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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.

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.

How to Become an Astronaut

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.

How Restaurants Got So Loud

Like the open office, the loud restaurant seems to have overstayed its welcome. That’s because loud restaurants are more profitable.

Unfortunately, fine dining has become synonymous with dimly lit, noisy, cramped spaces today.