I’m going to put my stamp on it, if I somehow have a “stamp”: Modern day file storage is going to look a lot like that old professor’s office which is stacked to the ceiling with random sheets of loose leaf. Sometime soon, most computer users will store every file in the same spot. Folders won’t exist. Structure won’t exist.
Where you save the file won’t matter. What you name the file won’t matter. The file type won’t matter. When you last saved the file won’t matter.
What will matter is your ability to use keywords to search for contents in the file. What will matter is your ability to use artificial intelligence to find the file, summarize or modify the file, and share the file. All in under 15 seconds.
It’ll be like finding a needle in a haystack. With perfect accuracy. Every time. All in under five seconds.
It could be on your desktop, though that’d be messy. It could just be the root folder of your iCloud account. (Joke: iCloud’s storage options are pathetic.)
It won’t be long now and the old methodology inside Finder and Windows Explorer will meet a slow perish.
And for many I imagine, the future is already here.
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The Apple Watch Ultra is the first Apple Watch I think looks nice.
The Apple Watch Ultra is the first aesthetically-pleasing Apple Watch, in my book. It’s bulky, sure, but, to me, it’s more subdued, less try-hard, and more its own character.
To me, the Apple Watch Series watches have long lived in Apple’s Watch Edition shadow. Apple tried hard to make a stylish watch. They tried so hard. They tried $20,000 hard. They used over-the-top materials to make a nerdy smartwatch stylish and trendy.
(It’s funny, because those Watch Edition models are likely to be worth more as collector items than as actual smartwatches.)
And that design has never really changed. Series 4 gained a few smoother corners and Series 7 pushed the bezels back a bit. By and large, the Series 8 Watch looks a lot like the original Series 1.
The Watch Ultra doesn’t abide by any of this. The Watch Ultra owns its look and feel thanks to its purpose instead of its intended style. The light and durable titanium provides strong durability for the toughest environments. I don’t think titanium looks as good as stainless steel, but again, titanium is there for durability, not for looks. The Watch Ultra owns titanium.
The Watch Ultra's back is made of ceramic. I kind of like the monotone creamy colour.
The raised display and titanium bezel are 180-degree changes from the Series watches. You’ll quickly note how many of the watchOS faces appear to be made for the pebble-y Series watches thanks to the hard-stop bezels on the Ultra.
But again, the raised display is presumably done for a reason — the Ultra’s larger, brighter, more durable display packs better technology for more demanding environments.
I think the best way to put it: The Ultra’s design first priority wasn’t intended for style. Rather, the first priorities were for ruggedness and durability, and materials and design flowed through after.
The Ultra is proud to be aesthetically rugged. Owning its design is what makes the Ultra so stylish.
The Apple Watch Ultra with an Apple Umber Leather Link band. The band is OK. I'm looking for something better.
I can feel the glow around the Apple Watch Ultra fading, so it must be a good time to write a review about Apple’s latest and greatest Apple Watch. Whether I can cover all the facets I used to cover about a new Apple product, I’m unsure. But now is as good a time as any to hash out some post-honeymoon thoughts.
It’s been awhile since I’ve used an Apple Watch. I gave a Series 2 Watch a good run for its money, sporting both an aluminum and then a stainless steel option for a few weeks before ultimately returning both. I wore a Series 4 Watch for significantly longer, only to sell and not look back. I just couldn’t find the value in the Watch at that point in time.
Things have changed since then though.
Since then, I’ve had three children. All are under 5 years of age right now and demand a ton of hands-on time.
Since then, I’ve developed a workout regiment. It’s fallen off the wayside a bit with the arrival of our third baby girl, but I still get onto the Peloton a few times a week.
Since then, we have a new toy in the backyard. This swim spa should keep us toasty warm and entertained over the next few years while the girls grow up, and I’m not exactly comfortable bringing my iPhone into the 104-degree water just yet.
All in all, I have a few new reasons to try out the Apple Watch. The least of which is an entirely new Watch body, one which actually looks good for the first time in the Watch’s existence. I’ve never, ever liked the pebble-shaped Watch. The Ultra finally has an aesthetic I’m semi-warm about.
So I’ve given it a shot for a few weeks. And I think the Ultra will last longer than the Series 2 before it. I suspect it’ll last longer than the Series 4 before it as well, but the honeymoon glow has started to wear off.
Over the next week or two, I’ll break apart different sections of this review into separate blog posts. I’ve learned I’m not very good with long blog posts, especially here on The Newsprint. The shorter, quicker I can make them, the more likely they’ll be published. Today is introduction day. Tomorrow (or the day after, or the day after) will be more. I already have most of this written, but I want to get something out the door sooner than later.