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Space and Rich Dudes
I share a little bit of the bitterness that visiting space has transitioned from being something that countries did, to being a hobby of wealthy people with the funds to end world hunger but instead are like “nah, I want to spend billions on a rocket to send me up into space for a couple…
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The Economics of Scale (or, the high cost of low prices)
I often see tweets like this decrying wealth inequality: Remember when Kroger closed stores in Seattle and Long Beach because the cities mandated $4/hour raises for grocery workers? Kroger just announced a $1 billion buyback for shareholders. They also raised the CEO's pay 45% to $20.7 millionhttps://t.co/3llHbpkWFr — Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) July 16, 2021 It…
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Windows 365
This announcement is one of those things where I look at it and I’m just like: It’s funny, it used to be that you’d have a browser tab open in Windows, and today, you can have Windows running in a browser tab! This also comes at a perfect time for the people who have enjoyed…
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Tech Companies and Competition
(Disclosure: my current employer is a subsidiary of Microsoft. I’m not a journalist or anything, and I don’t think that really influenced my writing, but it would have felt dishonest not to mention it.) Daring Fireball, weighing in on a recent IBM executive shakeup: I don’t offer this observation as an argument against any and…
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The Nerve of the Developers of Audacity
So a few days ago, the new owners of open-source audio editor Audacity pushed out a new privacy policy, and according to this policy, the app became permitted to collect enough data about users that people under 13 years old would no longer be legally able to use the app in the US. This caused…
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Apple and China
Apple has a China problem. Apple’s dependence on China runs very deep. Not only is China a lynchpin of Apple’s supply chain, but they’re also a huge market for Apple to sell its wares, second only to the US. But China isn’t a particularly great partner for a company like Apple. Sure, they had their…
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WWDC 2021 Keynote – Impressions
This keynote weighed in at just under an hour and 45 minutes, but by being pre-recorded, it was a tight keynote, jam packed with announcements. I think my wish list was too highly focused on a couple small areas and not thinking broadly enough about the vast array of things Apple makes and could have…
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Apple: Working remote, or remotely working?
I’m glad to see that Apple employees are speaking up and pushing on Apple to embrace a more remote-friendly environment. Apple absolutely has a culture that has enabled them to create incredible products over the years, but being colocated to get work done isn’t one of those things. Executives love coming back to the office…
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WWDC 2019
With WWDC coming up in just a few days, I’ve been reflecting a little on WWDCs of years past. Quite possibly my favorite WWDC ever is the one from 2019. WWDCs as of late have been pretty damn impressive and although this one isn’t the one with the most surprises (that’s the one I’d have…