The ‘trap’ in the Apple Upgrade plan isn’t about money
Eyes on the prize, people. Eyes on the prize.
Riccardo Mori
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Computers compute
The ‘AI’ industry has capitalised on that famous Arthur C. Clarke’s quote, Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. — But it still is technology. That can perform magic tricks. It's not magic.
Intelligence not included
Apple's June 8 WWDC keynote felt weird. Their flavour of Kool-AI really left a bad taste in my mouth.
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.
People and resources added to my reading list in 2025
Again, not many new additions, but all well worth keeping.
→ The real AI problem no one is talking about
This is actually something I’ve been pondering myself ever since this ‘AI’ craze began to propagate.
The digicams return
After an uninspired year, I'm experiencing a renewed yearning for getting back to photography as a whole, and for dusting off my digicams again.