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August 15, 2004: My audio blog post from NYC, from my Podcast0 feed. Had just listened to an Adam Curry podcast and one from the Gillmor Gang. Played a bit of music, described how a podcatcher would work, pretty close to the way they work today. Shortly after the feature would be in Radio UserLand. It was the only episode I did in August 2004. The next one is on September 1 and there are a total of nine shows in September, including the first Trade Secrets which is a podcast Adam and I did together. Here's the archive for this blog in August 2004.

Let's stay organized after the election.

In today's installment of the Adventures of Wordle Kitty, the world's cutest and most adorable kitten was sentenced to life at Attica.

The stupidest thing about all the pundits remarking on Kamala's rise in the polls is they are completely missing the story.

Here's the headline.

• "Thank god the Trump nightmare is almost over."

If you want an illustration, it's the flip side of this New Yorker cover.

I am addicted to buying domains. Latest example. Ideally it would be a news site with all the latest videos from the Land of Kamala aka the United States of America.

So what are we doing on Threads and why does Facebook (aka Meta) want to get the best minds of Twitter using their software. I am not a lawyer and I haven't read the user agreement, but that said, I bet it has something to do with building out their AI model so they can compete with OpenAI, Google, Amazon, Apple, etc.

The best journalism is coming from the candidate.

I asked ChatGPT to put the Statue of Liberty on a $100 bill.

David McCabe and Nico Grant, reporting for The New York Times: Justice Department officials are considering what remedies to ask a federal judge to order against the search giant, said three people with knowledge of the deliberations involving the agency and state attorn...

Apple Newsroom: Starting with iOS 18.1, developers will be able to offer NFC contactless transactions using the Secure Element from within their own apps on iPhone, separate from Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. Using the new NFC and SE (Secure Element) APIs, developers will ...

Spotify, in an update to an older post on the company blog: While we are still many steps from a level playing field, we are beginning to see progress because of the European Commission’s historic decision on March 4, 2024 which found that Apple violated the EU’s antitru...

Eli Blumenthal, reporting for CNet:

Looking for Google’s new Pixel 9 Pro Fold? You won’t find it at AT&T. The carrier has confirmed to CNET that it will not be offering Google’s newest Pixel Fold to its customers. The decision would be a blow to Google’s device ambitions as it would make it harder for it to reach millions of AT&T customers. In its second-quarter earnings last month the carrier revealed that it had nearly 72 million postpaid phone users. [...]

AT&T sold last year’s original Pixel Fold and still plans to sell much of the rest of Google’s new lineup including the Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL and Pixel Watch 3. It will have deals for those looking to upgrade to one of those phones.

Backs up my hunch that none of these foldables — including Google’s, regarded by some as the best — are selling well.

If you don't buy the new rules for journalism because the liars will tell lies about you, the journalist -- well, you get that either way, no matter what you do, so I don't see the problem. And if you want people to trust you, you've got to tell the truth. Your reputation gets destroyed by their lies if you pass them through. Might not seem fair, but if you can't be trusted you don't really have a job, do you. Maybe as a PR person, but not as a journalist. Doctors can tell you to stop smoking to save your life and the tobacco companies will accuse them of lying or whatever and some people (such as myself, earlier in life) will continue to smoke. You still have to do what's right if you want people to trust you.

I am so impressed with how well the new Democratic Party is running this campaign. Latest innovation, they're going to do at least one public rally during the convention, so everyone can be part of the celebration, and I plan to watch every minute of it. What I don't want to...

I ordered a Pixel Pro 9 today for delivery in September. Look forward to seeing what makes it so AI.

Juli Clover, writing last week for MacRumors: Distraction Control can be used to hide static content on a page, but it is not an ad blocker and cannot be used to permanently hide ads. An ad can be temporarily hidden, but the feature was not designed for ads, and an ad wi...

Jonathan Hoefler, on Threads: The Harris/Walz logo got a smart and subtle haircut this weekend, which, like the very best typography, is making everything better while drawing very little attention to itself. I read a lot of comments about political logos… Having helped...

Emma Roth, writing for The Verge: Google has finally taken the wraps off its Pixel 9 lineup, which includes three slab phones and a folding phone. The regular lineup consists of a base Pixel 9 with a 6.3-inch display, a Pixel 9 Pro XL with a 6.8-inch screen, and a new, s...

USA Today columnist Rex Huppke, on Donald Trump’s high-profile return to Twitter/X: But the online interview went off (the rails) with a multitude of hitches. X users erupted with either frustration or laughter as the planned start time passed, and nothing could be acces...

I started a this.how page for the new rules for journalism. Common-sense rules for reporters that they violate regularly, so now it's time to write them down.