Even as Apple’s final event of 2020 gradually becomes a speck in the rearview mirror, I can’t help continually thinking about the new M1 chip that debuted there. I am, at heart, an optimist when it… | Continue reading
The M1, the first member of the Apple Silicon family focused on laptops and desktop computers, is taking the battle that has been brewing for a long time right into the enemy camp. It is poised to … | Continue reading
After a long chat with Apple’s executive troika, I asked my media contact at the company: can I try the 13-inch MacBook Pro model version? Their comments about the M1 convinced me that if the… | Continue reading
Apple has been pushing Arcade, its subscription gaming service, hard. If you are a subscriber, this geegaw from a company called Backbone might be an interesting one to try out. I am not a gamer, s… | Continue reading
I was reading an opinion piece by Arash Ferdowsi, co-founder of an online storage company, Dropbox. While the piece’s thrust is about the important and long term relevance of immigrants to th… | Continue reading
Happy Diwali, friends. It is a special day for people of my persuasion. And on this happy day, here is a short story that captures the emotion of the day. | Continue reading
I was reading an opinion piece by Arash Ferdowsi, co-founder of an online storage company, Dropbox. While the piece’s thrust is about the important and long term relevance of immigrants to th… | Continue reading
Paul Kedrosky’s Charts Newsletter had this wonderful graphic highlighting the increasing woes of traditional media formats, thanks to millennials and GenZ. However, things don’t look ba… | Continue reading
Photo by Daniel Romero on Unsplash I am not a Google fanboy. Far from it. While Google is not as cavalier as Facebook or as sneaky as Amazon, it is still a company that plays fast and loose with da… | Continue reading
Instagram today announced some significant changes to its design — it added tabs for Reels (TikTok clone) and Shopping in the new app — once again moving away from its core identity as … | Continue reading
There are already many (and will be many more) recaps about Apple’s One More Thing keynote. The company unveiled its silicon, the M1 Chip, which will replace Intel processors in its lineup. F… | Continue reading
Photo by NASA on Unsplash Between what Pompeo said, IPL (final) results, Apple M1 launch (without any real apps I use) – my internal processor is feeling overclocked right now. #2020 Me … | Continue reading
The iPhone12ProMax reviews are out — and everyone agrees it is a fantastic camera. As I said on Twitter, I’m skeptical of positive reviews of the iPhone cameras. One needs to use t… | Continue reading
Sunday is usually the day I sit down and plan for the upcoming week. Today, however, I don’t have the energy. I just feel like a sloth. Today is the 41st anniversary of my grandfather’s pass… | Continue reading
Peaks of Ladakh, India I recently watched a video podcast on YouTube where one of the panelists asked a question many have wondered but never voiced: Why do photographers bother with the idea of ta… | Continue reading
I am one of the fortunate ones — I have enjoyed the fiber-connected life for nearly 11 years, four of which have been blessed by a gigabit/second connection. The bi-directional gigabit speed … | Continue reading
Democracy is a collective result of singular actions. Regardless of your race, gender, religious beliefs, or political leanings, I urge you to take the time and vote on November 3rd, 2020: The Elec… | Continue reading
I recently spent a weekend in an Airbnb in a North California beach town. I enjoyed the beautiful sunsets and tranquil days. But what I loved the most was taking a walk every morning — submer… | Continue reading
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash I was watching Moneyball this weekend. It reminded me how much I like this movie, even though it is an exaggerated adaption of a book that, in the first place, be… | Continue reading
Things you find when walking around San Francisco :) | Continue reading
Apple One, a single subscription that bundles up to six different Apple subscription products, became available this weekend in three flavors: Individual ($15 a month), Family ($20 a month), and Pr… | Continue reading
There are some days when I wake up in a state where my mind is in overdrive. I jump from one thought to another, mostly due to some weird logic, and by the time it is noon, the whole thought proces… | Continue reading
Twitter is fun and frustrating. And convenient for bit size observations. I am going to start collating (and editing) some of my tweets for archival purposes. “Droppings” is as good a m… | Continue reading
The launch of the iPhone 12 has focused our collective attention on “5G,” a collection of fifth-generation wireless technologies that will supersede the fourth generation (4G) wireless … | Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I got a chance to go up on the roof of the only high-rise buildings in the Mission District in San Francisco to enjoy the sunset. It was a beautiful evening – setting sun, pe… | Continue reading
More than a decade ago, Apple introduced the iPhone 4, with its new boxy rectangular design. It was the first time we got to experience the Retina display. Fast forward to today, and the new iPhone… | Continue reading
More than a decade ago, Apple introduced the iPhone 4, with its new boxy rectangular design. It was the first time we got to experience the Retina display. Fast forward to today, and the new iPhone… | Continue reading
Quibi, a mobile-first video startup primarily known for being an extremely well-funded pet project of woefully out-of-touch co-founders Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, is shutting down. Born in… | Continue reading
When it comes to 2020, “I have tried to keep my sanity is by finding mini-obsessions,” my dear friend Shri writes on her blog. She has been obsessed with bonsais and mechanical key… | Continue reading
Photo by Hasan Almasi on Unsplash This past week social media became a battleground for yet another death match between media and Silicon Valley. So much has been said, so I am going to abstai… | Continue reading
These are strange days — imagine that if Zoom met the $600-a-share price target set by analysts, then it would have a market capitalization that will exceed that of AT&T. While … | Continue reading
Every time Google tweaks its communication offerings, I am reminded that it has become a gigantic company, with the same dysfunction associated with large industrial companies. Today they had anoth… | Continue reading
Our partnership announced that it had raised two new funds. We shared the news with our founders first at our founder camp — held virtually this year. These two new funds, totaling $840 milli… | Continue reading
During today’s iPhone 12 launch event, Apple proudly noted that its voice command service, Siri, was now running on a billion devices and had 25 billion interactions. “That’s less than … | Continue reading
I am pretty sure you have seen this clip that went viral last night. It shows Stanford University’s Robert Wilson walking up to the door of his neighbor, Stanford colleague, and former studen… | Continue reading
One of Internet’s pioneers, Leonard Kleinrock, now a distinguished computer science professor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, in an opinion piece for The Los Angeles Times wonders:… | Continue reading
The pandemic’s horrors are well known to most, but there have been some silver linings. The emptiness of the streets, fewer people driving, and general lack of activity gave us the gift of si… | Continue reading
The horrors of the pandemic are hard to ignore. The long-term damage to society is still unknown. What is undeniable, however, is that we are in a period of extreme, rapid change that will redefine… | Continue reading
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Inside the US campaign to cut China out of the technology supply chain: Nikkei Asia has an excellent overview of how the current tensions between the US and Chi… | Continue reading
A few weeks ago, Jonathan Stern got in touch, wondering if I would like to participate in a new website he and his best friend, Carter Duncan were creating. “In the spirit of the Federalist P… | Continue reading
I have been fortunate enough to have been invited to the Hodinkee podcast twice in the past. We usually talk about my love of Grand Seiko’s mechanical watches, technology, and photography. Th… | Continue reading
Nine years ago yesterday, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, died. He is gone, but never far from my mind. I am not alone, for all the right reasons. I often think about him and his approach to … | Continue reading
So much confusion When autumn comes around What to do about October How to smile behind a frown? It’s hard to settle down It’s so bemusing Will they cancel the parade? We marched each O… | Continue reading
The release of the much talked about the new James Bond movie, No Time To Die, has been delayed until April 2021. That delay might have been the last straw for Cineworld, the owner of Reg… | Continue reading
Dean Cameron Allen, a 50-ish writer, designer, web-guy, and an all-around rascal, died this weekend in London, U.K. He leaves behind his parents, a former girlfriend and a lot of friends. If the un… | Continue reading
“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible, serving us without drawing attention to itse… | Continue reading
“We don’t seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids,” Steve Jobs, 1996. It was one of the most prescient interviews, but for me, this comment has always st… | Continue reading
September is almost over. Two hundred and five days have passed since I started isolating during this pandemic. As someone who loves traveling, it has been challenging to stay in place. Six months … | Continue reading