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Month: February 2017

  • The CLIF Bar Might Be The Best Energy Food Bar For Survival Kit

    Personally, I like Questbars for energy bars — they are OK tasting but they really fill me up. I travel with them all the time.

    Published February 28, 2017
  • Internet of Things Teddy Bear Leaked 2 Million Parent and Kids Message Recordings

    The exposed data included more than 800,000 emails and passwords, which are secured with the strong, and thus supposedly harder to crack, hashing function bcrypt. Unfortunately, however, a large number of these passwords were so weak that it’s possible to crack them, according to Troy Hunt, a security researcher who maintains Have I Been Pwned […]

    Published February 28, 2017
  • The Tablet Computer is Growing Up

    Ben Bajarin: I’m still as bullish as ever on the tablet’s potential. However, my concern is consumers may be extremely stubborn and lean heavily on past behavior and familiarity with PCs instead of going through the process to replicate the workflows and activities they did on their PCs and transition to tablets My concern is […]

    Published February 28, 2017
  • Finding a Flashlight Part One: My Life Depends on It

    I have so many good light puns here, I just cannot possibly choose.

    Published February 28, 2017
  • Twitter, Live, and Luck

    Ben Thompson: “Evolving” is a word that has never really applied to Twitter. Consider the Oscars: according to Twitter’s statement of strategy the ideal outcome for Twitter apparently would be live-streaming the Oscars, much as the service live-streamed a few NFL games and the Presidential debates, making the service the “first-screen” instead of the second. […]

    Published February 27, 2017
  • 3 Ways to Roll Up Your Sleeves

    I’m a big fan of the third method listed. Super fast and stays put the best.

    Published February 27, 2017
  • iPad Productivity Report — 2/27/17

    Have you noticed iPad Pro coverage is getting a bit out of hand, and while we are shaking trees, let’s talk about DEVONThink again.

    Published February 27, 2017
  • GORUCK 10L Bullet Ruck version 2 (video)

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    Published February 27, 2017
  • Outlier S120 No Pocket Pivot

    Lightning review of a merino button down.

    Published February 24, 2017
  • For a bigger iPad to work, iOS needs some interface improvements

    Jason Snell for Macworld: One shape I entirely failed to mention in my article about iOS’s future last week is the laptop itself. If Apple remains committed to keeping iOS and macOS apart, it would seem logical that at some point Apple will make an iOS device with a keyboard physically attached to a screen. […]

    Published February 23, 2017
  • Using the iPad for: Taking notes and planning

    Matt Gemmell: GoodNotes does a hell of a lot more than the stuff I’ve listed above, but those are the features that grab me most, and make me most grateful for the app. It’s magic notebook tech, and turns the iPad into the big Moleskine that trees couldn’t provide. I personally am not a fan […]

    Published February 23, 2017
  • Not owning a cellphone gives you time to ruminate and to rest

    A man who doesn’t own a cell phone (and apparently never has): Even though we have two hands, I’m convinced that you can’t hold a cellphone and someone else’s hand at the same time. Some really interesting points — I wonder how we combat this in the future, he says as he stares a two iPads […]

    Published February 21, 2017
  • Yohann iPad Stands (video)

    A few people have been asking me about the Yohann iPad stands, I made a quick video to show them off. You must be a member to view this video.

    Published February 21, 2017
  • Brooks Review: Video

    Hey, look at me.

    Published February 21, 2017
  • Op-ed: Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto is a political trainwreck

    Annalee Newitz: Despite Facebook’s commitment to globalism, here we learn that the default norms for what you view will be set not by your global interests but by “whatever the majority of people in your region selected.” Yes, you can update your settings, but if you’ve ever tried to mess with your privacy settings on […]

    Published February 20, 2017
  • Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber

    This is a tragic and sickening post about the treatment Susan J. Fowler faced at Uber (along with the other women who work/ed there). I think this also warrants a reminder that this is far from the first allegation of a nefarious nature to surface about Uber. They have a track record of being sleazy. […]

    Published February 20, 2017
  • iPad Productivity Report — 02/20/17

    This week I cover the new iPad commercials, video conference solutions, and give a sneak peek at some video content I am working on.

    Published February 20, 2017
  • iPad Diaries: Advanced File Management and Research with DEVONthink

    Great post from Viticci going over the power aspects of DEVONthink — aligns well with how I am using the tool thus far. I’ll dive into my thoughts on it more later after I get a better handle on things. Also, I should note, Viticci is now going to be doing weekly-ish posts on his […]

    Published February 16, 2017
  • The Filson Original Briefcase

    When you find that perfect bag, but it doesn’t check any boxes. This post will annoy you, if I had to guess.

    Published February 15, 2017
  • ‘Unbelievable Turmoil’

    Michael Shear: In record time, the 45th president has set off global outrage with a ban on travelers from Muslim-majority countries, fired his acting attorney general for refusing to defend the ban and watched as federal courts swiftly moved to block the policy, calling it an unconstitutional use of executive power. The president angrily provoked […]

    Published February 15, 2017
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