A few initial thoughts on the new subscription model for apps
An interesting option, but I hope it won't be adopted indiscriminately.
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→ Accessing Siri through text
Rene Ritchie suggests expanding Siri’s capabilities so that you can ask things using text instead of voice in situations where you can’t talk to your phone or it’s simply frowned upon. He writes: No matter how enabling and useful Siri is, though, there will be times when it’s simply not possible or socially acceptable to talk out loud to our phones or tablets. In those situations, being able to type “Cupertino weather” or even “Text […]
Different expectations
An acquaintance writes me to talk about his failed attempt to leave his computer behind and go iPad-only, and related observations.
‘It Just Works’ should be the next step
A nice 'MacOS' redesign by Andrew Ambrosino inspires my latest rambling about the future of OS X.
From standalone utility to service
Ever since Smile Software introduced their new service for TextExpander, and switched to a subscription model for pricing, it seems that everyone in tech had an opinion about it. Guess what — me too.