I don’t usually enjoy flying, and we had a couple hours of delays because of everyone arriving for F1, but it’s still amazing to have coffee and breakfast with family in NYC and then the same night be back in Austin for the Spurs / Rockets game. 🏀

Nice post by Jason Snell on the iPod’s 25th anniversary. Amazing that it has been that long. I had the original iPod at launch and it really was a special device. On how quickly the iPod was developed, Jason blogs:

Not every product can, or should, be made at a breakneck pace. But Apple should have the ability to shift into that higher gear from time to time, when the opportunity arises. I’m not sure today’s Apple is wired that way, and maybe remembering how quickly the iPod came to fruition could serve as a little bit of a prod for Apple to work on getting that capability back.

Michael Tsai has a rundown of links about the Mastodon 5 design, closing with this:

My first choice would be to see more people blogging on their own sites. But having longer and richer posts on Mastodon would be preferable to many of the alternatives. I still wish it supported RSS for my timeline and replies.

If only there was a social network that actually prioritized blogging and had RSS feeds for the timeline, mentions, and everything else. I’m quite biased but there really isn’t anything else like it.

Midnight was great. Love a musical that leaves you stunned at intermission, with no idea what to expect next. 🎭

The Met Cloisters.

168th street station.

Back before the Duo announcement, I blogged:

I still think what I’d really want is a foldable iPad mini with no outer screen.

I’m only halfway through John Gruber’s review, and I’m even more convinced that’s what I want:

The outer device is, by far, the worst iPhone Apple has ever made. It’s a miserable fat little thing. The inner device is a splendid, joyful, beautiful tablet, with a UI that out-iPads the iPad.

Never seen this before. Iced coffee in a bag at 787 Coffee. I guess handy for keeping it tightly closed, but pretty awkward for everything else. ☕️

I’m not totally surprised that Stratechery is getting an exclusive sponsor, but I am kind of amazed that Andrew Sharp will be flying in so often to record in person:

I am extremely excited to announce that, starting this week, Sharp Tech will become a video podcast, recorded live and in-person. Over the past couple of months I have been building a small video studio in my home, and Andrew will be flying to Wisconsin every week (when possible) to make what I strongly believe will be a better product.

Sharp Tech has become one of my favorite podcasts. Always good.

Not sure what to make of the WSJ’s report on Anthropic’s draft IPO prospectus:

The company is on the hook to pay around $450 billion in cloud computing agreements over the next seven to ten years. The bulk of these deals are noncancelable.

Not great. They probably should’ve built data centers a year ago like OpenAI did. I don’t believe AI is a bubble, but this IPO makes it feel like it, and a lot of companies will fail.