For quick things (<5 min) I can still type decently on QWERTY.
For longer I just set the OS to Colemak and then back again when I’m done. Win/Mac has Colemak and Dvorak built in. I hope most linux distros do as well.
This has great discoverability for other eng teams ime. Duplication of components across multiple product teams is a drag on velocity and a major pain when you want to update brand/design across the board. In a previous role, we spun up a Storybook with the few dozen atomic React + pure HTML components, shopped it around the relevant teams. Saw great uptake for centralizing components, and a few teams did storybook-driven development for their more complex UIs. Can recommend.
Also very useful for non technical stakeholders (design, product, etc) to test UIs in isolation.
1. Pick a cab company, look up phone number.
2. Phone, usually get a dispatcher but sometimes busy signal.
3. Tell them where you are.
4. Get very loose estimate on pickup time.
5. Wait with no updates.
6. Most of the time cab comes, if it doesn’t, GOTO step 1 by phoning back or trying another company.
Compared to
1. Open app.
2. Hit button.
3. “Real time” updates on car location and estimated time
I don’t like the gig economy model and I don’t use Uber and still use cabs, but I can see the appeal.
Yeah, where I grew up it was even worse. The main nearby company constantly had multiple cabs parked and people idling for huge amounts of time, but they demanded at least 24 hour notice and a 3 hour pickup window regardless of the time. For trips taking ~10 minutes.
I'm honestly surprised they still exist. I have no idea whose money is keeping them in business.
if you're of certain minority groups, the cab experience was:
1. Go outside
2. Put your hand up
3. Never get a taxi
> Most of the time cab come
This got really bad in many cities because of a cycle: If the rate of dispatched cabs get low enough, people make multiple requests to the dispatchers, so more than one cab would go to the spot, and you take whichever cab gets there first and the rest are "dropped". So the other cabs can't service dispatch requests, the servicing rate drops, so that further incentivises multiple request...
I'm sure it's worse for minorities, but "cab supposedly dispatched but never shows" is definitely not a rare experience even with maximum privilege in play.
Out of interest, which bit of the flow they described is different in NYC?
It was similar to that in London 10 years ago - the most 'fun' thing used to be booking a cab for an airport drop - would they turn up at 3am as planned? If not, what will you do - as their office may now be closed... I ended up nearly stuck at the airport one night after my booked cab (pre paid!) didn't turn up, so had to get a black cab at twice the cost, and only after I convinced him I had the cash at home, as I didn't have any on my and my card had been cancelled while I was on holiday (for using the card abroad). Fun
I'm not from new york, but I think you just hail the cab down in the street, no? The described flow is what I'd have to do in atlanta to go basically anywhere.
Mobile browsers have, since at least the first iPhone, defaulted to showing websites zoomed way out, on the theory that the site might not have been designed for a screen that narrow. Sites that are designed to support a phone screen are supposed to say so, using the meta tag given elsewhere in the thread.
Ah, thanks (both of you). Yeah, I'd seen that before, recognise it now that you mention it. But it had completely slipped my mind, so I really couldn't fathom what skin colour had to do with this.
Audio quality is only one of the metrics for comparison, including:
- form factor (my powerbeats pro case is huge compared to airpods)
- handoff between different Apple devices
- BT reliability/connection strength (mostly down to BT 4 vs 5)
- fit and finish
- noise cancellation
People weigh all of these things differently to arrive at what is "best". If a broad range of wireless buds all meet someone's threshold for acceptable audio quality, the other factors will be deciding.
Usability is by far the biggest factor for me when it comes to AirPods.
3 years ago, they were the first seamlessly and reliably working product to free me of the cabled ear buds mess.
Were there other bluetooth ear buds before? Yes. Were they complete and utter shit to use? Also yes.
Now, 3 years later, a few competitors arise and some are better in some ways than AirPods - but again none are better than AirPods Pro. Active noise cancellation always has a markup of around $100 no matter the brand or product. So still, these AirPods Pro are fairly priced in my opinion (AirPods + $100).
You have to actively hate on Apple for even claiming any bluetooth in-ear buds are better than AirPods Pro as of today.
Samsung etc. caught on to AirPods after 3 years - but certainly not to AirPods Pro.
Audio quality may be only one metric, but it is by far the most important. When shopping for headphones/iems you first listen to them and find the ones that sound how you like, then you compare on all other factors. I think most people who buy them do so because the marketing, not due to the experience. They know the brand and know they won't suck. Not that they are the best.
I doubt anyone I know cares about audio quality better than what airpods provide. What they care about is a device that works (I.e. pairs and has long battery life). Plus it has some neat features integrated with other Apple hardware, such as being able to listen to the audio from an Apple TV.
It isn’t by far the most important. I have numerous audiophile headphones which provide a better listening experience than AirPods, but I use AirPods almost all the time because they are with me when I need them.
"The best camera is the one you have with you" is a saying among photographers, and the same goes for headphones. Apple realised this a long time ago, and they sell both.
I, and I expect many others, mostly use them walking down the road, or around the house. And mostly for voice, not music, in my case. Audio quality certainly isn’t my main priority; comfort, battery life, and reliability are all far more important.
For quick things (<5 min) I can still type decently on QWERTY.
For longer I just set the OS to Colemak and then back again when I’m done. Win/Mac has Colemak and Dvorak built in. I hope most linux distros do as well.
Assuming you don’t need to look at the keys.