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Disney chairman apologizes to P.T.A. asked to pay fee after ‘Lion King’ screening

There’s just so much dumb in this story. The school should have known better (you can’t just publicly show a movie without paying the rights holder) and Disney’s legal department handled it in the worst possible way. They could have simply said, “Don’t do it again.” but they ended up embarrassing their company and causing a lot of ill will and hurt feelings.

The Swan & Mallard

John Randall: “The identity plays upon the three aspects of the restaurant’s name by unifying the swan and the mallard through the positive and negative space within the ampersand. A limited colour palette and minimalistic style helps create a simple … Continued

The magic of chess

I learned how to play chess when Bobby Fischer was World Champion (yes – I’m old) but I bet every one of these kids could still beat me.

Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

Wacom will undoubtedly offer a heartfelt apology and explanation as to why they do this but the big question will be, for how long have they been doing this and what do they do with the data? The other part of this is I wish I had half the technical chops this guy does.

Adobe, this is why photographers are hating on you

I don’t know if Adobe is paying attention or cares (because they know their business model better than anyone else) but there’s certainly a groundswell of dissatisfied photographers (and others) who are looking for alternatives.

I gave my credit card to random people

It may very well be “just a stunt” but as stunts go, it’s pretty cool. And sure, it may be an indictment of our consumer culture but wouldn’t it be great to have the money to be able to do this for people?

Apple makes the ugliest watch faces on the planet

Knapsack: I’m late to the Apple Watch Series 5 game and I only bought mine last night. I’ve been putting off the purchase primarily because I’ve seen the 44mm on multiple wrists and the most common face, called Infograph, looked … Continued

Apple has a Vladimir Putin problem

I don’t think Apple has a “Putin problem” at all. They won’t accede to this demand and will pull out of the Russian market. No problem. If this happened with China, then they’d have a real problem.

Steve Jobs’s real talent wasn’t design—it was seduction

I don’t know if I’d go so far as “sex sells” but there’s no doubt the original appeal of using a Mac for me was the idea that it wasn’t a device I had to “figure out” how to use. It was definitely seductive.

The Dalrymple Report: Neil Young and Apple earnings

I bring the confusion I have over Neil Young slamming the MacBook Pro to the podcast this week. Dave and I also talk about Apple earnings and Mac Pro in the wild.

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