Someone get Holden Karau a cape!
From Issue #190 / April 2022 of The Red Hand Files.
Nick appeared on Colbert this week. I’m so glad Colbert posted the extended interview. In it, Nick reads this question and his answer at Colbert’s request. The whole thing is deep and wonderful.
Tell me you have COVID without telling me you have COVID.
I just bought the Pixel 9 Pro XL on bestbuy.com for $369 by trading in my old ass iPhone 13 Pro. Google must really want to sell phones. Bonus: since I’ll be in Portland for XOXO, I’m just going to pick it up there and skip the sales tax!
For all of you fellow researchers and me-searchers, Zotero 7 is out and it’s a massive update.
Jake Seliger has passed. May he rest in peace and may Bess and Athena have everything they need to carry on his memory and honor.
Devo on Tiny Desk really is the icing on the cake of this Friday afternoon.
I had no idea that Tim Carleton’s Opus No. 1 was available on streaming services. Wow.
This American Life did a story on it a decade ago. So great.
I was sad to read that Jake Seliger is starting hospice. I’ve been folllowing his story for some time. It has been absolutely heartbreaking and I have cried many times reading his posts. He’s a wonderful writer and human.
Kyle Chayka’s article on why he quit Spotify is a great read. Over the last few years I have grown to absolutely loathe the app. I’ve been using Apple Music the vast majority of the time. It’s calmer, I can actually find the music I’m looking for and it sounds better. There are great people at Spotify and they have done and continue to do great things, but when the KPIs show through to the interface, you’ve lost the plot. At some point they will realize this, but only when it hurts them financially.