Last week, I linked to interesting excerpts (1, 2, 3) from the upcoming book Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary World by Rick Tetzeli and Brent Schlender. This week, Fast Company posted another interesting excerpt plus part of an interview by the two authors with Apple CEO Tim Cook. If you are interested in Steve Jobs, this book looks like it is going to be really good. It comes out next week, and you can preorder it on Amazon or on Apple's iBooks Store. And now, the news of note from the past week.
- In 2012, the ABA adopted Comment 8 to Rule 1.1 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct stating that lawyers have a duty to be competent in technology. Massachusetts lawyer Bob Ambrogi reports that 13 states have adopted this duty of technical competence. But of course, if you care enough about technology to be a reader of iPhone J.D., then I suspect that you are more than fulfilling this ethical duty.
- Similarly, California attorney Jeff Bennion discusses what a lawyer ought to know about technology in a post for Above the Law.
- California attorney David Sparks discusses Ulysses, a writing app for the iPad.
- Next month at ABA TECHSHOW, one of the sessions I will be presenting on April 16 is called iUse Microsoft Office on My iPad. Yesterday, the TECHSHOW blog posted an excerpt of the materials that I wrote for that session if you want a small sample of what I will be discussing.
- ResearchKit is Apple's new platform that lets the iPhone and Apple Watch be used to facilitate medical research. Daniela Hernandez has an article in Fusion describing the origin of ResearchKit.
- Speaking of health, law professor (and iPhone enthusiast) Nick Terry asked me to announce that he and Professor Frank Pasquale started a new podcast called This Week in Health Law.
- Neil Hughes of AppleInsider reports that yesterday Apple (AAPL) replaced AT&T as a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- Want to learn all about the Apple Watch? There are good overviews of just about everything that is known about the Apple Watch over at Six Colors and at iMore.
- Want to learn how Apple makes the Apple Watch? I strongly recommend that you read this analysis by Greg Koenig, a product designer in Oregon. It's a great read.
- Want to read a first impression of the Apple Watch? Here is what Clayton Morris wrote.
- Want to print out a paper Apple Watch to see how the different sizes and bands fit on your arm? Then check out this page on the ExactFitness website.
- Want to make your own Apple Watch? Chris McVeigh has created instructions (PDF file) for making your own Apple Watch out of Legos.
- If you own an Apple TV, then you should read this article by Rene Ritchie at iMore with tips on using the Apple Remote with the Apple TV. There are some great button combinations in this article that I didn't know about.
- John Brownlee of Cult of Mac reports that you can now live above an Apple Store in Australia.
- And finally, if you are ready for the next big thing after the Apple Watch, then Conan O'Brien introduces the Apple Pocketwatch in this video: