I am seriously considering closing my gmail account. I am weary of dumping more and more of my data to Google data farm.
But I wonder what are the alternatives? Preferably hosted ones.
Thoughts
So the timeline is full of individual’s HomePod reviews. And almost everyone’s loving it. Hardly seen anyway complain about Siri yet.
I guess just the experience Apple wanted. I know, the frustrations will slowly trickle in. A good first impression nonetheless.
“Understand humility. Foster dignity. Live memorably. Endure.” →
“The night before I turned 30, I found myself so surprised to have reached an age of indisputable adult that I wrote up a set of”adult principles” that I’ve been trying to live up to.” - John Perry Barlow
RIP.
It’s mesmerising to wake up to some of the most beautiful creations of nature — a lot satisfying if it’s you who’ve nurture them.
Since the day I brought Echo in my home, I always wondered how smart the ecosystem of IOT devices really is. Kashmir Hill’s great post journaling her experience shows there’s a long way to go. I captured some of my observations.
I hate that my Kindle has great battery life — I keep running it for weeks for it doesn’t need recharged. But when I need my books the most, it throws the “battery depleted” message at me. Am just wired to charge my devices every night I guess, that must not be good.
Finally managed to catch up to the Falcon Heavy launch posts/videos. Gosh, it just was an inspiring experience to watch it, and see it being watched by thousands of eyes. More than the launch though, it was the twin landing which was breathtaking. Brilliant! 🚀
In response to a great article by Kashmir Hill on living in smart homes, I have captured some of my observations. Just reiterates, smart homes are still a lot dumb.
Feedly does not handle the posts without title well. How about the alternatives? Feedbin, Feedwrangler?
HomePod reviews should be pretty heartening for Apple. They looked focused at nailing the hardware — which is lauded unanimously. Feature parity will be achieved by improving software gradually.
Seems to follow the Watch pattern. Get the hardware correct, iterate for perfection.