Newsletter: week of 4/28

With my bike trip postponed, this week was all about pivoting to a new video for next week. So I made my way to BestBuy and picked up an open box Nokia 2780. More on that soon!

In other news, there was a big win for App Store developers, GTA is further delayed, Leica released only 100 units of a $10,695 “New York USA” Leica M11 to celebrate the company's centennial, Nothing released the CMF Phone Pro 2, and the Osmo Pocket 3 is now a whopping $800 and, in my opinion, no longer worth its cost.

Depending on what you are doing, for that much money, you are better off getting an APS-C camera with interchangeable lenses (larger sensor, upgradeable via lenses), buying a 360 camera for half the price (even smaller, more possible angles albeit more action cam looking), or considering a pocketable vlogging camera like the Sony ZV-E10 or Canon PowerShot V1 (slightly larger sensors, a bit more zoom range). I will bring this up in the Patreon chat, so please sound off with your opinion on this.

With that, here is everything else I read, watched, and listened to this week.

The new whip.

What I read this week:

‘Cook chose poorly’: how Apple blew up its control over the App Store
"Apple tried to argue that the term “scary” didn’t actually mean it wanted the screen to scare people. “Scary,” it claimed, was actually a “term of art” — an industry term with a specialized meaning." 😂

An Inside Look at the Subway’s Archaic Signal System
What you may not know about me is that I'm a train girlie. (Hannah just told me that everyone knows that 👀.) ANYWHO, this article has some great photos of the aging system plus a look at the M.T.A.’s Operations Control Center, which is LOADED with Dell's Curved UltraSharps.

The DJI Phantom is no more
RIP to the first drone I ever flew. I will not miss you or your giant case.

Your Favorite Creators' Favorite Cameras!
I was honored to be the lone Nikon fan in this Waveform episode. ahah

What I watched:

Why Dyson’s Products Keep Getting Weirder (And Pricier)
I really like how the narrator's A-role angle changes throughout the video... I might do more of this.

february
Monthly vlogs have been on my "want to do" list for a while. This one is extra beautiful and inspiring.

Inside the Hyatt Regency Skywalk Collapse
There are some great 3D renders in here.

I Tested Every YouTuber Tech Product
I'm not a huge fan of Mrwhosetheboss's click-baity videos, but this was pretty interesting. Poor Clicks.

What I listened to:

The Flood - Ruby Gill

let me grow - threetwenty

Rufufus (Sylvan Esso Remix) - Remi Wolf
This was on repeat a few summers ago, and it looks like I'm in for it again this summer.

DON'T SPEAK and LESSONS - Loaded Honey
Jungle bandmates Lydia Kitto and J Lloyd launched this side project a month ago and I'm here for it.

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Ok, that's all I got. It's warming up here in NYC, and folks are quickly crawling out of their caves. Wherever you are, I hope you're soaking up some sun this weekend, too!
Appreciate you, B