Life
Weather has turned and I’ve got the next 10 days off. Woo hoo. The break will be good though no matter what the weather has in store.
Media
The Mighty Redcar – loving this. Great documentary – Redcar reminds me of Barrow. The soundtrack is also one of the best I’ve heard in years. Grab it on Apple Music or Spotify.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – Formulaic and predictable. Yawn.
Links
- Racism, the New Right and Media Failure – Bella CaledoniaThis is bang on – why Bannon is so dangerous.
- Amazon delivery drivers reveal claims of disturbing work conditions – Business InsiderAmazon have a lot to answer for.
- How Apple Watch saved my life | ZDNetEven a handful of stories like this show how important these devices are going to be as they get smarter.
- Daring Fireball: Thoughts and Observations on Apple’s iPhone XS/XR and Series 4 Apple Watch Introductory EventGood summary of what was and wasn’t shown by Apple this week.
- Exclusive: Apple designer Jony Ive on the new iPhone and Apple Watch – The Washington Post
The watch was the star this week. - Apple engineer Ken Kocienda on what it was like to design the original iPhone — QuartzAuthor of a great new book on how the original iPhone, and Apple, approached design and development.
- Making useful three-dimensional mapsSo smart.
- The map we need if we want to think about how global living conditions are changing – Our World in DataAnother great visualisation.
- Why the world is full of buttons that don’t work – CNN StyleDoor closing buttons in lifts are all fake – don’t care what anyone says.
- How the Weather Channel Made That Insane Hurricane Florence Storm Surge Animation | WIREDWow. All done with a gaming engine too.