Former Apple TV Designer Ben Keighran is Building Caffeine.tv
A year ago Ben Keighran quit at Apple, where he was in the Apple TV division working on the latest version of the Apple TV. Now he’s the co-founder and leader of Caffeine, a streaming service that aims...
View ArticleThe Works Presents: Adam Clayton
Easy to recommend to fans of U2 — and you’ve probably already watched it if you are – but there’s a fantastic interview with Adam Clayton of U2 on the Irish television program The Works that covers the...
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Apple Park Opens in April
Apple has announced plans to open their new campus, named Apple Park, in April 2017: Apple Park is transforming miles of asphalt sprawl into a haven of green space in the heart of the Santa Clara...
View ArticlePedro Martinez on David Ortiz’s Retirement
From a shack in Santo Domingo to the World Series: The door was closing on David and his family, and he had the power, the will, the soul, to stick his foot in that doorway and say, “Hell no. I’m...
View ArticleBill Murray on The Fantastic Mister Fox
After watching the trailer for Wes Anderson’s new film, Isle of Dogs, I went searching for random Bill Murray stories and stumbled on this from Vulture.com’s highlights of Bill Murray’s surprise Reddit...
View ArticleWhat I Read / Watched for the Week of 09-22-2017
I’m trying out a new thing for the next month or so where I’ll post a summary of articles I read and YouTube videos I watched over the past week. I haven’t decided if I’ll post commentary or just links...
View ArticleProfessional Esports Player Retiring at 27
In reading about sports like football or hockey, I find it sad when a player has to retire in their late 30’s because their body is letting them down. I wouldn’t have guessed that a professional...
View ArticleWhat I Read / Watched for the Week of 09-30-2017
As I mentioned last week, I’m trying out a new thing for the next month or so where I’ll post a summary of articles I read and YouTube videos I watched over the past week. Here goes: What I Read This...
View ArticleWhat I Read / Watched for the Week of 2017-10-05
Here’s what crossed my eyeballs this past week: What I Read This Week My favorite behind-the-scenes iOS utilities Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs My App Story Perspective | I wanted to understand why...
View ArticleWhat I Read / Watched for the Week of 2017-10-13
Eyes and ears this time: What I Read This Week That time I was on Halt and Catch Fire Soaking up the arts in Saskatoon: the ‘Paris of the Prairies’ | Toronto Star Podcast Episodes I Listened to This...
View ArticleRon McLean on Gord Downie
Gord Downie was Canada’s humble genius: “Two words,” Gord was saying quietly to himself. “I only have to remember two words — First Nations.” Gord’s rule about a fresh performance, in this, his final...
View ArticleHow to Download OS X El Capitan
Bookmarking this here for myself and anyone else who has a Mac computer that can’t upgrade to macOS High Sierra, or that need to upgrade to El Capitan first. The post How to Download OS X El Capitan...
View ArticleThe Verge’s iPhone X Video Review
The Verge has a great video review up of the iPhone X, including a great way to see the tech behind the Face ID sensors: Overall they love the iPhone X but it’s still running iOS with it’s quirks. It...
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iPhone X vs Panasonic GH5 in 4k Video Comparison
This is a great comparison video because they’re not out to prove the iPhone X is better than the Panasonic GH5 – they state they use both in their own productions – but just show the footage and let...
View ArticleImagination by Tom Wallisch for North Face
I love that it’s only the kids that see the magic around them. Watch the Video Direct link to video The post Imagination by Tom Wallisch for North Face appeared first on Faraway, So Close.
View ArticleApple’s HomePod is Three Years Behind Amazon’s Echo
Mark Gurman, writing for Bloomberg, thinks Apple is 3 years behind Amazon because they’re focused on the speaker and not the assistant. Filled with lots of information “according to people familiar...
View ArticleApple Watch Used to Identify Irregular Heart Rhythms
Perhaps as a counter point to yesterday’s critique of Apple’s HomePod development – if Apple’s engineers are too busy coming up with ways to save people’s lives with the Apple Watch and have to...
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Working Backwards from U2’s Songs of Experience – A Musical Journey
With U2’s Songs of Experience out everywhere now, I noticed iTunes has deals on their back catalogue. Obviously I have no need for more digital copies of albums from my favourite band but I thought I’d...
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Dealing with Social Media Stress
Social media isn’t going to go away anytime soon – despite how many tweets there are proclaiming the death of social media. I wrote this all out on Twitter – starting at this tweet – but thought I’d...
View ArticleApple’s Privacy Feature Costing Ad Companies Millions
Privacy continues to suck on the web. Luckily browser makers have finally started to take the user’s interests to heart. From The Guardian via MacStories: No tracking, no revenue: Apple’s privacy...
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