Re: the silent filter, I'm reminded of the McLuhan quote:
"Man becomes, as it were, the sex organs of the machine world, as the bee of the plant world, enabling it to fecundate and to evolve ever new forms. The machine world reciprocates man's love by expediting his wishes and desires, namely, in providing him with wealth."
There's also Geronimo's block-letter signature, which for some reason moves me. Sense in it his resigned adaptation to a shifting world and adoption of a new language, after years of resistance.
Why not display a Recent Phone Use option when both side buttons of an Apple device is pressed?
* slide to power off
* Medical ID
* SOS Emergency Call
* Recent Phone Use
Report would be high-level -- has phone been unlocked in last 30 minutes, if so, timestamps showing when it was unlocked, for how long, how many finger taps occurred, etc.
That would give law enforcement a quick indication of whether phone was in use. Of course if there are passengers it could be contested. For more detail, they'd have to subpoena as they do now.
Reminded of this from an NYT article [1] about Tumblr:
The features Tumblr eliminates are as important to the way it feels as those it adopts. Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital, an early Tumblr investor who sits on its board, says that it is “normal behavior” for a founder to be excited about adding new bells and whistles, but Karp seems excited about doing the opposite: “He’ll tell us, ‘Hey, got a new version coming up — and I took four features out!’"
Moore said investigators caught a break several months later, saying they were able to track her after she used an app on her new phone. Warfield's defense attorney, Joseph Balter, said later in the hearing that it was Warfield's "Words with Friends" app, which is a game similar to Scrabble.
From there, authorities were able to learn an alias email address Warfield was using, and used that to determine the phone she was using and its location, Moore said. They were arrested by law enforcement including federal agents from the ATF in Baltimore and Louisville, U.S. Deputy Marshals from Indiana, and officers from the Southeast Indiana Regional SWAT Team.
The channel is the value. It's simple and every mobile phone has SMS. No need to keep a browser window open during a chat with support, nor is there a chance you'll miss a chat alert only to discover that the agent, after having waited x minutes, has disconnected, forcing you to start all over.
First I've heard of the suggestion that the cost of a car should be 50% of annual pay. To me that's insane, but then again I view my car as an appliance[0].
"So, Mr. Sullivan, why don't you tell me what you think is going on here, and please speak as you might to a young child or a golden retriever. I didn't get here on my brains -- I can assure you of that."
FB's measure of views was dubious (3 seconds, even if the audio was off). So the #s looked great for them, but in reality the majority of views were just glimpses as people scrolled through their news feed.
There are consultancies that specialize in compensation benchmarking. One is Radford Consulting. They survey companies for pay info. Imagine they also get intel from clients.
"It has always seemed strange to me, the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second."
It describes how police chiefs will make a spectacle out of their newly purchased tanks or whatever, even bringing them to schools for kids to check out.
Best quote was from a police chief who hadn't been swept up in the mania for military gear and vehicles:
“I go to schools,” he said. “But I bring ‘Green Eggs and Ham.’”
My mom had the same issue the other day. Even I didn't realize the save option was concealed below the fold. My workaround was having her long press the photo in iMessage, which reveals a prompt with an option to save.
There are a couple sections, but for the most part it's chronological, with new entries at the bottom. Started adding dates to new notes/quotes/observations about 5 years ago.
It's a sprawling mess, so I rely on search to find what I'm after.
I reference it often -- it's like an extension of my brain.
"Man becomes, as it were, the sex organs of the machine world, as the bee of the plant world, enabling it to fecundate and to evolve ever new forms. The machine world reciprocates man's love by expediting his wishes and desires, namely, in providing him with wealth."