Memorable and Jam Packed Week
I’m sitting on my couch, in a not very good posture, slouched with my legs up. It’s almost the weekend, and it’s hotter than ever in Arizona. This week has been a very memorable one, with so many things that have happened.
It started with a Fall Out Boy concert, which was a blast. Hot, crowded, packed, and loud: it is probably one of the most jam packed concerts I have been to. It set me up to be really tired. The day after it I went to sleep at five in the afternoon and didn’t wake up until four the next morning.
That was some of the best sleep I have gotten in a while.
I saw The Internship yesterday. It was a great movie, with a lot of funny Internet jokes, references, cameos, and portrayals. It was about two guys that went to intern at Google, which turned into a competition between groups of interns. Full of hilarious incidents, failures, and even a quidditch match, it showed true things about Google, California, and did a great job at making a somewhat “documentary” into a hilarious movie. It had an unnecessarily long strip club scene though.
WWDC was also this week, where Apple showed off a bunch of things that they have in store for us, including iOS 7, and OS X Mavericks, and a MacBook Air that I desperately want, which has an all day battery life. iOS 7 also looks awesome, and I can’t wait to get it on my iPad mini.
We’re almost half way through 2013, and I am having a blast so far.
Fall Out Boy Concert
I’ve been a fan of Fall Out Boy’s music for as long as I can remember, and last night, after being scared that they might never have come to together, after a four year hiatus, I finally got to see my favorite band perform live.
It was a crazy concert, and a hot one too, as Arizona concerts go. It was loud, crowded, but the music was so memorable, before I lost my hearing of course.
This was also the first concert where I actually crowd surfed. And being so light bodied, per say, I was tossed around like a rag doll, before being thrown over the barrier in the front. Thankfully I didn’t break anything, and my glasses stayed intact.
Thank you Fall Out Boy, for a memorable night and concert experience.
Apple's New "Designed By Apple Page" →
This video, played at the beginning of the WWDC keynote, is breathtaking.
Craig Federighi →
Drew Wilson:
[Craig] points out people in the audience when only one person claps. He doesn’t mind interrupting the script and does it in a human way. He’s enthusiastic, confident, cracks little jokes, smiles a ton and you can tell it’s real.
Besides the amazing wave of products introduced, one of the highlights of today’s WWDC keynote was Craig. He was enthusiastic, we was cracking a bunch of puns, we smiled, he laughed: he was the key presenter. And a stellar representation of Apple.
WWDC 2013 Keynote
Apple blew me away with their keynote today.
Apple started with a new version of OS X that veered from the naming scheme, calling it OS X Mavericks.
I feel like Maverick is a salute to Steve Jobs:
They then went on to introduce new MacBook Airs (which I want), and a new Mac Pro(finally). “Can’t innovate anymore, my ass” Phil Schiller said, slamming down all those pundits and ‘Apple experts’ that keep on ‘dooming’ Apple for the umpteenth time.
Then they blew everything out of the water with iOS 7, which after months of speculation of what it may look like, has finally been revealed, and I admit, I was mostly wrong in my speculation. The new look of iOS is really nice, with different depth, perspective, and many other things added to it.
iOS itself has a slew of new features, including video sharing over iCloud, collaborative albums, Airdrop, different multitasking, and an awesome look and feel of the new iOS.
The keynote was two hours, but boy did it go by fast. I’m excited for all these new products. I hate that we are simply teased by these releases now, as they don’t come out until later this fall.
Apple.com is full of new pages detailing the new OS.
Thank you Apple, for doing what you do. Now to get a new MacBook Air.
Update: Only 30 minutes after the Keynote, and people are already being negative and whining about the new design of iOS… Did they even listen? Design is how it works, not just how it looks. No one even has their hands on it yet.
People just love to complain, don’t they?
I’ll sum it up as this:
There would have been bigger outrage if Apple hadn’t redesigned iOS 7 than what they’ve actually came up with. For reals.
— Christopher Downer (@cjdowner) June 10, 2013
Apple preparing for WWDC 2013 →
Apple is dressing up the Moscone center in preparation for next week’s keynote and developer conference.
The Facebook experiment has failed. Let’s go back. →
We need to go back to smaller communities. Where people aren’t lost in the mediocre averages of large networks. That’s where ideas flourish.
The way twitter has changed my world →
Winnie Lim:
I have such a serious relationship with twitter, I scan my entire timeline as far back as it will allow me, as one of my daily morning routines. People can say all they want about the noise and how we should avoid social media to be truly productive, but my theory is, we have to accept the noise if we want to find the hidden gems.
I’ve been obsessed with Twitter ever since I joined it four years ago, and I’ve written about it many times. It’s my favorite social network, and my favorite way to share my world.
Vine for Android →
Twitter released an Android counterpart to their hit video sharing app, Vine, allowing even more people to use the fun service.
Side note that I really like about Vine: the way they set it up, like Medium.com, where you sign in with your Twitter, is really awesome since you don’t have to scramble to get the username you already have on Twitter. That’s a struggle I’ve had, until I chose my long username that I use everywhere now: @kylesethgray1.
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Except Instagram, because when I deleted my account a while ago, apparently it means that no one else, including you, can ever use that username again. Oh well, one less social network to worry about. ↩
WWF iOS App →
When I was downloading a bunch of free apps to attempt to get the 50 billionth app, I ran across this one.
It’s a fun and cute little app that features certain animals that are endangered. It gives you a little flipbook that tells you things about them, featuring videos, amazing pictures, and sound bites. After it tells you about the animal and where they’re located, it folds up into an origami version of the animal, providing instructions on how to make the figure.
Probably one of the most effective campaigns to have the user gain appreciation for these majestic creatures.
