Vesper is a simple and elegant tool for collecting notes, ideas, things to do — anything you want to remember. Use tags to group related items into playlist-like collections. Vesper imposes no system; organize and curate your notes whatever way comes naturally to you. Eschewing complications, Vesper’s focus is on how it feels to use it.
Great looking app from John Gruber, Brent Simmons and Dave Wiskus.
Dan and Jim discuss what could be announced at Apple’s 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference next week in San Francisco. Later they discuss the risk of malicious, hacking iPhone chargers, the importance of an external power source for your phone at events like WWDC, Apple and Samsung’s US market rivalry, The White House’s war on patent trolls, and more.
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According to VCs, without VCs we wouldn’t have Silicon Valley.
Venture capital is the lifeblood of our industry; the jet fuel in our Gulfstream; the saliva in our 23andme test. If it weren’t for free and easy capital, Instagram and Tumblr and {insert your employer’s name here, you unit-test-skipping, standup-meeting-lying bullshit artist} would have had to come up with a pesky business model.
He’s at it again—and it’s funny.
Intel is offically calling Falcon Ridge “Thunderbolt 2” instead.
I remember all of these.
Is Owen there?
The White House announced a set of executive actions and policy recommendations Tuesday aimed at preventing certain patent-holding firms, known as “patent trolls” to their detractors, from abusing the patent system.
The Obama administration’s actions are intended to target firms that have forced technology companies, financial institutions and others into costly litigation to protect their products. These patent-holding firms amass portfolios of patents and focus on pursuing licensing fees rather than using the patents to build new products.
Good.
Until now reading aids for the visually impaired and the blind have been cumbersome devices that recognize text in restricted environments, or, more recently, have been software applications on smartphones that have limited capabilities.
In contrast, the OrCam device is a small camera worn in the style of Google Glass, connected by a thin cable to a portable computer designed to fit in the wearer’s pocket. The system clips on to the wearer’s glasses with a small magnet and uses a bone-conduction speaker to offer clear speech as it reads aloud the words or object pointed to by the user.
According to WBZ sports reporter Dan Roche, the pilot on his JetBlue flight from the Steel City back to Boston did a little gloating himself.
It’s way too early to say the Boston Bruins have won the series, but this is classic.
It’s great to see Reeder’s developer Silvio Rizzi adding support for these services.
Katie Marsal:
The U.S. Department of Justice’s opening statements in its antitrust lawsuit against Apple have been published online, laying the groundwork for what the government hopes will prove illegal collusion between Apple and book publishers that led to higher prices.
I think the DOJ is going to have a tough time proving this. Tim Cook recently said at the D Conference that Apple wouldn’t admit to something they didn’t do. Cook is going to fight this and good for them.
“The Short Films of Matthew Modine” will be available tomorrow in the iTunes Store.
Researchers claim to have developed a charger that can inject malware into an iOS device, like something out of a spy movie.
io9:
We’re used to seeing modern landmarks in their completed glory, but we gain a new appreciation for those familiar monuments when we see them in progress, and remember all the labor that went into bringing them to life.
It’s not “Do it my way or else,” but more maneuvering the situation until he’s ready to close.
AT&T’s “It’s Not Complicated” ads are among the funniest on TV. Adweek takes a look at how they’re made.
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Cheers little man.
Kristina Bjoran:
Startups are a special breed. I’ve worked with startups at varying stages of their life cycles, and I’ve become fascinated with what determines success. I’ve identified a few elements that can be controlled.
Guys don’t remember that stuff. He’s screwed.
An annual gathering of technologists passionate about creating great things.
Looks like an interesting conference that includes Black Pixel founder Daniel Pasco as a speaker.
Regina Dugan:
Dugan shows a pill that can be ingested and then battery-powered with stomach acid to produce an 18-bit internal signal. After that, the swallower’s whole body becomes a password.
But how does it show you ads?
Another great reading list from Longreads.
It’ll probably be the best movie made all year.
A Nova Scotia high school has created a curriculum where every subject — from physics to design technology to dance — centres on hockey.
This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. And we wonder why our kids are so far behind in the basic skills.
The iMore Show 351 is up, with Peter, Rene Ritchie, Derek Kessler and special guest David Barnard (of App Cubby).
Porn could come to Google Glass as early as this week, with the first X-rated app set to be launched for those who have the £1,000 gadget.
Porn directors last week announced plans to use Google Glass eyewear for X-rated films to explore the ‘full potential’ of the technology.
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
ShortsHD presents THE SHORT FILMS OF MATTHEW MODINE, a collection of short movies directed by the award-winning actor of Vision Quest, Full Metal Jacket, and The Dark Knight Rises. This retrospective follows Modine’s career as a short filmmaker over the last two decades beginning with his first short, WHEN I WAS A BOY, that he co-directed with Todd Field. Also included in this collection are SMOKING (written by David Sedaris), ECCE PIRATE (filmed during the making of Cutthroat Island), TO KILL AN AMERICAN, I THINK I THOUGHT, and the award-winning JESUS WAS A COMMIE, co-directed by Terence Ziegler. Each short includes an all-new video introduction by Modine.
This is a no-brainer. The collection is only $7.99 to pre-order through iTunes and it’s available next week. I ordered it.
This time, Rolfe Winkler at the Wall Street Journal is taking potshots at Apple for not announcing anything at the D conference. Asshole.
In Dan’s absence – Jim is joined by Myke Hurley – to discuss Tim Cook at the D11 conference and WWDC Expectations.
Special guest Myke Hurley.
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