https://www.geekwire.com/2023/rings-new-car-cam-extends-amazons-security-footprint-further-beyond-the-home/ I got the idea from Speed, you know the SandyB movie? It wasn’t a difficult hack. There are instructions if you know where to look. They’d been much more relaxed about lending me the car. Fewer lectures about the lighting on the road near the church. Fewer comments about how lucky I am, how … [Read more…]
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/h-m-goes-virtual-immersive-roblox-experience/1809181 We’ve grown up here. These are our spaces. We run them. Sure, we’re different groups and we don’t all agree. We fight but we sort stuff out. We always have. We built these streets. When we didn’t like the way something looked, we took our spray cans and changed them. We didn’t ask for … [Read more…]
https://digiday.com/marketing/neutrogena-now-offers-personalized-vitamin-supplements/ They’d made sure to pump smells through the air conditioning, fresh bread, chips, coffee. They’d kept the retro plastic trays and generic cups. They’re even kept staff on… school dinner lady-lookalikes. And to be honest there was still the hustle and bustle of people finishing quickly to get back to their desk. But they … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23536840/apple-pencil-patent-texture-color-sample-ipad-art His predecessors used to sample too. They would take photos, videos or just make careful notes. Building a picture of the physical space, the soundscape, the atmosphere. They’d capture conversations. Watch and listen, record. Their samples, their records of the digital; their renderings of the physical; their empathy maps of the ephemeral would be … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/235dbb88-c019-45a3-97f5-a3b252d44f1e It’s a busy time of year for me. All eyes are on me. It’s what I’m here for I suppose. There are the jokes about The Oracle, Delphi and of course Cassandra. All obvious but they seem to like them. I have better references to make but I don’t bother. They know it’s not … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/30/23532567/meta-acquires-lensmaker-luxexcel-ar-glasses Reality was layered. He knew that. It was his job, dealing with it. Thick and thin data overlayed. Feeds of information blending with the world he looked at, studied, reported on. It had become so much easier now he didn’t have to juggle tabs or windows. His interface was now his field of view, … [Read more…]
https://www.wired.com/story/its-time-to-break-bad-pandemic-learning-habits/ There’s something not right. It’s partly that of course the work is harder now. No second window open to do some extra… “research” before responding. No third window open for a live conversation with a mate. No hit record and worry about understanding it later. But there is something else different, more disturbing, more … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/26/23522880/mood-decoder-brain-stimulation-depression-device The drugs help. They screw with the signals apparently, or that’s what the dealers say. They don’t change your mood. They hide it. That’s the whole point. They’re supposed to somehow fool the sensors. Like the anti-face-rec masks from a few years ago. It might be snake oil frankly. like all those things draft … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/ba01be3e-08d0-4ad2-b03a-11cce85bc134 The interview wasn’t hard. We knew each other from way back. When I say “knew each other” I mean REALLY know. I’ve worked with him since the start, in and off. He brought me in on various projects of course but I like to think I’ve been a part of his bigger project, that … [Read more…]
What if..? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/artstation-artists-stage-mass-protest-against-ai-generated-artwork I don’t get it. I’m sorry but I don’t think creativity is a zero sum thing. There isn’t a limited supply of it. If I have some and you have some… what’s the problem. My creativity doesn’t preclude yours. There’s plenty to go around. So what’s all the vitriole about? It’s getting … [Read more…]