This update touches on why Apple Music may be a much bigger deal than I suggested, and the moves on to all the other important announcements from Apple WWDC keynote. This includes the News app, open-source Swift, and more.
Apple Music and Apple’s Focus
Apple Music was a muddled mess, which raised the question of why it exists in the first place. Is it important anymore? More importantly, is Apple having trouble remembering how to focus?
Daily Update: Apple Watch’s Bad Messaging; On Meerkat, Periscope, and Bad Journalism
Good morning, There will be a new Exponent later today; James and I discussed BuzzFeed and the Brother Orange story as well as the Amazon Dash Button and Home Service. On to the longer-than-usual Daily Update. I got a little rant-y. Apple Watch’s Bad Messaging Speaking of podcasts, I was on John Gruber’s The TalkSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Tidal and Telling the Same Story, The Brilliant Amazon Dash Button, Amazon Dash Replenishment Service
Good morning, I am very sorry for the multiple emails yesterday. I still don’t really know what happened with the subject lines, but I probably should have left well-enough alone instead of spamming your inbox. I appreciate you let me in there every day and I apologize for abusing that privilege. On to the update:Subscribe […]
Daily Update: The Trouble with Amazon, China’s E-Commerce Battle, Asia’s Advantage
Good morning, On last week’s Exponent James and I talked about the Story of Stratechery; I should have spent more time thanking all of you, who make what I do possible. I really do appreciate it. On to the update: The Trouble with Amazon Two weeks ago, when I wrote about Amazon’s earnings, I madeSubscribe […]
Daily Update: An Interview with Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra (Part 2) on Accusations of Copying, Xiaomi’s Product Roots, and Where the Money Comes From
Good morning, It’s Martin Luther King Day in the US, so I know many of you may not be at work today, but I wanted to wrap up my interview with Hugo Barra, Vice President of International for Xiaomi. My original intent was to run the whole interview on Friday, but when the meeting afterSubscribe […]
Christmas Gifts and the Meaning of Design
Manage your Stratechery subscription. This is a re-post from December, 2013 Gifts are a funny thing. A year ago, for Christmas 2012, my wife “gave” me an iPad mini. I use quotes because I actually bought it; supply was constrained, and when we got a notification that there were models in stock, I quickly dashed […]
Daily Update: The Solo Selfie and Its Cool Factor, The Donut Selfie and Its Creator
Good morning, Today’s update is a bit unique, both in content (much of it is an interview) and also in form (there are multiple YouTube embeds). I’m actually not sure how well it will work inside an email, so here is the link to the article on Stratechery. On to the update: The Solo SelfieSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Bandcamp, Tencent Earnings, Twitter’s Analyst Day, plus a Stratechery Announcement
Good morning, A few quick bits of housekeeping: First off, I’ve heard from enough people that they really don’t want to get articles in their email. I’m going to have a think about the best way to proceed Secondly, I’m going to put a brief note up on Stratechery later today announcing some of theSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Getting Xiaomi All Wrong, How is Slack Worth $1.2 billion?
Good morning, Let’s get to it – on to the update: Getting Xiaomi All Wrong Xiaomi’s financials (it is a private company) were leaked to the Wall Street Journal: A confidential document viewed by The Wall Street Journal shows that Xiaomi’s net profit nearly doubled last year, making it a lucrative business in an industrySubscribe […]