I wonder: Has the iPhone made the world a better place, or a worse one? Always a popular subject and more in vogue this month now that the iPhone has turned 10. (Any anniversary that’s a multiple of five is red meat to pundits caught in the dog days of summer.) And so Timothy […]
Sticking it to the (Instagram) man
Like a lot of people, I deleted the Instagram app (and all the mediocre photos I’d taken with it) after reading about Facebook’s new terms of service. At first reading, the new TOS made it sound like anybody who uses the app is a mindless tool who exists solely to consume ads and provide […]
Sympathy for the jammer
Let’s talk again about jerks and cell phones. This story out of Philly, about the guy caught jamming cell signals on a SEPTA bus, has been getting quite a bit of traction. The thoughtful, reasoned comments I’m seeing range from A to B: (A), the guy’s a &*%$# criminal and should get his *#%$# […]
You win, Siri. Now shut the hell up.
Worshiping at the First Church of Steve
Today I went to an Apple Store for the first time. My wife had dropped her iPhone and needed the glass replaced. While she was being helped I bellied up to the Genius Bar and ordered a whiskey. Ha ha. Not really. An Apple Store is no place for levity. Nine in the morning […]
A man and his iPhone 4s
I don’t think much of the iPhone 4S as a phone, since I still have to use Google Voice on my computer to make reliable phone calls inside the house. But credit where it’s due: The iPhone 4S has a surprisingly good camera. It’s actually useful, in that shots taken with it don’t automatically […]
Facebook’s Timeline and the lives of others
O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us.” Good old Robert Burns. He put his finger on it: How beneficial it might be to step outside ourselves for a moment and check out how we’re coming across to others. I think his idea was that most of […]