Here in San Francisco, our week was a little shaky, thanks to
a 4.0 earthquake in Berkeley that gave our office a jolt. While it's a good reminder to shore up the emergency kit and check those bottled water reserves, we found ourselves ogling this sharply designed
Cheese Survival Kit too. Hey, those crackers and jam could come in handy ...
As the iPhone 4S made its way into tech-loving hands everywhere, we were eager to find out how Siri —
Apple's new digital assistant — would fare at transcribing our dictated text messages, keeping our appointments, and placing our calls. But can Siri tell us how to bury bodies or schedule an appointment for 10,000 years from now?
Stuff Siri Said kept us updated, and entertained, with answers to some of the great questions.
Speaking of Siri, The Atlantic mulled the question of
why so many helpful robotic voices are female and what that says about gender and technology. One great fun fact from the article? British Siri is a man!
Finally: We rate restaurants, books, vacation destinations, experiences (that one's
near and dear to our hearts), apps, venues.... Is there anything left unrated? Below, a vision of the world in which we rate allllll the things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QIWpbfZHHzc
