The corporate tendency to send instructions (for any given work process) in the form of verbose PowerPoint slides will never cease to enrage me.
On this day five years ago, I was drooling over a Mac Pro and Thunderbolt Display at the (now closed) Apple Carrousel du Louvre retail store. Ha!
It has been some time since I wrote it but I decided to make my 2013 honours thesis ‘It Just Works’ available on Apple Books. This free ebook explores what it means to be an Apple fan. (It’s funny to see what has changed.) itunes.apple.com
Clouds over Bowral in the Southern Highlands
My wonderful wife Natasha threw a surprise ‘bbirthday’ party for me with family and friends, along with a special Apple photo wall and six-colour jelly. Yes, she told everyone to wear black tops and jeans.
I’m not a poet but I thought that the Mac’s 35th birthday would be a fun and cheesy opportunity to give it a crack.
Dead gum
Being a marketing communications person in a human resources department is a very interesting experience. It’s like speaking two different languages; in fact, it’s like two different planets.
Is it just me or is ‘dumpster fire’ one of the most overused, melodramatic terms on American tech podcasts and videos? It’s uttered frequently about iTunes in particular, when most users couldn’t care less about issues in the blogosphere. Sure, it’s a heavy app but it’s not a ‘dumpster fire’.
‘Why HomePod Is My Favourite New(er) Apple Product’ on Lounge Ruminator
M.G. Siegler’s points about the need for a smaller iPhone are spot-on and I felt the need to chime in on Lounge Ruminator.
It’s amazing how much more motivated I am at work when I pull out my own iPad Pro to perform certain writing and design tasks.
Although I’m not a fan of Australia Day at all, I am very much looking forward to the long weekend.
Wear OS apparently isn’t in the best place right now. I shared some thoughts based on a recent article by Are Technica. Of course, the word ‘doomed’ was used, which is a journo favourite. Read more on Lounge Ruminator.
I work in marketing but something that annoys me about the field is its overuse of the word ‘essential’. Everything’s apparently essential these days and the App Store is often guilty of this. I can’t see how anything that involves Pikachu could possibly be as essential as water, food or oxygen.
Looking over the Tasman Sea from Port Kembla (long exposure on iPhone 7 Plus)
There just isn’t enough time each week to listen to all of my podcast subscriptions; work gets in the way…
It was a glorious day in Austinmer today.
For some time, Natasha has been concerned that late-night activity reminders on Apple Watch can be dangerous. ‘Why on Earth would it suggest for me to go for a walk so late at night?!’ She asserts that a safer (possibly indoor) alternative should be suggested instead.
After a great discussion by @gruber and @jsnell about Photos for Mac and iOS, I thought that I’d offer some insights into the world of photo ‘management’ on Windows. Photo ‘Management’ on Windows – Lounge Ruminator
I’m very jealous. Whilst I’ve been at work today, my wife Natasha (who still has holidays) has been spending lots of time with our guinea pigs. Here is Paco happily being fed corn by the spoonful.
Here are some thoughts that I had recently on Apple and Google Smartphone Branding – Lounge Ruminator
I’m over all of this 21st century start-up pretentiousness. Bespoke, Organic, Artisan Hipster Ingenuity – Lounge Ruminator
These are two new installations at Wollongong Botanic Garden: separate sculptures to represent our ‘steel city’ and a five-star insect hotel made of different reused materials.
Macarons from McCafé really just look like miniature Big Macs made of chocolate now.
