Intelligence not included
Apple's June 8 WWDC keynote felt weird. Their flavour of Kool-AI really left a bad taste in my mouth.
Author: Riccardo Mori
Tim Cook steps down as CEO of Apple. Several observations on his tenure from a long-term Apple customer and observer.
Yes, Apple has been a champion of financial success and tremendous growth under Cook. But at what cost?
A few notes about the MacBook Neo
The MacBook Neo is overall a very nice machine. This isn't a review, just a few bullet-point impressions after trying one in person.
→ A toolbar that is rudely stamp’d
Greater focus on your content, less distractions, says Apple. But the rest of the application UI remains pretty much distracting, both visually and semantically, because it's poorly executed.
→ On software quality (and reliability, and frugality)
I think the trade-off of staying on an older version of an operating system or third-party app to pursue stability instead of buying into an increasingly mindless update cycle still exists.