined my mood between scenes.
Four Theaters, One Movie I Can't See Yet
The Sorkin/Boyle "Steve Jobs" movie opened today in four theaters that aren't near me, which got me thinking about biopic accuracy, my unfinished Isaacson biography, and the accidental echo of Microsoft's own product-launch theater this same week.
Marshmallow Showed Up This Week. Mine Still Hasn't.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow started rolling out to Nexus phones this week, and mine hasn't gotten it yet. Notes on Doze, the new permissions model, and why staggered OTA rollouts are the worst part of owning a Nexus.
The Band 2 Detail Nobody's Talking About
Microsoft's big event this week was all Surface Book headlines, but the Band 2's curved screen is the detail that actually matters to me after a year of fighting with the original.
Dorsey Drops the "Interim," Twitter Drops 336 People
Twitter made Jack Dorsey's "interim" CEO title permanent today and cut 8% of staff in the same breath. Some thoughts on running two companies at once and what that says about where Twitter's headed.