There’s been an awful lot of talk about what the right form factor is for AI hardware, especially as it relates to wearables. The three most common form factors are watches, glasses, and earbuds. Now they may not all necessarily be bespoke AI devices, but most of them offer some sort of AI functionality. Whether it’s the new Siri app on Apple …
The reception to my Apple Agents concept the other day was tremendously positive and I had to expand on it. Imagine being able to build agents with Shortcuts and natural language, browsing an Agent Store for more advanced automation tools, and even the ability to chat with your agents from anywhere on your iPhone from the Dynamic Island.
I already shared this clip on X and Bluesky earlier today, but I wanted to say a little bit more about it. I think that this newly discovered footage of Steve Jobs congratulating Apple employees at an outdoor all-hands meeting at the Infinite Loop campus following MacWorld New York in 1999 is some of the most important that exists of him. It was …
On Thursday afternoon, I wandered over to Grand Central to pick up lunch. Immediately after walking into the terminal I noticed that the Apple Store that overlooks the main hall was closed off and now flanked by production lighting equipment. I found that particularly odd given that the day before they had just launched several new products. You …
The MacBook Neo is the computer that Steve Jobs always wanted to make. It’s the first notebook Apple’s ever shipped that starts at $499 and doesn’t compromise on any of the essential components that make a Mac, a Mac. Bicycles are one of the most accessible forms of transportation on the planet, and if you recall the iconic …
It’s official. Apple’s added Steve Lemay and Molly Anderson to their executive leadership page. After much drama following Alan Dye’s departure, the company has decided to not only elevate the two designers but give them the kind of platform that they deserve. They’re now listed right alongside folks like Tim Cook and John …
I love smartwatches. In fact I’ve loved wrist worn tech since I was a little kid. I’ve owned more than a dozen Apple Watches, several Android Wear based watches, a variety of fitness-focused devices, and of course several Pebble watches. I’m well versed in all of the major wearable platforms, but it’s no secret that I’ve …
I am constantly changing my wallpapers and home screen layouts across my fleet of devices. If you know me well, you know that I am never satisfied with one particular configuration. The other day I was trying to find a great wallpaper that matched well with the orange casing of my iPhone 17 Pro Max. The first image that popped into my head was the …
I woke up this morning to two very exciting announcements. One from Pebble and one from Clicks, both brands that I absolutely adore.
2025 was a year where a lot of assumptions across the tech industry were seriously put to the test. Instead of simply making predictions or tallying wins and losses, I wanted to write out a handful of takes on what actually happened and what it says about where things are headed next.
Over the past few years, rumors have run rampant that John Ternus is poised to claim the CEO position upon Tim Cook’s retirement. While they’re heating up, that’s not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about another candidate, not someone who can just perfect a product but someone who can draw the blueprints for a completely new one, …
Like many of you, I was skeptical of the iPhone Pocket when I first laid my eyes on the press release from Apple last week. Now is sort of a tone deaf time for a high fashion collaboration, but I’ve decided that this is a product that’s actually designed to bring joy. Having finally seen them in-person, I think I was right about that. They may just …
There’s been a lot of discussion as of late about who may be the next CEO of Apple. As a lifelong observer, dare I say fan, I care deeply about who is going to steward the company into a future that no one quite anticipated. Instead of opining on what I think of each individual rumored candidate, I thought it would be more productive to offer a …
For the first time in years, an iPhone truly made me feel something again. When this year’s new devices came out, I picked up the iPhone 17 Pro Max, but I quietly (or not so quietly) harbored envy towards those who bravely picked the iPhone Air. About a week ago, I finally caved and picked up my very own iPhone Air. I am absolutely smitten with …
Let’s just start out with this, Meta is onto something. After the first 24 hours with my very own pair of Meta Ray Ban Displays, I must say, that Apple needs to get it together. I was already a big fan of the Meta Ray Ban glasses, frequently wearing them to listen to podcasts or take photos on the go. But like every nerd, I’ve always dreamed of …
This Friday afternoon I swung by the West Village for a free hat. Not just any hat though, a Claude hat. Anthropic is hosting a special activation this weekend here in Manhattan at Air Mail on Hudson Street which shares its name with the online newsletter. It’s a very stereotypical unassuming West Village shop at first, until you spot the line of …
The new iPhones are indeed incredible. While I opted for the iPhone 17 Pro Max, the iPhone Air is truly unbelievable. When Apple called it a “paradox” I was skeptical, but that’s exactly what it feels like. The thinness and lightness is jaw dropping. It also happens to just be simply beautiful. The polished titanium rails look stunning, the closest …
I don’t think there’s a whole lot of tea leaf reading to do after yesterday’s Apple event. The upgrades are fairly straightforward. But there are some intriguing notes that I wanted to share, so here we go…
That Google event yesterday was very strange, from Jimmy Fallon’s general awkwardness to the uncomfortable QVC-style segment to the overuse of high profile celebrities. That’s already been discussed at length, so I won’t dwell on it. But it did get me thinking a lot about the state of product launches. Ever since the start of the pandemic we’ve …
I’ve spent the past 6 months learning how to vibe code both native and web applications after spending copious amounts of time figuring out the very best way for me to prompt each large language model. It’s been a busy year for me personally and I’ve spun up tons of projects that I hope to someday actually ship, either as fully …
It’s certainly no secret that I am a huge fan of Apple’s new liquid glass design language. I know that’s not technically the name of the design system, in fact there actually isn’t one. Liquid glass is simply the core material of the new user interface, not the actual language. But for the sake of simplicity, I’m going …
As a lifelong Mac user, I have a particular affinity for native applications. For a long time, most of the AI models were only useable through a web browser. But the model providers have slowly been rolling out fully native apps for their products. We now have native apps for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Perplexity, among others. If you’re …
It looks like we just got our first look at a real iPhone 17 Pro. In an unlikely encounter in San Francisco, an X user by the name of Skyfops stumbled upon what must be an Apple employee testing an iPhone 17 Pro in one of Apple’s signature disguise cases. While there is some (very fair) skepticism surrounding this leak, I have heard that it …
We’ve all been waiting for the first good AI wearables to come along. There have been tons of attempts, from wrist-worn recording devices to pins with lasers to glasses with cameras. Company’s are throwing everything at the wall to see what might stick. Some of these gadgets have been pretty decent, namely Meta’s Ray Ban …
On this day, 18 years ago, the iPhone went on sale for the very first time at Apple and AT&T Stores across the United States. I was going to write a long piece reminiscing about that special day, but I remembered that I already did that a few years ago when I was at 9to5mac for the 14th anniversary. I highly recommend returning to that piece to …