Public, but a very small separated section of a larger school district - only one grade school and one high school. So it is basically a public school that feels private. Having attended private school myself, I think the distinction you are making sounds about right.
At my kid's school the target is no phones until 8th grade. It seems many people adhere to the guidance, but that is only based on what we see casually, and we'll see how it looks over the next few years. Some 3rd/4th graders have smart watches which allow comms but not meaningful apps. Not sure it is a great compromise for my family, but interesting to see what results other folks find as we all navigate it.
There are plenty of apps or features that remain Windows exclusive. In Microsoft's office suite, things like PowerBI only offer Windows desktop apps. And even within apps like Powerpoint there are features that don't exist in the Mac version (like grids). There are certainly equivalent or better alternatives to both of these examples available on Mac, but if your company uses these products Parallels could be a better alternative to having a second PC.
As a user of them, it remains disappointing that you can’t really interact with them. I use a few (shopping list, world clock, random photos), but if there was more possible interaction than just ‘open the app’, there might be more creative use cases.
I think the other element is a move from hardware to software. The zoom calls that replace the video phone booth are not just iPhones, but also conference rooms, computers, iPads. Smartphones bring all these solutions together, but the variety of ways to engage on such a wide variety of platforms is just as transformative.
I think this gets it exactly right. I’ve taken the deck on trips where I have room in the suitcase, but I wouldn’t take it on my daily commute. But most of all, I’m just with it on the couch. Even though there is also a nice big tv right in front of it, the instant on / instant suspend makes it great for 5-10 minute chunks.
If it was simply ‘self-driving’ there would seem to be more wiggle room, but the inclusion of ‘full’ to the claim makes a much more specific promise of the degree of autonomy drivers should expect. Adding more specific detailed language elsewhere should explain a marketing claim, not contradict it.
I don’t understand why this requires a California law to address? Why hasn’t the FTC intervened? A quick search reveals that it is ‘on their radar’ as of this past June, but as other commenters have pointed out, the claim has been used for more than 5 years. Perhaps they need a more sensitive radar.
This article might be a bit hyperbolic, but I’m ready for some new challengers to Google, to say nothing of certain other giants. Search has become so compromised between SEO optimization and more and more actual human content stuck behind no-crawl sites that for me it only serves value when I know exactly what I am looking for.
I worry that things like a productized ChatGPT would be quite opaque (what is the foundation of trust for any given answer if it is interpreted from multiple sources). At least Google is clear in attribution, though that is no guarantee or quality. But hopefully that is an exciting challenge to the next generation.
A six month series of weekly sessions with a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist had a transformative impact in my life. He helped me see some of the actions I was doing more clearly and helped me develop the skills to change. In our sessions we focused on one small part of my life, but I’ve felt the impact quite broadly and still think of him and those conversations regularly, especially when I am struggling. I have at times seen other therapists with less helpful results, so it’s with finding the one that fits for you.
I don’t believe any life is past its time. We all follow our own twisting paths, and it is an easier path when we don’t have to face it all alone.
I don’t disagree with the points here, certainly have my own list of this category of pet peeve. One other peeve is “do better” as a linguistic device which we’ve see flourish in the last few years. To me, it consistently reads as arrogant and condescending towards the person in need of correction. Rather than this simplistic mandate, perhaps a more specifically helpful call to attention.
I think those needing to subscribe to the new Pantone service are more likely to be paying for the full cc suite, not the single app model. This is quite a bit less than that per month.
I love a matrix of red flashing dots, but did these serve a real purpose on machines like this? Feels quite obtuse as a means of delivering feedback. Especially since a machine like this could drive a comparatively information-dense CRT display.
Not for apps like Audible which (this is my guess based on personal experience) prevents you from doing anything if you seem to have connectivity but can’t get a real response. Offline mode is simply more stable, unless you need to sync status from another device.
The window crack patters when you crash are forever burned into my mind. Which is to say I loved playing the '88 version when I was a kid, but I never quite mastered the subtle art of not crashing.
Thanks, I think I didn't write that clearly. I do have multiple custom lists, and as far as I can tell there are five categories: Want to go, Favorites, Travel plans, Starred Places and custom. Each of these presents differently, but if you have multiple custom options (I have a dozen or so) there is no distinction between them, at least available on web that I can find. They are all turquoise pins.
I will also readily admit that I may be a marginal case here, but Apple's more subtle treatment serves obsessive pinners like me without cluttering the map.
I switched to Apple Maps several years ago and whenever I go back to Google, particularly on mobile, my preference for Apple Maps is confirmed. Google has too many ads (especially showing the ever-present Walgreens icon) and too much visual clutter. I do prefer Google's pins to Apple's dots, but Apple makes it easy for me to categorize locations with different lists and different colors. Google lets me do much of this, but doesn't allow me to set differing colors by list. Also, their 'favorite' list is just the most recent 500 starred places, so once something goes to 501, it simply disappears.
Definitely still room for improvement from Apple here, but they seem way more engaged and invested than Google does at this point.
So far they are meeting or beating the expectations set for pre-order customers. My own order was targeted at Q3 (July - Oct) and I got my order completion link on 6/30. Currently they list only "After Q3", so def hard to know what that means, but it does seem that they are catching up.
What I love about this article is that it is exactly the struggle a human commission-based artist goes through with a human patron. The patron says “I want a sculpture of a duck” and the artist shows a sketch of what he or she has in mind. Of course this is all wrong to the Parton. This is not the duck of my dreams, this is a common pond duck. The artist is now more confused. Has the patron ever seen a duck? What other kind of duck is there? Has the patron ever seen my work? And the more the patron tries to specify their ask, the less possible it is for the artist to achieve it. Finally they come to a grudging agreement, the artist delivers a duck statue but neglects to add it to their portfolio. The patron grudgingly writes a check and finds a nice spot in the far back of the garden.
I read it like three times to see if I'd missed it. Very strange approach to this. There is no shame in celebrating its impact and saying the brand/category is being retired.
The 'to push 4k monitor sales' inclusion the title seems to not reflect the content of the article, which does not postulate a theory regarding Apple's intent. Apple doesn't even sell 4k monitors, so a more compelling case for nefarious intent would seem to be made by reserving HiDPI only for Apple made displays, or some arbitrary minimum like 5k.
Eesh, we've found a way to recreate default Powerpoint styles on web. Or is it The Sims 2?
A small but important detail that is always off to me in these views is the use of white and black to create shadow and highlight. Real color os much subtler than this and simply dropping pure white or black on top of the base color rarely creates a realistic or attractive mix. The yellow box example in the article is the best example of black shadowing at its worst. A more realistic (and attractive) shadow effect could be achieved by understanding how the material would actually reflect light differently - there would be richer, deeper oranges, not just "grey orange".
There is a pretty broad spectrum here. Both of the examples you cite are clear cases of public health and regulation followed discovery of damage. There is no such danger or clear public safety case for batteries which is why it feels like over-reach: regulation based on preference rather than fact.
"While Delta’s focus on providing customers with a seamless, transparent experience is admirable, our analysis suggests that this strategy could be dramatically increasing the public exposure of their negative customer interactions, and is thus likely having a significant negative impact on their stock price and brand image."
That is a pretty big claim to end this paragraph on. I would be interested in seeing exactly how their analysis connects twitter to stock price, if for no reason other than that it improves brand image for the sample set that is me.
I appreciate the candor and flying is a tough business, so of course there are going to be problems. What matters to me is how you handle those problems. Allowing these to be public lets me judge that behavior for myself.