Good find from Cali Krueger.

Someone’s getting a punch in the face.

An interesting take on a tasks app with lots of filtering options.

I hit the Siri button by mistake last night and before she could react, I yelled at her. Monique asked me who I was yelling at and I said Siri—that’s why the name shows up twice. Siri’s pretty smart.

Last night I posted a link outlining my annoyance with being bothered by apps that prompt—some would say nag—users to “Rate the App.” I received quite a few tweets and emails from developers explaining why they do it. […]

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Yeah, I laughed.

Love it. I’m totally behind this.

The publisher of The Occasional by Funny or Die has decided that the iOS-only publishing model is a dead-end and they are moving the periodical to the web instead.

I am in no way a good photographer, but I found this story very interesting.

Brad McCarty:

I had my first quarterly review a few weeks ago. Things didn’t go very well. Though I had exceeded a few of the goals that we set up when I started, there was one key area in which I had undoubtedly failed. That failure led to a stern discussion with my VP of Biz Dev (my direct boss) and the CEO (his boss).

Incredibly open article.

According to research from Parks Associates, Apple is the top brand in a wide range of categories, including tablets, laptops, smartphones, home networking routers, MP3 players, and streaming media devices.

So basically, Apple isn’t the top brand in cars and hockey sticks.

Very sad.

He leans forward. I can feel his breath in my ear.

“I’ve touched everybody on the nose, man,” he says, quietly. “There ain’t nobody I can’t touch on the nose.” He tilts to one side and says, “I know what you’re thinking. Just relax.” A while later, he says, “If I can touch you, I can kill you.”

Holy shit that must have been scary. The article is seven pages long, so plan ahead.

There’s a “View All Images” link on the page so you don’t have to go through the slideshow.

The Loop Magazine Issue 16:

In this issue Brianna Wu looks at the status of women in the gaming industry; Matt Gemmell explains why he likes analog tools like pens and notepads to plan; Matt Dusenbury talks about how technology is supposedly helping our health; In New York, Seamus Bellamy takes a trip around town to all the pubs his favorite writer visited; and Steven Aquino talks about why he loves subscription music services.

A global ad campaign to promote Samsung devices, involving soccer stars and an alien invasion story, instead revealed that the fantasy campaign’s star manager Franz Beckenbauer tweets from his iPhone, not a Galaxy device.

Perfect.

I love reading Hemingway’s letters.

It’s $49,999, but I want it badly. I’ve heard great things about The Music Zoo—I’m going to buy a guitar there someday.

Jim and Dan talk about Apple’s stock movement, Apple acquisitions, the Beard Calendar, Amazon’s Drones, Slash’s pickups, and more.

For the new PlayStation 3 racing game Gran Turismo 6, the Mercedes-Benz designers have developed the visionary concept of a super sports car – the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo.

Imagine driving that in real life.