When we think of personal assistants today, we think of call centers and home automation – “Hey Alexa – turn on the lights”, “I see that your phone number is 202-555-1212 – please press or say ‘1’ if you are calling from the number on your account”. This is not a conversation, this is a […]
Author: Michael Rowe
UX of the Future
I’ve been talking about the idea of how our computer experiences will be changing for years over at my podcast – Game At Work dot Biz. Much of the time I’ve talked about this in fits ands starts, and as such I don’t think I’ve done a good enough job of explaining my thoughts in […]
Industrial Internet Consortium – First time attendee(s)
This week, I was glad to see my old friend and former fellow 8Bar teammate Ian Hughes, for drinks while he was in town. I found out he was attending the Quarterly meeting of the Industrial Internet Consortium in Raleigh, NC. Ian is now an analysts at 451 Research and focuses on AR/VR and the […]
Security and IoT
This year there have been so many reports about IoT devices being hacked, being misused, and being subverted. I think we are at a watershed when it comes to Internet of Things Connected devices. There are two major issues, which if not resolved, will crater the industry and drive a large spike of distrust into […]
Why the HELL can’t Apple Fix iTunes?
The number of times that the iTunes library file has corrupted on my iMac is insane! I have a very large iTunes library. It consists of all the CDs, LPs, Cassette Tapes, and even some Reel-to-reels that I own, and have converted to digital. The library is about 23,000 songs and well over a thousand […]
Traveling with the iPad Pro 11 Inch
I have had the iPad Pro 12.9 inch and it was always great for travel, but I would almost always bring my MacBook Pro with me too. On my current trip I am carrying both my iPad Pro 11 Inch along with my MacBook Pro, but so far, I’ve only used the iPad. <—- Time […]
Two days with iPad Pro 11inch
If you follow my blog at all, you know that three years ago I got the original iPad Pro 12.9inch. It really changed how I used my iPad, as I could now really do significant work while on the go. I recently upgraded it to the new iPad Pro 11inch, which seems so small now, […]
Today’s Announcements
What a great line up today from Apple’s latest announcements… A few highlights that caught my eye, and a desire for what I will be buying. They key thing is a ton of rumors have been provided to be true: 1) New MacBook Air – with Retina display, fingerprint reader and T2 chip. This is […]
12 hours with the iPhone Xs Max and Series 4 Watch
I did not upgrade last year. I had jumped from the iPhone 6s Plus to the iPhone 7Plus because of the major upgrades to the camera. I had jumped from the original Apple Watch to the Series 2 because I wanted to swim with my watch, but I did not upgrade last year. The iPhone […]
Getting ready for Wasted Time V8.0
This summer has been a ton of fun learning how to address SiriKit in WastedTime. The last piece I have been working on is changing the UI to leverage Reactive Swift – AKA RxSwift. This will (hopefully) allow you to start a meeting on your HomePod and then open the app on your iPhone or […]