• As a lifelong Cubs fan, it’s strange to hear Chip Caray calling a Cardinals game. On the other hand, it’s nice to hear Chip Caray calling a game again.

  • Okay, this is a really good one for all of my fellow financial technology super geeks!

  • We’re at a very interesting pivot point in the technology business where the teams pushing to deliver Gen AI capabilities to clients are not comfortable with using the same technology to create their own content.

    What that tells me from a product perspective is what we have known for a while: evidence packages and transparency are critical for the adoption of Gen AI in critical business use cases.

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  • Trump is an embarrassing buffoon, and his lap dogs standing behind him in that address looked incredibly weak. Can you imagine the conversation before that spectacle? “All right, guys, just stand behind me with your most awesome warrior faces. Oh, and make sure you nod in agreement to everything I say. That will look strong on TV.”

  • Apple is adding some great interoperability features in iOS and iPadOS 26 that will make traveling with multiple devices much more user friendly and will make it possible to stream content easily with devices besides those that already support AirPlay.

    Even though this seems super technical, end-users are going to love these features!

    iOS 26 Adding Two New Wi-Fi Features, Allows AirDrop and AirPlay Alternatives – MacRumors

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  • It’s no Al’s Beef or Portillo’s, but Buona is no slouch either. St. Louis is finally on the verge of having a legitimate Chicago Italian Beef restaurant!

    Buona will bring Chicago’s iconic Italian beef to St. Louis | St. Louis Magazine

  • The Apple world had a bit of a freak out this week over rumors that Apple was changing their operating system naming conventions to match the release year (or more accurately, the retirement year). Honestly, the software industry moved to this type of naming convention years ago so I really don’t see why this is a huge shock to anyone.

    What I really don’t understand is why Apple is over-complicating everything based on the rumors. The idea of using the retirement year in the name makes no sense for software.

    We know Apple releases major versions of their operating systems one time per year and then releases minor versions and patches sporadically until the next major release. In my view, it would be much more user-friendly to use {major release year}.{minor release}.{patch}. So, the version to be released later this year would be 2025.0.0. This is assuming Apple wants to keep assuming major releases can only happen once per year. If they really wanted to make things easy on end users and developers, Apple would scrap this idea all together and use a {year}.{month}.{patch} naming convention. Users would have no question whether or not they were on a later release.

    The same goes for hardware. I think we can all agree that it is absolutely ridiculous that we need to go to a website to figure out which year our Apple devices were released. I think a {year}.{month} naming convention would make a lot of sense here.

    I know this all sounds silly, but these small changes in the way we interact with technology make a big difference in the long run.

  • Very moving story from The Atlantic by a writer experiencing the loss of a parent and being impacted by the historic tornado that pummeled St. Louis last week.

    First My Mother Died. Then My Home Got Hit by a Tornado. – The Atlantic

  • This move by the Trump administration is obviously retaliatory and illegal and should bring chills to all Americans. A government that intentionally attacks education is a government that wants only one thing: control.

    Homeland Security blocks Harvard’s ability to enroll international students | Reuters

  • The video and audio sync between Marquee and WSCR on MLB.TV is exceptional tonight. Always great to be able to watch the game while listening to Pat and Ron and hearing the ball hit the catcher’s glove in perfect harmony.