Sounds like the #Cubs have a lot of work to do tonight. I turn on the game, Pat barely gets through his uniform descriptions, and it’s already 3-0 Dodgers.
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Jed, teams with enough pitching talent don’t lose after a dramatic 2-run home run in the top of the tenth.
Please, please, please bring in some great pitchers to make a run.
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/823022/video/luis-gastelum-in-play-run-s-to-pete-crow-armstrong
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Now would be a great time for Congress to flex its war powers muscles granted to it in the Constitution.
U.S. Surges Forces Toward Middle East, Giving Trump Options to Expand Iran War – WSJ
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If I knew that all I had to do was write a blog post about Apple Music’s absence from AAOS to actually get Apple Music on AAOS, I would have done it a year ago!
Seriously, folks. The same day I wrote this post, Apple Music app was sitting there waiting for me when I hopped in the car.
I’ve only used it a couple days, but it is already clear that Apple Music is the best software I have used on AAOS so far. It embraces all of the AAOS standards (Material Design), and actually has the features I would expect in a music app in a car.
Lesson for the young folks out there. Details and humane interface designs matter.
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Google Built-in Is Out of Tune
It’s been about a year since we purchased a car with Google Built-in, and I have done my best to embrace the capabilities of Android Automotive OS (AAOS) and the apps available in Google Play. Note that my mobile phone is an iPhone, and I have used CarPlay for many years.
There are several features in AAOS that have impressed me very much. I am very impressed with the Google Maps integration and the ability to send trips from my phone before we leave for our destination. The layout of the dashboard incorporating the map and directions is efficient and effective (and beautiful). The ability to access other apps while still seeing the map on the dashboard is a great user experience. I also find it very helpful to adjust comfort settings using Gemini without ever having to reach away from the steering wheel.
As a software product professional, what has shocked me is how consistently horrible 3rd party apps are from a user experience perspective. Most music apps are borderline unusable which makes zero sense to me. Music is one of the main use cases for a great driving experience. You need to know the status of your car, you need to know where you’re going, and you need great tunes. It all seems pretty simple to me. Music services need to invest in their AAOS experiences significantly and thoroughly embrace the capabilities of the operating system. Drivers deserve a great music experience, and it really shouldn’t take much effort to make this happen. And for crying out loud, where is the Apple Music app?
Honestly, I don’t want to have to use CarPlay, but until the user experience of music apps on AAOS are exponentially better, I’ll be connecting my phone and using well-designed apps.
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This one really isn’t all that difficult to understand. The man has zero perspective.
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Wouldn’t it be amazing if Pandora built an API and MCP Server on top of the Pandora Genome? Imagine the joyous music solutions a person could create with access to that kind of music knowledge and information?
The reality is Pandora’s algorithm is so much more powerful and accurate than any other music service. Instead of joining forces with Sirius XM, they should have licensed their Genome to every music service on the planet.
Perhaps it’s not too late.
