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[bythealone-forthealone]

Writing is hard. That's why so few people stick to it and actually finish things. And why you have a right to be immensely proud when you finish something.

Andy Ihnatko

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[an-inconvenient-life-blog]

A matter of keyboards: the nomad's dilemma

A matter of keyboards: the nomad’s dilemma

The Early Days:

My first exposure to keyboards, outside of typewriters was the card punch machine we used at the academy to punch the cards for the Wang Programmable calculator. Since I could only hunt and peck at that time, the quality of the keyboard really didn’t matter to me. As a matter of fact, someone had one or more portable punch units that we shared around to punch the cards for our…

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[antonyjohnston]

UNJUSTLY MALIGNED #86: "RINGO STARR" with Andy Ihnatko

Is Ringo the best drummer in the world? Ho ho, he's not even the best drummer in... actually, let's not go there (Lennon never actually said it anyway).

Instead, Andy Ihnatko joins Antony to bang a drum for the scouser on the skins, discussing Ringo Starr's innovation, charisma, and — yes — enormous drumming talent.

LISTEN HERE: ump.fm/86

[kim]

It's the hip new PR trend of 2017! I present to you “Fake News”: the miraculous magic wand that can make any inconvenient or embarrassing public revelation disappear in a flash!

Andy Ihnatko:

But the more powerful and influential you become, the less entitled you are to use “fake news” as a two‑syllable dismissal of reporting.

I'll use Apple as an example. They had a problem on their hands in the form of a deeply‐negative Consumer Reports headline: “New MacBook Pros Fail to Earn Consumer Reports Recommendation”. CR had tested the new MacBook Pros and concluded that the battery life of all three models were insanely inconsistent.

Response Option 1: Apple calls the report “Fake News” and dismisses Consumer Reports as “failing, sad, and pathetic”. Next question.

Response Option 2: Apple disagrees with CR's findings and tries to substantiate their results. An examination of CR's testing methodology — done with the publication's help — reveals no fudging, but identifies many quirks in the test protocol that probably contributed to a suspicious result.

Apple did exactly the right thing. If the original CR review was totally screwy, it shouldn't be hard to demonstrate why, and Apple certainly has the resources to put in that kind of effort. Moreover, doing so indicates that they want to earn the trust of their customers, instead of demanding it.

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Anybody who tries to use “Fake News” as a magic wand of Controversy Dispersal isn't taking the issue of “trust” seriously. Or they're trying to hide one hell of a huge problem.

[kim]

@ihnatko:

I need to bring a Stormtrooper cosplayer here for a photo shoot. I very much need to do that someday.

[kim]

Andy Ihnatko:

If I worked for Apple and had been part of the design or marketing team, I would have pitched a killer idea:

“We will also make one in Teal. It will ship with no battery. That empty space will contain a little note that says ‘You can hide weed or LSD in here. If you don't use recreational drugs, bring your case back to the Apple Store and we will swap it for either a black or white one. Plus, we'll give you a $15 iTunes Store card as a token of our appreciation for your continued silence about the truth about the teal ones’.”

[chiptunecreature]

Seriously: the ONE feature I beg for on every computer is a “Only do EXACTLY what I am specifically asking, and DO NOT ‘help’ me” mode.

Andy Ihnatko