I subconsciously ignore anything listicle these days, so much so that I do not even read the complete title. Same applies to ads. I guess this says something about the state of my mind while on internet - always on the defensive.
Thoughts
The Weekly Digest [01/12]
🔗 Directory of Hyperlink Nodes by Brad
🔗 pixelbook experiences by Frank
💬 Sharing Family Photos
🔗 Passive iOS Games by Jon
🔗 Must-listen Podcasts by Josh
I recently (and nervously) published the first episode of a microcast featuring the short stories by me. I’ve no idea if the experiment would play out well. But it’s something that I always wanted to attempt and put out there. It satisfies a long-standing itch of my curious mind.
I attempted recording and publishing a microcast for the first time with Wavelength for micro.blog - boy, @manton has made audio posts so simple. It’s almost too easy for anyone and everyone to post quick thoughts as audio snippets. It can potentially change the podcasting space.
We would soon be able to ask Alexa to play music from Apple Music too. That’s a welcome development, especially for playlists and radio. And so not from Apple’s typical playbook. Especially with.. HomePod. But I guess Apple’s focus on their services business now calls for that.
The 96-year-old painter who saved a village →
When a former soldier learned that his village was going to be demolished 10 years ago, he picked up a brush and started painting — and he hasn’t stopped since.
Such a fascinating account and a beautiful gallery of an artist at work.
Although the most attractive thing about being an astronaut is that they get to go to space, the truth is that they spend almost all their time working on the ground.
A fact I’m reminded of every time there’s an article or a report on astronauts.
Google keeps struggling with their re-entry in China market - another day, another leak from internal sources against Dragonfly. I do not remember any project from any organization that has seen so much friction internally, playing out in public. No side is ready to back down.
It’s good to see Walt Mossberg try DuckDuckGo and come out impressed. Of all the services from Google, search is the most frictionless for anyone to replace. Other being Chrome.
That doesn’t bode well for Google’s business. And am sure Google’s aware of that.
Tech community looks pretty divided on the benefits of Project Fi, now Google Fi. Few say it’s the best thing to happen to the US telecommunications market, others are unimpressed suggesting Fi in current form won’t change much of the market. Curious.