Sunday Morning Reading

Here’s some Sunday Morning Reading to share. It’s an interesting mix of topics that caught my eye (and prompts a bit of editorializing). Hope something catches yours. 

With this being the 25th year anniversary of the iMac, Jason Snell writing for the Verge tells us How The iMac Saved Apple. Well worth your time if, like me, you have any interest in Apple and its hardware. 

Work From Home is probably going to be a topic of interest for quite some time as we try to grapple with how we’ve changed since the pandemic began. (Hint: We haven’t come close to understanding how we’ve changed.) Jessica Grose has an intriguing NYTimes piece that takes the discussion a step deeper beyond just where we work but also how long we work in Leaving the Office at 5 Is Not a Moral Failing. 

Chris Jones in the Chicago Tribune has an excellent piece called What Happened to Theater in Chicago. Looking at the doldrums we seem to be in following the pandemic, the piece hits many of the issues head on. Except one. High ticket prices. It’s not just Chicago. It’s nationwide. 

A great piece of writing from Dorothy Gallagher called My Father’s House reminds us that a house is more than just a home. 

And back to Apple stuff for a second, M.G. Siegler takes a look at StandBy for iOS 17, which is looking like one (if not the one) tent pole feature of the new release. If you ask me, if this type of feature, no matter how cool, is where we are with smartphone evolution, we’ve more than reached the end of the curve. 

Artificial Intelligence is still the topic of the moment and probably will be for the rest of our lifetimes. Charles Jennings takes a look in a very good article with a title meant to provoke, There’s Only One Way to Control AI: Nationalization. If you ask me, it’s time to provoke and heat up the discussion. 

Lisa Weatherby in the NYTimes takes a look at the eye-popping cuts now happening at West Virginia University. If projected decling enrollments suggest cutting programs in the liberal arts and humanities, it sounds like the game to make the world a bit dumber is succeeding. 

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