Spyglass

It's the proactive interactions that is going to be the key to AI personal assistants working, for real this time. spyglass.org/proactive-ai...

There's some interesting AI buzz (and controversy waiting to happen) around Amazon's Bee devices... spyglass.org/amazon-bee/

Some thoughts, parallels, and dichotomies on iPhone launch day versus iPhone Duo launch day... spyglass.org/a-tale-of-tw...

Lowden is clearly the right call. But remember that Daniel Craig was a dark horse too twenty years ago... spyglass.org/the-next-jam...

🫟 Inklings 📆 October 16, 2026 • iPhone Duo Fail • I Saw Everything • Apple & Meta • Amazon's Bee • Netflix Shake Up • OpenAI Spy spyglass.org/inklings-iph...

A chat about the state of AI personal assistants and if this is really the time for them to shine... spyglass.org/the-ai-assis...

So it's a device that *sounds* like an iPad, but *looks* and in many ways *acts* like a giant Apple Watch, that *runs* CarPlay apps. What?! spyglass.org/panic-at-the...

💭 Thoughts On... 🍉 Meta Back at the AI Frontier 📹 Sora as a Startup spyglass.org/thoughts-on-...

From the title to the trailer, it always just sort of felt like this was set up to be re-heated leftovers... spyglass.org/the-box-offi...

This "hackquisition" just keeps looking more and more like a total disaster... spyglass.org/google-no-ch...

I think 'HomeView' is more elegant – certainly more so than 'HomePad' which always sounded a bit too much like a sanitary product. spyglass.org/apple-homevi...

You seemingly can't buy your way into replacing the internet "town square" – nor kill it off. Many have tried, including its current owner... spyglass.org/x-gon-give-i...

While all of this just looks like rather silly signs of fealty at the moment, it will all likely just look plain silly in hindsight. spyglass.org/super-duper-...

🫟 Inklings 📆 October 9, 2026 • Spring-Loaded Ternus • Endless Geminis • Mathpocalypse • OpenAI's "Missing" ARR • OK Googlebooks spyglass.org/inklings-spr...

💭 Thoughts On... 🎨 AI as UI 👷 The Datacenter NIMBY Problem spyglass.org/thoughts-on-...

If you were looking for a cheap tablet, Android was your OS, and Amazon was your guy – now, for a new strategy... spyglass.org/amazon-alexa...

Microsoft aims to kill the old MacBook Pro with AI, just before Apple is set to launch a killer new MacBook Pro... spyglass.org/microsoft-su...

💭 Thoughts On... 🏡 Apple's LG Home Partnership 📺 HBO Max/Paramount+ Super App spyglass.org/thoughts-on-...

This Fall... in a world... where tech is evil... spyglass.org/tech-hollywo...

In actual usage so far, the star of last month's Apple event for me is actually the new AirPods. spyglass.org/airpods-5-th...

'Digger' may not be great, but that's not the real reason it bombed at the box office... spyglass.org/digger-box-o...

🫟 Inklings 📆 October 2, 2026 • Apple's HomeHub • A Nimble Apple • SpaceX Phone! • MountDanceWarBroDisco! • Argon's Conquest • Flight Club spyglass.org/inklings-app...

Do I want some sort of iPad/HomePod hybrid that resembles the icon iMac G4? Yes. Will most people? That seems very TBD... spyglass.org/apple-homepo...

Some thoughts on OpenAI 'Dots'... spyglass.org/openai-dots-...

💭 Thoughts On... ⛈️ Anthropic's Apocalyptic S-1 💼 Meta Enterprise spyglass.org/thoughts-on-...

He speaks like a regular human being, he references 'Annie Hall', he laughs. A lot. spyglass.org/steve-jobs-c...

Disney has picked a director for Star Wars Episode X. Seemingly everyone has a bad feeling about this... spyglass.org/star-wars-ep...

As we bury Foursquare, it's just wild how buried "Where I've Been" information is... spyglass.org/where-ive-be...

🫟 Inklings 📆 September 25, 2026 • Meta's Vision Pro • Copilot's 'Super App' • Streaming Ads • DoJ Helps Apple • Dark 'Artificial' Trailer spyglass.org/inklings-met...

Meta VR Glasses still seem far from perfect, but are at least a credible consumer product... spyglass.org/meta-vr-glas...

That was the best Meta keynote in a long, long time... spyglass.org/meta-muse-co...

💭 Thoughts On... 🐎 The Great AI Agent Race 🦹 A "Super" AI Rebrand Attempt spyglass.org/thoughts-on-...

It's quite the dichotomy to read headlines about AI being on the verge of destroying humanity, while at the same time reading stories that it can't figure out how to make a phone call. spyglass.org/meta-muse-ai...

Now we have Android, ChromeOS, and Googlebook OS. Because why have one project when you can turn two into three? spyglass.org/googlebook-a...

💭 Thoughts On... 🤖 Amazon Blocks Meta's Muse ✏️ Apple's iPhone Duo Pencil Pivot spyglass.org/thoughts-on-...

Call it the 'less wood behind more arrows' strategy? spyglass.org/why-didnt-go...

Listening to him, even in these very early days as CEO, talk about Apple's products, he feels... natural. spyglass.org/john-ternus-...

🫟 Inklings 📆 September 18, 2026 • Meta's Camera-Less Glasses • Apple's Surveillance • Claude Unifies • Prime Bundles • Dario Writes • Bond, Jack Bond spyglass.org/inklings-met...

💭 Thoughts On... 🍎 Apple's NVIDIA Challenge 🤓 Snap's Specs Shitshow spyglass.org/thoughts-on-...

Muse, Meta's AI assistant, is actually a pretty great product... spyglass.org/metas-amusin...

Apple TV is the new HBO... in terms of big Emmy wins. spyglass.org/apple-tv-hbo...

There are nearly an infinite range of outcomes here between being fine and being dead... spyglass.org/ai-end-of-hu...

The marketing speak may be the same, but you get the sense that Ternus knows these products backwards and forwards – he simply must given his previous role literally helping to engineer them. Somehow, that knowledge translates into the presentation. spyglass.org/the-ternus-n...

Some thoughts on the iPhone Duo event... spyglass.org/iphone-duo-e...

$2,000? For a Phone?! Yes. spyglass.org/iphone-duo/

💭 Thoughts On... 🤖 AI's Maniacal Mixed Messages 🧑‍💻 Siri AI's Potential Developer Problem spyglass.org/thoughts-on-...

Which is part of the reason why the 'You Can See Everything' teaser is so great. It tells you almost nothing, and yet everything you need to know. It's almost like a one-minute and eleven-second piece of art in its own right... spyglass.org/you-can-see-...

I hadn't considered that Apple could actually be in favor of making the App Store rules *more* onerous. spyglass.org/app-store-po...

🫟 Inklings 📆 September 4, 2026 • App Store Succession • Cybercab Launch • Azure Reporting • No Google Breakup • Snap's Specs Situation • NVIDIA's Profit Crown spyglass.org/inklings-app...

It’s a question as old as time. Or at least as old as Terminator 2. Is AGI here? spyglass.org/agi-2026/