New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

so yeah it seems like it was rushed. or at least done much faster than the iphone, which took two and a half years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/magazine/30IPOD.html?pagewanted=all

iwatch leaked photos https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlO0p9tCMAACL5C.jpg

I bought a Basis B1 watch yesterday - it's kind of ugly but has all the usual Fitbit/Up features and a heart rate monitor. I guess we'll see how it goes.

If Apple could nail a fitness device that interacts with an iPhone (sans the dumber features of the Galaxy watch), it could be huge. Everyone wants to quantify their steps taken and blood sugar constantly etc etc.

i don't really see it, but I won't say it's impossible. as mentioned, the fitness calculators don't seem like a huge market to me (lol 'murica)

http://bytecollector.com/images/thumbs/hp-01_015_small.jpg

Everyone wants to quantify their steps taken and blood sugar constantly etc etc.

everyone but me, i guess?

It's fun

I'm at the point in my life where I need a machine to tell me to walk more. Therefore I like the new wave of designery infographic fitness apps that use the motion processor in the iPhone 5s. Much of them seem to be developer tech demos/app portfolios, but at least they subscribe to that do one thing well developer philosophy. Punch in my height, carry my phone around with me for a week, and then quantify exactly how much I've been promoting Sloth.

Feels like Nike has been trying to blow this market up for years (iirc Apple hired a guy away from Nike) like they have that dongle you put in your shoe and it surfs the web or something

Maybe it just needs the Apple touch to make it really successful

But it also feels like maybe Apple was looking around and seeing what other people in SF were doing

And it was a bunch of nerdy young white instant millionaires doing Crossfit and getting bodyfat scales and obsessively punching in calories consumed per day into their iPhone apps

And making shakes that remove the need to eat

And I dunno if that can extrapolate onto General America

I don't understand the blood sugar thing. Does it have a needle on the bottom and prick your skin hourly?

imo the metrics alone are a starting point and things are just finally getting to the point where the sensors work reliably and the devices are wearable without being dumb

actually doing useful things with the data is the big black hole. there are some neat apps now that try to pull things together, but I haven't seen any one that's awesome

blood sugar can be monitored with infrared detection, iirc, but I'm not sure how good it is right now
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_glucose_monitoring#Non-invasive_technologies

This sucker is pretty cool, but I couldn't be bothered to input every time I have caffeine, which probably says a lot about my caffeine consumption and less about their application:
https://jawbone.com/up/coffee

I haven't used it for a few months but the feature on the jawbone band that'd wake you around the designated time when you're already in a lighter phase of sleep worked pretty well.

i was just spending way too much time on a long post about this, but i nuked it. rip.

come to my town and i'll tell you what's gonna happen

and watch that fucking tim cook video i posted before you talk about this

wear or own one of these bands for a few weeks and get back at me

if you know apple in the abstract, know and understand their history, and have been following the leaks surrounding this product, a lot of what they end up revealing shouldn't be a surprise

dan, people have developed tech that does all of that through the skin. or some of that. but apparently it might still be a little fucked up and not ready for market.

know apple in the abstract

I barely know myself, how can I be expected to know a company of thousands?

you know what i mean! i waste a lot of time on this shit. too much!

look, i don't have many things i can claim any sort of expertise on, but this is one of them

i don't know anything about music compared to most of the people here. i know more about apple than almost anyone.

if you want to be really cool in life, say "i know more about apple than almost anyone"

it gets you a lot of friends and members of whatever sex(es) you're into

markers, reading a ton of online speculation isn't expertise, it's fandom. I've been there for a few things.

"i wasted precious hours of my life reading gil amelio's memoir and have chrisann brennan's on my desk, partially completed"

markers, reading a ton of online speculation isn't expertise, it's fandom. I've been there for a few things.

― a strange man (mh), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:54 AM

it's not "online speculation"! that's a small part of it!

time doing something you enjoy isn't wasted

well, all i'm saying is that i've spent a lot of time studying them

what is your opinion on dieter rams

i don't know anything about goon music. i don't know anything about american politics. i know a lot. a lot. about apple. i could be on the talk show.

what a cool claim, btw

"i could be on the talk show". be my friend!

what is your opinion on dieter rams

― a strange man (mh), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:57 AM

i wonder how much his adjustable bookshelf system costs because my bookshelf was $60 at ikea

also apple's old iphone calculator app looked a hell of a lot like his calculator

none of my irl friends are into this shit. hell, most of my online friends aren't into this shit either. it's a lonely life, watching steve jobs doing shit ad nauseum on youtube.

I got a hot keynote yt waiting in my bed so I'll say this

haha

http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ipod-braun.jpg

http://www.designsojourn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/rams-ive.jpg

did something happen to braun that made them stop making cool design-y stuff?

i don't know. good question tho

I have this! I can kind of see the remnants of a fetish object in it. Maybe the bauhaus trajectory is to become invisible.
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/productImages/0/5/66611110023805-large-Braun-Deluxe-Multiquick-Hand-Blender--Chopper-MR430HC.jpg

I haven't used it for a few months but the feature on the jawbone band that'd wake you around the designated time when you're already in a lighter phase of sleep worked pretty well.

― a strange man (mh), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:18 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah the abandonments rate for wearables is vv high, like if youre a fitness freak i can see it but its just too easy to stop doing it, speaking as someone w a lonely running watch

I could see wearing it to sleep pretty regularly. I think I was on vacation and just didn't get back in the habit when I got home. Great alarm clock.

I am a sleep freak, though

I've had a browser tab open to that damn dieter rams universal shelving all day, kind of pondering if it'd be awesome in my house

damn you, markers

hahaha. isn't it a lot of money? as i said, $60 at ikea

my desk was less than $40