💬 Stowe Boyd - Pace Layers Applied To Work

I wonder if Apple would ever produce something like a Remarkable .. or do they think the use case is covered by the iPad?

Chris Lockhead:

Grabbed some eggs and toast at a local cafe .. lady approaches me and says ‘you look like David Bowie’.

Full disclosure - I don’t. In anyway. Never heard that line.

Thankyou I said - but not sure that’s a complement - smiling as much as I could.

Oh yes she said - exactly like him.

But he’s dead I said.... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/25/grabbed-some-eggs.html

Questions for the cognoscenti

If I buy my new iPhone in the EU and come home to U.S.A. .. what happens to my App Store settings.

What about going home to the UK?

Make.com anyone? Zapier alternative. Easier. Cheaper.

NetNewsWire synching has been getting slower and slower - so reinstalled Reeder.

Wow.

Docking today at The Ferry building in Auckland, I realized that were they to remove the logos and buildings for international consultants, banks and hotels .. not much would be left on the waterfront.

🔗 ArtLung: The Pillar of Signatude at Powell’s Books, which has a layer of plexiglass over it lest someone deface it, includes two signatures of writers without whose work I would be an entirely different human being. Thank you, William Gibson and Douglas Adams (RIP) for documenting what is absurd, essenti... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/22/artlung-the-pillar.html

💬 Ted Gioia

The All Blacks and Lord of the Rings are probably the two most at famous Kiwi exports .. meanwhile, at home …

I received a long email from Apple telling me all about why I can’t sell books in Europe.

"You need to enter trader status in iTunes Connect for ebooks on the Apple Books Store in the European Union (EU). This is to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA)."

"Starting February 17, 2025, ebooks without trader status will be removed from the Apple Books Store in the EU until trader status is provided and verified."

All good I don’t anyway - I think it all goes back to some experimenting I was doing a few years ago …

That said - I also experimented with Kindle - BUT

Nothing from Amazon.

Are Amaz... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/21/i-received-a.html

This, apparently, constitutes news over on Politico …

Anyone exploring Lex?

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Through the bushes at night.

How long before the opposition pick this up and start calling it ‘Woke Tech’.

It’s a Schindler Lift

My American friends might not get this.

Apparently they are a Kiwi company - so unclear if they thought about it and to be fair their foundation precedes the event - let alone the film.

2.9 billion records for some 470 million people sounds like an opportunity for an enterprising database company. #JustSayin

"Biden’s statement also pointed out that no Republicans voted for the bill, which also includes climate legislation."

.. they just don’t get it do they⁉️

Dear Hyatt Hotels

I don’t know the technical reasons for you to stop private relay .. but I’m pretty sure I know all the others .. and I do not like them.