Since I am a day late this week, we have some ground to make up for. Thus, the easily forgotten, but always satisfying Keebler Deluxe Graham’s are the snack pick for the week.
Month: January 2019
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Apple is putting iTunes on Samsung TVs
John Porter:
Apple tells The Verge that Samsung’s smart TV ad-tracking features cannot track viewing usage within the iTunes Movies and TV Shows app, in another example of Apple’s focus on privacy.
Here’s the thing: this means you’ll need to connect your Samsung TV to WiFi in order for this to work. And there’s long been privacy questions over even allowing that to happen.
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iPad Productivity Report — 1/7/19
It’s been a while since I wrote a full iPad Productivity Report, so for the new year I am back at it. This will be the first of many to come over the next couple of months as some big rethinks are in the works for me with my iPad Pro setup(s). Today I want to address a few things I am playing with: font management, space needs, Notion, and Vellum. And then at the end I want to touch on a few upcoming things with my setup.
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So You Bought a GR1, Now What?
I see a lot of comments/tweets/posts about people who get a new GORUCK GR1 bag, and then are not exactly sure what they should do with it from there (other than use it). This post walks you through how I take on a new GORUCK bag and the steps I take to make it mine.
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Should I Use My Personal Laptop for Work?
No. Just no. I’d also extend this to mobile devices too.
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Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Natasha Singer:
In the complaint, the city attorney excoriated the Weather Company, saying it unfairly took advantage of its app’s popularity and the fact that consumers were likely to give their location data to get local weather alerts. The city said that the company failed to sufficiently disclose its data practices when it got users’ permission to track their location and that it obscured other tracking details in its privacy policy.
Some serious bullshit, as weather apps are nearly useless unless you grant location access.
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The 12” PowerBook
Easily the greatest laptop ever made.
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Happy New Year! May Your City Never Become San Francisco, New York or Seattle
Emily Badger:
Surely there is nothing left to fear in New York, a place that already has tall buildings and high rents. But the pending arrival of Amazon in Long Island City, as Vice recently put it, has some residents on edge about “becoming Seattle on steroids.” The specter captures the particular mix of high housing costs, tall buildings and tech bros.
This whole article, damn.