It was the end of the era this week with David Letterman going off of the air. I remember Letterman using an iPad for a Top Ten list when the iPad first debuted, but until this week I did not know the back story. It turns out that Andy Ihnatko, a Boston-based technology columnist for Chicago Sun-Times, had a pre-release iPad for review from Apple, and he let Letterman use it — and lick it — on the program. His story was published this week in the Sun-Times, and it is worth reading for anyone who enjoyed watching Letterman over the years. The article also includes a video clip of Letterman with the iPad that night. And now, the news of note from the past week:
- New York attorney Nicole Black interviewed me to talk about the Apple Watch in an article for the Above the Law website.
- If you use, or want to use, TranscriptPad for the iPad — a fantastic app for reading and annotating transcripts — the free TranscriptPad Quick Start Guide has been updated to version 2.2. You can download it from the iBookstore by clicking here.
- John Gruber of Daring Fireball wrote a great article on how the Digital Crown of the Apple Watch does, and should, work.
- Technology consultant Ben Thompson of Stratechery wrote a great article on what works well on the Apple Watch and its future.
- If you have been thinking of getting 1Password for the iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC, it is currently 30% off, as noted in this post on the developer's blog.
- Tech columnist John Moltz explains why it is great to use the Apple Watch in the kitchen. I'm a big fan of using the "Hey Siri" function to dictate tasks to my Apple Watch, and I love that you can do it hands free, whether you are in the kitchen or anywher else. I can just lift my wrist and say "Hey Siri remind me to [whatever]" and Siri will remind me at the right time or place.
- Roger Fingas of AppleInsider reports that MD Anderson Cancer Center is giving patients Apple Watches as a part of its breast cancer treatment.
- Do you use Emoji on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch? Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about learning to write using Emoji. Much of the article is actually written using Emoji, although an English translation is available.
- As we get close to the end of school, it is time to spend Summer vacation at the beach. Allyson Kazmucha of iMore recommends waterproof cases for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
- Walt Mossberg of re/code offers advice for customizing an Apple Watch.
- Dave Caolo of Apple World Today offers advice for sending and receiving text messages with an Apple Watch.
- Andy Faust of WatchAware recommends using the Mickey Mouse watch face with black and white mode enabled for a retro look.
- Mickey Campbell of AppleInsider reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook gave the commencement address at George Washington University this past weekend. The article includes the full 20 minute video.
- It's an old joke that people claim to read Playboy just for the articles, but as Andrew Tarantola of Engadget reports, you can now download the free Playboy Now app, an app which contains Playboy articles but absolutely no nudity. I downloaded it yesterday — to perform my research for this post, of course — and it was interesting to see articles about very explicit intimate acts juxtaposed with far less titillating articles such as "How to recover an unsaved draft in Microsoft Word."
- And finally, this past Sunday, the first trailer was released for the Steve Jobs movie coming out in October. This is the movie written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the book by Walter Isaacson. Here it is:
