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Hello Apple Watch. Goodbye Fossil. Well done Shinola.
Apple releases the most sexy smart watch on the market. Now the wristwatch industry has to rethink itself in a brave new world. Winners. Losers, and what they can do to save themselves. I was chatting with designer Jeff Berghoff in the wake of Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 6 and the Apple watch. Like […]
iWatch – Release the Designers
iTunes and the iPod released the musicians. iPhone released a new generation of software developers and game makers. The iWatch should release the designers: graphic designers, industrial designers, experience designers. In previous blog, I wrote that fundamentally, the iWatch has to solve the social problems that the iPhone has created. In a second blog, I […]
iWatch + Health + $55 Billion in Venture Capital
Apple, I See What You Did There. Health isn’t just a cool feature within iOS8, it points to Apple’s next device–the iWatch. At WWDC last month, Apple’s software guy, Craig Federighi, shared the story of Apple’s new feature in iOS8 called Health, which is basically a health dashboard on your iPhone. (Watch the 3 minute video on YouTube.) […]
iWatch – Make Us Fun Again
The iPhone is cool and very capable. But it has created cultural problems that we can do without. Perhaps a new device from Apple can bring back social graces? We need an iWatch. I’ve enjoyed following the buzz around this week’s World Wide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. This is not Apple’s preferred event for announcing upcoming […]