@cdevroe I agree. It’s user-hostile. If Reader-view works (assuming I’m not already incensed) and I have sufficent interest, I’ll read it that way. But at a certain point I have to assume they don’t want me to read it and I will move on.

@jakelacaze @pimoore Loosing Google Reader was a big blow, but it taught me a healthy skepticism—that free services are only free for a limited time. On the other hand, Google has been an on-ramp for me and has enabled me when I was not technically proficient, nor able to afford to pay for equivalent commercial services.

@manton Thank you for being on top of it

@MitchWagner I love the classic slotted wheels! Please tell me the paint was metalflake?

@ian_whitney omigosh! so much memorable dialogue!

@JohnPhilpin When I started my journey into MP3 files, as a former tapehead (and mixtape maker), my dream goal was to have a collection of loved music I could cycle through without commercials. Apple Music, iTunes Match, and ubiquitous WiFi have pretty much got me there. I still buy Albums to support artists, but anymore I am just as apt to grab a track that I know I like—then, I might do a deeper catalog dive later.

@JohnPhilpin Gotta be the Gaines and Magnolia

@JohnPhilpin Ooh! Also since you can do a family thing with watches that have distinct phone numbers, you’re right!

I’ll bet it is the carriers!

@JohnPhilpin @ronguest I also am not a talker on phones in my private life. I did have a first-gen iPad with 3G. I often wished then that it was my primary cellular device over the traditional (post 2007) phone form factor. Since becoming a Bluetooth convert, it’s clear to me the phone, per se, isn’t necessary anymore.

@ronguest It’s very nice—just a little info, not too much, and not too many options about what to do with the info. Compared to me looking at my phone, seeing all the notifications and other indicators and forgetting the reason I unlocked my phone in the first place.