Month: December 2019

When most people think of Star Wars, they think of iconic characters like Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Boba Fett. However it’s neither these characters nor their stories that keep bringing fans back into Star Wars, it’s the universe where the those characters live and where those adventures take place. It’s been this way since… Continue reading The Mandalorian perfectly embodies Star Wars. Here’s Why:

Every decade has a technology that defined it. In the 70s, it was the PC, which brought computers into the mainstream. In the 80s, it was the GUI, which made computers the friendly, easy to use computers that they are today. The internet defined the 1990s, connecting the world and allowing for the very words… Continue reading What tech defined the 2010s?

10 years ago, Steve Jobs declared the PC was dead when he announced the iPad, claiming it to be the future of computing. While we have gotten closer to that future tea rent quite there yet. Th biggest problem with getting people to adopt the iPad is that many people don’t see it as an… Continue reading Was Apple purposefully trying to make the Macs worse?

Apple has always been a company that favors form just as much as, and some would argue even more than, function. While this truth has yielded some of the most iconic products of the last decade, many have criticized Apples designs in recent years to for making too many functional tradeoffs in the name of… Continue reading With the Mac Pro’s release, the Jony Ive era of Apple is over.

What do the CEOs of a health company meant to test blood sugar levels and a PC gaming peripheral manufacture have in common, a shared idol, Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs has been called many things, a hero, a thief, he has been glorified and vilified, but no matter your opinion on him, his impact on… Continue reading Stop trying to be Steve Jobs

In layman’s terms, a deep fake is an image or video that utilizes a neural network overlay someones face onto another’s. This often frighteningly convincing technology has been used for many purposes, and can be seen in everything from memes to, of course, porn. While this technology has been pretty well known among the tech… Continue reading Snapchat could finally push deep fakes into the mainstream, and that may not be a good thing.

Pretty much all of Apples products are iconic, that’s hard to dispute. Many of them have become so ubiquitous and well known that they have become household names which are used even when talking about non-Apple products that are remotely similar. Recently, however, Apple’s product lineup has become increasingly crowded and, dare I say, diluted.… Continue reading Apple’s constantly evolving confusing product lineup