A little while ago my wife, Erin, had a chance to shoot a wedding and I think she crushed it. The pictures speak for themselves.
Month: June 2017
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How statistics are twisted to obscure public understanding
Jonathan Goodman:
It is open to question, however, whether flights operating on a buffered schedule arrive ‘on time’ in the sense that ordinary people use the term. If a flight is scheduled for 2.5 hours and takes, on average, only 1.5 hours to reach its destination, then is any flight that arrives at its scheduled time really on time? Or have the airlines merely redefined the term ‘on time’ to generate more favourable statistics?
I often tell people that statistics are not to be trusted. Then a statistician gets really mad, because statistics actually don’t lie. However, as shown in the example above, they can be gathered in a manner which distorts the truth.
Thus, statistics are not to be inherently trusted.
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Tablet Mode on Windows
Bardi Golriz:
Microsoft’s apparent reluctance to make any meaningful improvements to Windows’ tablet mode suggest offering a first-class tablet experience is no longer as important as ensuring users have nothing to learn (or as little as possible) when they switch to it.
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Life without a Car
Donny Reynolds:
Not being forced to own a car is an empowering privilege, and it’s going to be more and more common. After all, it gives us financial flexibility, time, and freedom of choice. People should not feel afraid, but empowered to have more options to get around.
One of my favorite aspects of traveling is not having to worry about my car. Cleaning it, fueling it, parking it, or hell — even whether it is the right car for the situation.
I’m not sure how this is solved in the suburbs, where I live, but in a city — I doubt I would own a car.
It’s not just the financial impact either. Going somewhere nice, a date perhaps? Get a premium car. Have a lot of people, get a large car. So convenient, even if you factor in the wait.
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An Art Form of Brevity
Pat Dryburgh:
Many of the friends I have made online have moved the vast majority of their publishing to social media. While the immediacy of social media is great, it’s an art form of brevity.
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iPad Productivity Report — 6/6/17
What a great couple of days. If you watched, or read, about the announcements from Apple yesterday then one thing was made very clear, as I said last week: they’ve figured out the iPad. I’ve not read any reaction posts from the general “press at large” but judging from private messages I am getting, as well as the overall tone of the headlines: this is day one of the iPad being generally accepted as a “real computer” by the masses.
You can insert whatever emoji the kids use for a really smug smiling blogger, here.
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Beacon
I was wondering about something like this the other day. Neat idea for impromptu meet ups when a large group of people is around each other. I’ll be giving it a go during WWDC.
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A Quick WWDC Tip: Compeed
Last year I wore what I thought was a well broken in pair of Clark’s Desert Boots to WWDC and found out they still had some break in to them. I started to get a couple hotspots and ducked into Walgreens to find some relief. That’s when I discovered Compeed Blister Cushions.
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Will it Fit? (Video)
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Outsourcing Your Online Presence
Joe Cieplinski:
Look, I get that I’m the nut who doesn’t want to use Facebook. I’m not even saying don’t post your stuff to Facebook. But if Facebook is the only place you are posting something, know that you are shutting out people like me for no good reason. Go ahead and post to Facebook, but post it somewhere else, too. Especially if you’re running a business.
I’m not sure there is a blog post I’ve agreed with more.
Another thought that strikes me: this seems like exactly the type of problem which Micro.blog is setup to “fix” in a way. Dead simple publishing, with crossposting. If Micro.blog were to add crossposting into a Facebook account/page (not sure if that is possible or not) I think there’s a strong case for everyone and every business to use Micro.blog as their centralized system. It could go to all your “socials” and to your website blog. You cover all the bases, with one click on a platform that actually respects you, your readers, and the web in general. Perfection.
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Passwords at the Border
Bruce Schneier:
The password-manager 1Password has just implemented a travel mode that tries to protect users while crossing borders. It doesn’t make much sense.
Some good points from him — I am glad I don’t have any international travel booked, because I am not sure what/how I would do it at this point.