This is sort of like spending a million bucks gambling and the casino gives you a free hotel room for the night
Lauren Goode
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Lauren Goode
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Senior Correspondent @WIRED. DMs open. Send me tips on what's happening in Silicon Valley and beyond on Signal @ ChaoticGoode.12 (no PR pitches there)
- Almost every single time I get a demo of a phone or tablet that supports AR apps the product manager says look you can use it to place virtual furniture before you buy and I am thinking, my dude, how many sofas per year do you think we all buy
- The other day someone posted on Nextdoor that the catalytic converter was stolen out of their Tesla, only for multiple ppl to point out that Teslas don’t have CCs. The person then admitted to owning a Prius, not a Tesla, and being embarrassed by it. Wild times in Silicon Valley.
- Replying to @LaurenGoodeIn 2019 I called off my wedding and ended an 8-year relationship. But the internet won't let me forget it. Apps still show wedding content; photo albums surface memories. And Pinterest even has a brutally insensitive name for it: "The miscarriage problem."
- "Asynchronous" messaging is no longer; we are all walking live chats. And we are messaging maniacs. I see only one solution to this problem
- Guy in my row on an 11-hour redeye was *not happy* there was a young mother with a 3 m/o baby next to him. I offered to switch seats (and offered an extra hand, since she was traveling solo). He stayed up most of the night reading “Secrets of Sand Hill Road” instead. Cool dude.
- Earlier this month, Netflix hiked its prices. Just received notification that my Amazon Prime was renewed at a higher price (announced last year). We are frogs boiling in subscription water
- Replying to @LaurenGoode
- When I asked Satya Nadella whether Microsoft ever thought about reviving a true Windows mobile OS, he told me: "The operating system is no longer the most important layer for us...What is most important for us is the app model and the experience."
- Day 1 WFH: Up early, showered, dressed, productive Day 2 WFH: Dry shampoo, business on top PJs on bottom, still productive Day 3 WFH: Raving about the beauty of frozen burritos to colleagues on Slack Day 4 WFH: Having conversations with a volleyball
- I'm suddenly unable to remove the (Parody) from my profile name, though I can edit other information in my profile 🙃
