The Apple Worm

As I ended my weekly podcast, this week got me thinking. There is a subject that I wanted to write out about. September is right around the corner and I am excited to see what Apple has in store for everyone for the end of the year (specially in terms of AppleWatch). So here come the rumors... Some rumors begin the DAY of the event about NEXT YEARS event...  Some start a couple of months later and as the next event gets closer and closer the rumors start to range from plausible, all the way to apocalyptic  and idiotic. Some rumors are actually useful and tell you why Apple could decide to go in a certain direction with a line of products. Some have insights into meetings and prove that leakers are either highly paid or simply highly capable liars. So all in all, there are tons of rumors... here is my deal Rumors are rumors and some sources are certainly more trustworthy than others, I do not mind people writing rumors or even when they invent them, that's th...

***I recommend a hot beverage with this one*** We all know those days when you feel tired, done for and just want to scream and cry; and when you finally go to bed, know that you have to get back up in 4 hours or less? Well, I am here just to remind you to NEVER forget those days, to remember the tears, the stress, the sighs... hear me out It is in those days, tears, sighs, those moments when rage and the feeling of giving up comes through you, that you are closer to where you want and deserve to be. People are in such a rush nowadays, they want everything the fastest, shortest, easiest way. It is in this impatience that social media pushes us to “prove” to everyone that we are doing amazing E V E R Y D A Y. The truth is you aren’t even half way done the bigger your dream the harder the obstacles on the way to attaining it. And when you feel tired or helpless or lost, you are probably half way through. People want a clear path but the road to success is alw...

Someone who you don't know, you maybe haven't even heard of, who I don't know personally but thanks to the power of technology and social media I have been able to appreciate, listen to and learn from. A tall, sweaty, happy, passionate, strange, crazy man born some short or long time ago. Has passed away. I never met this man, I wish I had. Every week for the past few years I would listen to his take on things that I never knew of and wished to learn more about. A walking encyclopedia of comic books and movie knowledge. Never a dull moment, always speaking his mind, Jon Schnepp was one of those people that would make everyone smile because he wanted everyone to "rock on". Since I was a kid I read about The Flash, I googled info, saw animated versions and even bought the small amount of comics that I could find; because in my small Central American country, comics were an unknown part of culture. Finding Schnepp online helped me reconnect and fall in love ...

Yeah, I am still working on uploading my latest podcast episode reviewing this movie and the Netflix phenomenon I missed out on earlier this year called Annihilation. It will come soon I promise :) As for the topic at hand: Incredibles 2! 14 years later we finally get the much deserved and requested sequel. I will be direct and simple: THIS MOVIE IS EVEN BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE! As a whole it is superior, but there are things the first movie does better. I rewatched the original movie the night before going to see the movie and was absolutely sure that it was unbeatable. And it was superior to the second in one thing: the villain. Syndrome is one of the best and most well rounded villains there is and I absolutely enjoyed him in the first movie. Also the first movie centers completely on the family and fleshes them out extensively, this allows the sequel to spend more time on secondary and new characters, but I still wished to have had more time with them taking into account...

I hope and wish with all my heart that you already have or someday find or share the feeling of true happiness and excitement that I have every 4 years when the World Cup happens. Let me explain: One of my first memories of happiness was when I was about 5 years old, I was visiting with my family southern France to go to the beaches and generally enjoy the great weather. We always go to this house that my danish parents have in a beautiful and small town called Bagnols-en-For êt. This small and local french place was truly a small quiet and almost hidden place perfect for  relaxing and driving in the day to the nearby beaches like Saint-Raphael or Cannes. It was 1998 and France faced Brasil in the World Cup Final. I remember the town being as full as could be, people of all ages, all kinds of face paint with the french flag, and nerves like nothing I had seen. If you have not figured it out by now, France won that World Cup and the entire country of France BLEW UP IN HAPPINE...

So, it has been a while since I wrote an open entry to Apple (as if they read this... 😅) about my wishes for the upcoming year, or in this case for the upcoming World Wide Developers Conference. Since the conference is this next Monday I have put together a small list to share with you guys my thoughts on why WWDC is so important and should be for anyone who appreciates the world as changed by Apple technology. My inspiration for this wishlist comes from 2 things mainly: The jaw-dropping, incredible, and probably not happening (although I am hoping for the best always) iOS concept from Michael Calcada called iOS(AR)   The hardware possibilities most talked about for this year in terms of new and/or updated products for Apple. First, let us stay true to our reality.  We live in a social media "imprint" kind of world; one where the people who most make noise get most of the attention in the short term. However, slowly but surely, their cockiness and searc...

I am not sure what movie I saw first, but I am sure the first three movies I can remember are Aladdin, Hercules and Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back. All 3 thanks to my movie loving mother. Today is the day I watch a Star Wars movie for the first time not being all kinds of crazy excited to see it... I am not saying Solo: A Star Wars Story is going to be a bad movie, I am just saying it is new to me to see a movie that is about Star Wars and not have all kinds of adrenaline rush about it. My favorite character has always been Yoda and I will forever be grateful for the Clone Wars animated series for giving me more Yoda. I grew up on the prequels so I actually like Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith but there is no challenging the fact that the originals are better, they just don't have that "special place" in my star wars loving heart. I am expecting the worst and hoping for the best. Which I believe is one of the best ways to walk into a blockbuster movie. I a...