{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "title": "Jarrod Blundy", "icon": "https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2023/02/5676.jpg", "home_page_url": "https://jb.heydingus.net/", "feed_url": "https://jb.heydingus.net/feed.json", "items": [ { "id": "http://jarrod.micro.blog/2026/06/11/nick-heer-tested-siri-ai.html", "content_html": "

Nick Heer tested Siri AI against its original third-party version, and Apple’s 2018-era version:

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Though this is a test conducted on the very first version of Siri A.I. from a fixed point in Calgary, it seems to work quite well. So far, it is better than any version of Siri Apple has released yet and, as you can see above, it is almost as good as the original 2010 demo, before Apple acquired the company.

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Glad it’s finally improving. That the 2010 version still has a leg up in some regards, though, is brutal.

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🧵 WWDC26 Tidbits Thread. I love scouring the web for all the little things making it into each year’s OS releases! Here are some of my favorites…

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🧵 WWDC26 Keynote Thread… Let’s see what’s in store!

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Watched: The Pitt Season 1 📺

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This show captured my attention like nothing else I’ve seen lately. Really A+ television. It’s also given me newfound respect for the work my wife does. She worked in a trauma center for a few years, and is now an emergency department PA. Tough stuff.

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😍

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May the 4th be with you. We couldn’t resist; Limited Edition 019 is here, featuring a glossy white body (which Cerakote appropriately calls “Stormtrooper White”) with black accents. As always, available for one week only, then gone forever! https://www.studioneat.com/products/limited019

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I can’t believe I’m signing up for Flickr because Squarespace no longer offers a native photo gallery block that isn’t an entire page section. 🙄 It’s become so tedious to edit my business website that I actively avoid it—a real problem. The idea of rebuilding elsewhere is daunting, but I’ve got to.

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Finished reading: Apple - The First 50 Years by David Pogue 📚

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Fantastic book. I really like Pogue’s writing style. One for the annals of Apple history.

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Please, can we stop with “Twitter/X” thing? Twitter is long dead. It’s X now. That’s its name. Just call it by its name. Don’t dignify X with any of the caché that the Twitter brand might still hold.

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In honor of Apple TV announcing that Ted Lasso’s fourth season is coming in August, I’m wearing my custom-made AFC Richmond Squad shirt! ⚽️

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Available on the HeyDingus Store. 😉

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WordPress made… Micro.blog? From their new ‘social’ blog theme announcement:

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Here’s what makes this different from a social app: every quick thought and every reblog is a real WordPress.com post on a site you own, and every reply is saved as a comment. You get the speed and feel of a social feed, with the permanence and portability of a blog. Export it, back it up, migrate it to another host. It’s yours.

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I love the new goal arc in Pedometer++. It’s a good reference to the Apple Watch’s fitness rings, but distinct and easier to fit onscreen. But what I like most is the visual of effort required to complete your goal. It’s hard to get started (going “uphill” on the arc) but once you get halfway, you might as well ride the downhill to the finish!

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To start with the home screen has been clarified to be more legible at a glance. With some incredibly fun (to use and to make) animations to celebrate when you reach your goal.

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Had a blast re-upping my Wilderness First Responder certification this week! There are a lot of things that can go wrong in the backcountry — this training helps us to be ready to help you. Big thanks to our awesome instructors from @wildmed and @adkmtnclub, plus the rest of the student team, who made this week great. ⛑️

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You know what? That is a lot of products to figure out how to develop, manufacture, price, market, sell, and ship to millions of customers in dozens of countries around the world. It boggles the mind.

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Apple Products & Services Introduced During the Tim Cook Era.

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Summer High Peak hiking will be in full swing before you know it! Get your day booked with the highest-rated guide service in the ADK before we fill up! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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John Gruber looking from a different angle:

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I don’t think you can argue that Cook ever did anything for any reason other than what he believed was in the company’s best interest. […] There’s a nobility to his singleminded focus on Apple itself, as an abiding institution, and his faith that what’s best for Apple will ultimately prove best for everyone involved with it: employees, shareholders, users, and, yes, even developers. […]

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And, if you agree that Apple itself was Jobs’s greatest product, Cook really is a product person after all.

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Jeez, he’s a good writer.

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David Sparks offers his view as someone who has been behind-the-scenes of other corporate transitions — Ternus is unsurprising; change will come slowly; he’s optimistic:

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What happens next is the harder question. Apple is too big to change direction quickly. New CEOs at companies this size do not reshape the company in their first year. They learn where the levers are. They keep the trains running. The real signal of Ternus’s hand on the tiller will come later, probably well into 2027 or beyond. What products get greenlit. What gets killed. How the company talks about itself.

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Nick Heer remembered to follow up on the conflicting reports from the Financial Times and Bloomberg about the timing of Cook’s succession. He scores them both as having some accuracy, but FT as more correct in spirit. I concur. Not exactly a ding in Gurman’s armor, but perhaps a scratch.

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Everyone is singing the praises of Tim Cook’s jump in Apple’s revenue from $108b to $416b (3.9×). But, honestly, he’s behind the eight ball. Sculley oversaw sales that went from $800m to $8b (10×). And under Jobs', revenue increased from $8b to $100b (12.5×). Just sayin'. 😉

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Apple Intelligence really does not get sarcasm. But in its ignorance, it did make me smile. Its summary of The Onion’s news that it’s completed its takeover of InfoWars:

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Global Tetrahedron has acquired InfoWars and plans to transform it into a platform overflowing with ads, scams, and misinformation. The new InfoWars will be a digital vortex of content, merging talent and media into a single, digestible product. The CEO, Bryce P. Tetraeder, envisions a future where this platform thrives, fueled by the convergence of amateur inquiry, corporate profit, and altered states of mind.

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🆕📝 Ternus will succeed Cook as Apple’s CEO

Tim Cooked for long enough. It’s John’s Ternus the CEO.

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Watched: Slow Horses Season 5 📺

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I like these short seasons. Enough time and drama to get me invested, but not so much that it drags on. I expect I’d like the books too (more?), but dang this is a fun show. Only one more season I think?

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Started: Margo’s Got Money Troubles S1E1, The Hungry Ghost 📺

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Yo! I didn’t realize that Elle Fanning voiced the audiobook of this that I read a couple months ago! She stars as the lead character, and it’s a really nice bit of continuity. Based on the first episode, it’s gonna be a great show. 👌

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It’s been a few weeks now, but I’ve pulled out some quotes from other folks' retrospectives on Apple’s 50th anniversary that I really enjoyed and added them to my blog post for your perusal.

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Nate Reuss finally has new music out via his old 2000s-era band The Format! 🎵

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“Shot In The Dark” by The Format

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🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#186]

Size-extreme Macs, a Bear blog calendar, an Olive Garden-pointing compass, a human-signaling Am Dash, a Markdown mnemonic, a young origami researcher, and a defense of processed American cheese.

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