7 Things This Week [#186]

I’m happy to see the rumors were true that John Ternus will succeed Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO in September: Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026. The...

I love hearing about someone’s thoroughly considered argument for something that I’ve never given much thought to. It’s like pulling aside a curtain to discover there’s been a window with a gorgeous view behind it the whole time. Take, for instance, the order in which a burger’s ingredients should be stacked. I probably could have improvised my...

David Sparks blogs that companies whose leaders actually give a damn about the products are the ones worth watching: You could argue that’s unhealthy. Maybe it is. But there’s something about a CEO who feels physical pain when the product falls short. That energy flows downhill. When the person at the top cares that much, everyone else figures...

A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ “Badlands” by Mumford & Sons & Gracie Abrams 2️⃣ “Easier Gone” by Jason Aldean & Brittany Aldean 3️⃣ “Grace Kelly” by Piper.Ally 4️⃣ “Forever Start (Stripped)” by Ryan Nealon & Jillian Rossi 5️⃣ “FTS” by The Summer Set & Travie McCoy...

A lot has been said about Apple’s 50th anniversary. Stories shared. Favorites ranked. Contributions celebrated. A good time to look back. Image: Apple ⌘ But as I reflect on why we even care that a computer company has been around for five decades, I keep coming back to the fabled challenge that Steve Jobs gave to John Sculley as he tried to woo...