Jason Snell recently left MacWorld and looks to be flying solo. I’m stoked for Jason and look forward to continuing to see his talents unfold upon the world in new and exciting ways. He’s porting the Clockwise podcast to Relay FM along with starting a new show with Myke Hurley called Upgrade for which episode one dropped today. Today Jason launched Six Colors, his new outlet for writing. Reading the about page of Six Colors I found myself locked in tandem with Jason’s simple explanation for his love of Apple.
Marco Arment’s commentary about the most current animal-poop coffee fad is right on. I get uncomfortable when telling people the time and methods I use to make coffee and why it’s important to me. Marco writes about one of the exact same experiences I have that drives me nuts when I do.
Dave Fumberger has written a really interesting piece about what goes into making a promo video for an iOS app. There is a lot more going on in the production than I would’ve expected.
With all of the hype around Apple’s big event today it’s hard not to wonder if the coalition that comprise Battle for the Net were purposeful in selecting September 10th for their internet slowdown campaign. The Internet Slowdown campaign is designed to raise awareness about net neutrality through a “loading” wheel overlay on participating websites tomorrow. Net neutrality is a demonstrably significant topic that impacts what the landscape of the future will look like. If ISPs are able to get their way, the future of the internet will undoubtedely look like this:
Riley had his 6 month checkup today. It’s hard to believe it’s only been six months since he was born. He’s grown so much in such a short time and continues to make us smile with every new development. Going in for Riley’s 6 month checkup I had some friends on my mind. Particularly a piece by my friend Stephen that he wrote back in 2011 about his son, Josiah. Stephen writes about Josiah’s 6 month checkup and how it began his son’s battle with cancer. It’s one of Stephen’s best pieces of writing and is a reminder that I’m not control of Riley’s life. God is.
Dropbox Pro has just been updated with more space and better control over shared files and folders.
The biggest upgrade is that Pro accounts now receive 1TB of space as compared to the previous 100GB. That’s 10 times the space that they used to receive. Clearly Dropbox wants to house everything you could possibly use on a day to day basis.
My IRL buddy Stephen Hackett and my internet friend Myke Hurley officially announced their new podcast network Relay FM today. Here’s how Myke and Stephen summarize the launch:
It makes sense for us to have a single home for all of our work; starting a network is the right decision for us. At launch, we are featuring four returning shows and one new one. We have lots of plans for the future, and can’t wait to get to work making those dreams a reality.
1.0 Innovations newest creation is a bigger version of their SETA stand which I reviewed last year and still use daily. As has been the case with every product they’ve released thus far, the SETA Tablet Stand is currently being funded for production on Kickstarter.
Chris Gonzales just re-launched his site and wrote a bit about what prompted it. Being that this is timed right as I’m chipping away at planning Course Code’s direction I couldn’t be more in tune with what Chris’s goal is with The Spark Journal (RIP Unretrofied).
Over the last week Courtney and I have made the decision to sell our house in Collierville and move into Memphis. We couldn’t be more excited (whilst also tired) about what the future holds for our family. While we enjoy Collierville’s small town feel and community we’ve found through discussion that we’re in a place where the urban environment of Memphis is something we’ve both been longing for but were unwilling to give up the comfort that came with Collierville. We’ve just listed our home online and are taking the For Sale By Owner route. If you know someone who’s looking to move to Collierville, please shoot them this link with our listing so they can give it a look (don’t be creepy).