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The longer I look at it, the more I like this render by Jonas Daehnert. An iPhone Ultra in titanium, made with design cues from the Apple Watch Ultra? I think there’s something there.
And anything to lighten up the iPhones Pro from their stainless steel and glass dense-ness would get a thumbs up from me. Titanium could be a big win.
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not.
1️⃣ Fake meat product sales are on the decline, probably due to recession concerns. It’s a bummer, since I think they could make a big environmental impact. I always try the imitation meats when I see them on a menu. [Link - Megan Hernbroth // axios.com]
2️⃣ Stalwart Daring Fireball hardly needs a link from whippersnapper HeyDingus, but I did really enjoy Gruber’s piece on the feel of app quality. Bonus points were earned with the perfect, and titular, Steve Jobs quote which wraps it up. [Link - John Gruber // daringfireball.net]
And now begins some link vamping because I didn’t have seven things saved up this time… So here’s five things out of my Apple Archive storage!
3️⃣ Michael Steeber put together this guide for all the furniture in Apple Store Boardrooms. [Link]
4️⃣ Here’s an amazing working Dashboard replica. [Link]
5️⃣ And an iPod! [Link]
6️⃣ An archive of all the Apple Gift Cards. [Link]
7️⃣ An AI-powered moment finder from Apple keynotes. [Link]
Thanks for reading 7 Things. If you enjoyed these links or have something neat to share, please let me know.
Matt Richtel, writing for The New York Times (Internet Archive):
“My whole day is managing crash notifications,” said Trina Dummer, interim director of Summit County’s emergency services, which received 185 such calls in the week from Jan. 13 to Jan. 22. (In winters past, the typical call volume on a busy day was roughly half that.) Ms. Dummer said that the onslaught was threatening to desensitize dispatchers and divert limited resources from true emergencies.
“Apple needs to put in their own call center if this is a feature they want,” she said.
I’ve seen a bunch of these anecdotes going around. I feel tension mounting against Crash Detection because of all the false positive calls, which is a shame because it can be life-saving in its intended environment. Apple’s going to have to do better here, and quickly, before all good will for the feature is spent.
For what it’s worth, I feel myself on high alert for that buzz and siren when I’m skiing, biking, or during any activity when my watch could misconstrue a normal jolt as a “hard fall”. I’d be mortified to place an unnecessary call to 911.
Greg Morris: Trying to sum up my thoughts on Readwise Reader
So, I’m stuck trying to pin down thoughts on sometimes ephemeral feelings provoked by an app. You can’t measure and compare feelings, but you know when they just don’t push your buttons.
Readwise Reader hasn’t pulled at my heartstrings either. There are bits that I love (auto narration, shortlist, blazing fast share extension, reading view, the ‘Archive and Next’ button), but it doesn’t feel as effortless to use as Reeder. I’ve always aspired to be an article highlighter, but even while I’ve had access to Readwise’s premier highlighting service, I haven’t used it. Plus, Pocket articles sync to my Kobo…so, while I had high hopes, I’m not sure what I’m going to do.
I haven’t posted about them in a while, but I’ve got some new stuff up at the HeyDingus Store. Stuff like fun phone cases, and this shirt to memorialize your lost status on the internet’s favorite fallen-from-grace social network:
🆕👕🚨 Don’t let them forget that you used to be someone on Twitter.
Inspired by @dmoren.
Check them out at heydingus.net/store.
Oh, and since I’m shamelessly plugging, I’ve also put together a more comprehensive tipping page with links for all the major peer-to-peer networks. 😉
Towering ice glows,
Shimmers, glitters; a palace
Frozen, yet vital
A warm breath of life
Vapor kisses lips, departs
Rises, frozen, new
Bright, so goddamn bright
I squint, make shape out of light
New dawn’s first hello
A crisp, frosty crunch
Step by step, away from warmth
Ever toward life
I’m no poet, but I stretched my comfort zone and wrote these for The Mountaineer’s winter haiku contest.
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not.
1️⃣ I have a thesis that everything might be a blog, but Hanki is right — context matters. I like what they have to say about the medium implicitly holding a message. [🔗 Hanki // hanki.dev]
2️⃣ This is my favorite kind of thing. This guy saw a need and filled a need. It’s easy to use and understand. And he made a shortcut for even more ease. AND it’s got a great domain. (TD;DR: This tool lets Mastodon links have the same easy-to-read rich link previews in Messages that tweets get.) [🔗 Tyler Hillsman // mstdn.link]
3️⃣ I don’t love linking to TikTok, but this is microphone demo by Becca Farsace was too good to not share. [🔗 The Verge // tiktok.com] (Via Robert Silvernail)
4️⃣ All I can say about this Sara Dietschy wedding video is “Wow.” So cute, and so well-done. [📺 Sara Dietschy // youtube.com]
5️⃣ Now that’s one photogenic bear! [🔗 Justine Calma // theverge.com]
6️⃣ Miranda is one of my favorite creators on the internet. I’ve previously linked to her videos on the Miranda in the Wild channel that she did for REI, but now she’s independently creating for her own channel, Miranda Goes Outside. She silly yet informative, and I love the joy for the outdoors that she shares with the world. [🔗 Miranda Goes Outside // instagram.com]
7️⃣ In an effort to get comfortable with sharing more, I decided to give BeReal a try. I keep missing the notifications though, so I haven’t gotten a good sense of it yet. I’d love to hear from folks if they have opinions! [🔗 Yours Truly // now.heydingus.net]
Thanks for reading 7 Things. If you enjoyed these links or have something neat to share, please let me know.
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not.
1️⃣ I found this guide to writing image descriptions immensely helpful. I like to work within frameworks, so the Object-Action-Context idea gives me a structure to go off of. [🔗 Alex Chen // uxdesign.cc]
2️⃣ Scotty Jackson makes a great point about AI in this post. It reminds me of the Ted Lasso quote, “Be curious, not judgmental.” [🔗 HeyScottyJ // heyscottyj.com]
3️⃣ The Climb on HBO Max is…interesting. It’s almost like watching a satire of rock climbing but knowing that it’s trying to be serious. I can’t fully recommend it, but I’m going to keep watching. [📺 The Climb // hbmomax.com]
4️⃣ Apple is playing a game that works with their newest TV+ ad. [📺 Call Me with Timothée Chalamet // youtube.com]
5️⃣ Matt Birchler had the most accurate headline about Twitter’s third-party API demise this past week. [🔗 Matt Birchler // birchtree.me]
6️⃣ The news that AmazonSmile is shutting down was a huge bummer to me, too. I’ve made a point to always use AmazonSmile because every little bit helps. The Verge had a great postmortem and an even better suggestion to Amazon on how it could have more transparently broken the news. [🔗 Barbara Kransoff // theverge.com]
7️⃣ 4 (The Pink Album) by Lukas Graham came out this week, and I love it. [🎵 Lukas Graham // album.link]
Thanks for reading 7 Things. If you enjoyed these links or have something neat to share, please let me know.
The ever-helpful Sven Dahlstrand (@sod) on Micro.blog:
You know how email is this cool thing that mostly just works. You can have an
@gmail.comaddress and send a message to someone with an@hey.comaddress and vice versa.Someone else can run the email server on your behalf, or you can run one yourself in a closet from home. You can have one email address, two or five, or how many you want.
Also, you can use whatever client you want. Gmail’s web-based client, a fancy app on your phone, or a text-based one in a terminal. They might have different features and user experiences, but they all “speak email.”
I think a lightbulb flashed on in many people’s minds from this reply. It’s hard to imagine a more cogent and accessible explanation of Mastodon/Fediverse/ActivtyPub than this. The usernames might look weird right now, but I think it’s something that will pass with time. I’m sure email addresses used to look silly when they were new, too.