Harry McCracken

Fast Company Global Technology Editor. Boy journalist. Bon vivant. Lefthander. Westcoastian.

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2024-06-06 22:00:16

I’d like to see Humane remain independent and succeed, and probably don’t have to tell you what the possibility of them being acquired by HP brought to mind. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/technology/humane-ai-pin.html

2024-06-03 21:26:42

Justin Long has now done paid promotions for Apple, Intel, and Qualcomm. I fully expect him to endorse AMD and Nvidia and possibly Mediatek before eventually decrying technology’s effect on our lives and going off the grid entirely. And then, by 2044, coming back to do more ads for a company that hasn’t been founded yet.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170277/qualcomm-mac-guy-copilot-plus-pcs-apple-microsoft-arm

2024-05-29 18:20:04

I wrote about why Google search telling us all to eat rocks isn’t as serious an issue as it claiming there’s a non-existent Dr. Seuss book. https://www.fastcompany.com/91132217/google-ai-overview-errors

2024-05-08 15:19:49

For my Plugged In newsletter this week, I wrote about why the Humane Ai Pin and Rabbit R1 feel so similar to ... the BlackBerry PlayBook and Motorola Xoom. https://www.fastcompany.com/91118796/humane-ai-pin-rabbit-r1-reviews

2024-05-07 15:50:26

I'm at a small in-person viewing of Apple's event, which starts in 11 minutes, and will write about it over at https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com.
(There are a LOT of events coming up in the next few weeks and I plan to cycle through social networks as I cover them.)

2024-05-07 14:42:36

Any last-minute Apple event predictions or wish-list items? I do hope that today marks the end of iPad Pro models with portrait-mode front-facing cameras.
Also, might just be me, but I'd like to see the iPad surpass its traditional 10 hours of battery life, which is no longer the wonder it was in 2010.

2024-05-03 07:49:32

I forgot to celebrate the 60th anniversary of BASIC yesterday. But in 2014, I tried to pull out all the stops in my 50th anniversary story. https://time.com/69316/basic/

2024-05-01 18:33:57

I wrote about how far the classic voice assistants are from living up to their potential, and why there's at least modest hope for major improvements in the next few weeks. https://www.fastcompany.com/91114731/siri-alexa-and-google-assistant-vs-chatgpt-generative-ai?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

2024-04-16 20:51:01

This is ridiculous:
1) MKBHD is as fair as they come
2) Honest reviews are a huge favor to any company smart enough to pay attention
3) If Humane has its act together, it paid someone with reviews experience to evaluate the product and knew what to expect
https://www.businessinsider.com/youtuber-mkbh-dtrashes-humane-ai-pin-firestorm-over-damage-startup-2024-4

2024-04-08 18:20:43

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/236/508/323/990/717/original/3a87cfc286c1a932.jpeg

2024-04-05 20:08:10

One of the people who acquired Deadspin has a bid in to buy a defunct Santa Barabara newspaper's digital assets. Locals are worried. (By @npub1w9a…04m0) https://www.fastcompany.com/91077421/santa-barbara-news-press-bankruptcy-sale-max-noremo

2024-04-03 20:11:39

I haven't left Twitter, but I'm spending less time there. Which has freed up time for lots of other stuff! https://www.fastcompany.com/91072116/using-twitter-less-alternatives-newsletter-reading-mastodon-bluesky-threads-reddit-discord-facebook-groups

2024-04-01 23:01:13

I swore off April Fool's pranks long ago. But the Wayback Machine still has PC World's Save DOS campaign, a parody of our sister publication InfoWorld's then-current campaign to save Windows XP. Our version included a spontaneous DOS reboot. https://web.archive.org/web/20080424031435/http://www.pcworld.com/ic/savedos/

2024-03-30 16:37:03

I finally drove a Tesla.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/185/376/657/868/784/original/483cbb2ec480c18c.jpeg

2024-03-21 17:22:43

Six days and a tad over $43,000 to go to get @npub1hvd…9sq9's book, which I'm helping with, funded! It's going to be great. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/how-comics-were-made

2024-03-12 17:19:56

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@npub19xu…e8yd I attended a panel he spoke at in about 1980, when I was in high school, and that voice is still imprinted in my brain.

2024-03-10 21:23:03

An excellent article on Adam Osborne, whom I still think should be remembered for his accomplishments at least as much as his mistakes. https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-rise-and-fall-of-steve-jobs-s-greatest-rival

2024-01-26 23:10:07

It seems I long ago checked off a bucket-list item I didn't know I had, and only learned about today:
I'm quoted in Merriam-Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharing

2023-12-22 22:09:25

One of 2023's tech highlights for me was the discovery that—contrary to conventional wisdom—it's absolutely possible to make custom Apple Watch faces.
(Bonus points to any of you who can identify this fellow.)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/626/116/185/352/076/original/bddfec6122603258.jpeg

2023-12-22 21:19:29

Fair warning: I have two favorite Christmas songs, and I may be sharing multiple versions of them over the next few days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4jcq5dkXfU

2023-11-05 04:40:25

Along with everyone (including Apple) failing to take advantage of the Touch Bar, the one on my MacBook Pro just crashed fairly often. https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23938841/apple-macbook-pro-touch-bar-discontinued-proof-of-concept

2023-11-02 00:16:00

Somehow I find Intuit's abject failure to do anything with Mint after buying it to be a personal disappointment in a way I usually don't with messed-up acquisitions. RIP. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-01/intuit-winds-down-personal-finance-app-mint-shifts-users-to-credit-karma

2023-10-10 16:24:33

My interest in the Apple Watch has increased by like 1,000% since I realized it was possible to create faces of my own.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/211/175/501/975/122/original/a88e301d6a491810.jpeg

2023-10-08 18:11:14

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 Or have him throw a brief temper tantrum on the hour.

2023-10-08 10:52:37

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@npub1hvd…9sq9
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2023-10-08 06:42:05

I’m having fun with my new Apple Watch. https://www.scrappyland.com/blog/2023/10/07/say-kids-what-time-is-it/

2023-09-18 01:20:03

I don't regret having switched Mastodon servers. But I was just trying to pull up a clever response someone made to one of my posts on my old server, and couldn't figure out how to do it. Seems like I won't be able to give that person credit when I reference their comment in a newsletter I'm writing.

2023-09-13 02:25:41

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 Glennf + comics? I'm sold!

2023-09-10 20:29:20

Giving serious thought to buying a Speak & Spell.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/042/268/789/366/821/original/eb6d974e1cd3283f.jpeg

2023-09-09 00:50:05

Is there any way to get rid of these phantom Mastodon accounts, which get in the way of finding people? (Only the first two of these are ones I created.)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/031/969/483/470/421/original/9b9f50908e71542d.jpeg