Howdy. I'm a broadcaster, journalist, campaign correspondent, and technologist. This is my small blog: a fast-moving feed of short-form content generally related to media, politics, technology, and the inevitable zombie apocalypse. My long-form blog is here, and my Tumblr posts are here.
Currently: From early-January through mid-February I will be on on the road covering the GOP nomination campaign. I will be producing broadcast and social media reports for various news organizations. A summary of my social/media reports can be found on the KoPoint Wire.
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Think of this not as a story about Apple, but about a commentary on Western culture and globalism.
Mike Daisey was a self-described “worshipper in the cult of Mac.” Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out.
In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most successful companies in the world, in part by mastering global manufacturing. Apple and its high-technology peers — as well as dozens of other American industries — have achieved a pace of innovation nearly unmatched in modern history. However, the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labor in harsh conditions, according to employees inside those plants, worker advocates and documents published by companies themselves. Problems are as varied as onerous work environments and serious — sometimes deadly — safety problems. Employees work excessive overtime, in some cases seven days a week, and live in crowded dorms. Some say they stand so long that their legs swell until they can hardly walk. Under-age workers have helped build Apple’s products, and the company’s suppliers have improperly disposed of hazardous waste and falsified records, according to company reports and advocacy groups that, within China, are often considered reliable, independent monitors.
This Week in Tech - Episode 321 - When Jesus was a Sophomore
In which we discuss Amazon’s Fire tablet, iPhone rumors, and the #OccupyWallStreet movement.
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
STEVE JOBS, in a commencement address at Stanford, 2005.
(via the Wall Street Journal)
(Source: inothernews)
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”
STEVE JOBS, in the Wall Street Journal, May 25, 1993.
(Source: inothernews)
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My iPhone began it’s life in California. Here’s the map.
While using the O’Reilly Media iPhone geolocation tool to extract my phone’s history, I noticed that the map showed a blip in San Francisco this past year. I have not visited California this year, and so decided to zoom in. Lo, very interesting results. My iPhone first connected to a cellular network in the Bay Area. I bet yours did as well.
Curious that this would not show it’s first activity somewhere near New York City, where I live.
Ideas?
It’s seriously difficult to find people in iTunes Ping so I made a shareable URL of my profile.
What’s your ping profile URL? You can find this in iTunes > Ping > My Profile > copy link location on your name.
