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Not enough Americans know the story of Gander (similar things happened in Halifax and Vancouver). On that awful day, and in the awful days afterwards, my fellow Canadians stepped up to help. I’m could not be more proud.

This is a great idea. One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do is to talk openly as I can about my battles with depression. I’ve taken a lot of crap for it from jerks on the internet but I’ve gotten more support from complete strangers than I ever could have imagined and I’m very grateful for that. If you’re suffering, reach out to family, friends, and even complete strangers for help. There’s no shame in it.

This will send the Tech Media into a tizzy but, as Apple says, they already know what their sales numbers will be.

Bummer.

The gold Apple Watch was an interesting experiment. Apple will never say but I’d be curious to know how many they actually sold.

Great look at the science behind what seem to be the most painful cuts of all.

I tell my students to not worry about the camera they have. Anything bought in the last five years will be a good camera. Learn how to take pictures, how to create images and learn what you like to shoot. Then worry about buying a camera that fits.

Susie Ochs, writing for Macworld:

I didn’t want to like the AirPods, I really didn’t. But in the hands-on area after Apple’s iPhone 7 event on Wednesday, I found myself dancing along in spite of myself—and the AirPods stayed put, feeling surprisingly secure. With convenient features on both the hardware and software sides, I have to admit that Apple’s totally-wireless AirPods kind of rocked my world.

And (my favorite):

Not only did I dance, I headbanged. I shook my head side to side, I tossed my hair, I jogged in place, and I looked silly doing all of it. The AirPods stayed put, and they stayed loud. The music (more Sia, naturally) sounded full and lush and I couldn’t hear a single word anyone around me was saying, as if I was completely sealed off in a bubble of rock and roll. Pretty impressive.

Obviously, a big part of this is the fit. Give them a try, see how they feel in your ears.

This story is from back in March, but ran across it this morning. Fantastic and heartwarming.

Another good look at Apple’s reasoning behind killing the headphone jack.

Apple had a big day, introducing a number of new products that I think will sell really well for them. I won’t do any type of a hands on review, because the press just doesn’t get enough time with the products to do a true review, but I will give you some thoughts of the keynote and the products that were introduced. I will post more detailed reviews after I have some time to spend with the individual products.[…]

If you missed it, now you can catch up to the rest of us.

That iPad Pro is looking better and better.

There’s a lot of really interesting and fun stuff in this latest version of iOS that I’m looking forward to playing around with.

Apple just posted the videos to their Youtube page

For a guy like me who sits in front of a computer all day, every day, this is a bigger and more interesting deal to me than the new hardware announced today.

This is the most controversial part of Apple’s announcements today. But they signalled, very clearly, that this is what they think the future will be. Keep this in mind when, next year, they offer wireless charging.

If you liked the original Apple ear pods, you’ll probably like these. But sadly for me, they never fit in my ears properly. And, at $159, they won’t fit my wallet either.

For the dual-lens camera alone I say, shut up and take my money.

I can’t wait for the reviews of these. The Air pods are a non-starter for me.

These two games are going to be a lot of fun!

This Nike partnership is weird and interesting. Many runners complain about so many changes in the program and that it’s often confusing. But Apple and Nike keep trying.

So – will you get one?

This got posted at 9:52am PT.

I read this on Twitter over the weekend and couldn’t wrap my mind around it. As Kottke says, “Did anyone learn this in school? I sure didn’t. How do we all know then?” Good question.

The course is a little heavy on the tech but definitely interesting and informative.

If you play this song in my presence, I will smash whatever device this sound from hell is coming out of.

Segall thinks more about this stuff than I do (and knows a hell of a lot more about it) so it doesn’t bother me nearly as much but he makes a good point. The S models always have had the perception of being “not as good”.

Sad but remarkable video. I don’t know if the elephants are grieving in the human sense but they are certainly acknowledging the passing of their matriarch.

Pundits keep trying to say that the iPhone will take over from the DSLR. That’s ridiculous. But the iPhone continues to be a very capable camera for the vast majority of people. Apple will make it even better on Wednesday.