Tesla’s Model 3 will boast a 250-mile or greater range, cost $35,000

New Tesla article on Digital Trends written two days ago made it to the front page of reddit today. (It literally contains no new information from an article on Auto Express published almost a year ago. But whatever.)

“Set for reveal in March of 2016, with deliveries beginning in 2017, the Model 3 will cost just $35,000.”

That's super appealing. Even if Tesla is doing the Apple thing where they say "2017" and mean "December 2017" I think I can wait it out.

iOS 9 Concept Video by Sam Beckett

Who'd have thought that the same guy who wrote Waiting for Godot would also be doing iOS concept videos?

I'm so pumped for tomorrow.

Techdown #35 - WWDC 2015 Predictions →

I'm really happy with this week's episode. The topic is as good as it gets, and Adam Johnson was a fantastic guest host. Watching the WWDC keynote is basically the highlight of my year every year, but I enjoy letting my imagination run wild on what's going to be announced in the lead up to the event almost as much.

Yahoo Pays 10 Million for Rights to Stream a Single NFL Game →

This partnership will bring the NFL’s International Series game in London, between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars on October 25, to Yahoo properties globally, including Yahoo, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Screen and Tumblr, which attract more than one billion monthly users.

So it's a single game. Between two teams that most people don't care about. At 9:30 in the morning. That cost Yahoo 10 million dollars for the streaming rights. Makes me think that it's going to be a while before we see anything like NBA League Pass, MLB TV, or NHL Center Ice available in the US.

But that's okay. Last NFL season I signed up for NFL Game Pass  so that I could stream Red Zone on Sundays. Only catch was I had to VPN my traffic through Hola to sign up since the service isn't available in the US, but overall things worked pretty well. I'll have to write up a tutorial on what I did as we get closer to football season.

Techdown #34 - Google I/O Reactions →

It's been a while since Aaron and I Techdown'd, which is mostly my fault since I've been off becoming a father and whatnot. It felt good to get back into the podcasting game though. And having a guest host is always a treat.

Test Drive of a Petrol Car →

So we sat in the car and pressed the START button. The car’s gasoline engine coughed to life and started to operate. One could hear the engine’s sound and the car’s whole body vibrated as if something was broken, but the seller assured us that everything was as it should.

Delicious satire.

I'm going to be in the market for another car in the next couple of months and Iit makes me sad that a Tesla isn't in my price range. Maybe next time.

Brent Simmons Resigns from Q Branch →

I turned 47 a little while ago, and I’ve had some reasons to reflect on the shortness of life, and I realized how very important it is for me to work on the software that I think about every day. I kept putting it off, but every day that I put it off hurt more than the previous day. I realized that I couldn’t continue — I have to do the work that I need to do.

Brent is one of my Objective C development role models. The guy loves writing software, and has been doing it for a long time which is inspiring. And I can certainly relate to only wanting to work on projects that excite you. It's basically been the driving force for my entire career.

Google Introduces Android Pay →

The Verge, writing about the (IMO) most exciting thing announced yesterday at Google's IO Keynote:

Can a new look help to reclaim the momentum from Apple?

What a dumb thing to say. That's the exact wrong attitude to have.

Android Pay is beneficial to iOS users the same way that Apple Pay is beneficial to Android users. We all win when you can easily make NFC payments on your smart phone regardless of which platform you're on.

Android Pay's announcement puts more pressure on retailers to support NFC payments. When we can walk into a store and expect them to allow us to pay with our smart phone the same way that we expect stores to accept credit card payments today, then we all win. 

Android and Apple pay are more secure and more convenient than any other method of payment that exists today. The sooner that we get to a future where both are ubiquitous, the better.