Clinton Stark
Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear
Detroit Auto Show: 2013 Ford Fusion a winner (photos)
If you showed me this new 2013 Fusion a few years back I would've thought it impossible for Ford to produce such a lovely piece. It's simply gorgeous. Ford has nailed the design. Watch out Camry.
North American Car of the Year: Hyundai Elantra #NAIAS
This morning at the Detroit Auto Show, the Hyundai Elantra was named 2011 North American Car of the Year, beating out the Ford Focus and Volkswagen Passat.
On the ground report from the Detroit Auto Show #NAIAS (photos)
The only chill appears to be the weather. Brisk it is. As you can see in these photos from our night walk, I was (overly) stoked to see steam rising out of the man holes. We just don't get that in San Francisco.
CES 2012: In search of Android superphones – Viewsonic, HTC, Motorola, Samsung
Droid RAZR Maxx could steal the limelight in the Motorola booth. Expect it to continue the thin tradition re-booted with the launch of the Droid RAZR in Q4 '11.
Minimalist wine marketing in action
First, they butter you up. Heed! Once you make a purchase you're slowly enshrined into the cult. You receive mysterious letters. They woo you with fine parchments, witticisms, pleasantries. Like the Da Vinci Code it'll require visits to Google and Wikipedia to decode the mystery.
Why did Android tablets fail? Start with price
4 reasons why Android Tablets are failing. And why that may soon change with the introduction of the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire.
Detroit Auto Show 2012: Top car launches
Fortunately, 2011 was a strong year for the industry with 12.67 million new vehicles sold (+10.3% y/y and the best year since 2008). Flamboyant auto launches may be the closest remedy for a Steve Job-less world.
Google brings Ice Cream Sandwich to market … slowly
By releasing Android 4 first on Nexus, Google gets the OS into the hands of early adopters--such as my Android-loving self--who then in essence test the bejesus out of the thing. Bugs are reported. Issues are discovered. The inevitable updates begin to roll out.
Review: Samsung Galaxy Nexus – A refined, but not perfect, Android
ICS portends a new, slick design direction for Google. It's right on the money. Sure, there are minor inconsistencies. And not many apps yet take advantage of new features available via ICS, but that will change quickly. As a flagship device, it's a smart alternative to the iPhone 4S.
The Waiter’s Friend is your Friend too
On at least one occasion I dropped a bottle, after wrestling the thing like some kind of wild python. It escaped. As did the Cab... forever adding a nice light purple hue to the stone floor.
