Marco Arment

Because I'm like, my family loves The Office. So I'm like, all right. I'm like, you know, playing with the crowd here. Maybe that can win people over. I put it up there and a day went by. I'm like, there's no way I got away with this. Because when I change anything in the house, like... You could move an entire room in my house to a different spot and it would take me a week to notice.

Because I'm like, my family loves The Office. So I'm like, all right. I'm like, you know, playing with the crowd here. Maybe that can win people over. I put it up there and a day went by. I'm like, there's no way I got away with this. Because when I change anything in the house, like... You could move an entire room in my house to a different spot and it would take me a week to notice.

But if I change anything in the house, Tiff and Adam both notice immediately. Like they can sense any disturbance, anything being rearranged, anything missing, anything being new or removed. They know immediately.

But if I change anything in the house, Tiff and Adam both notice immediately. Like they can sense any disturbance, anything being rearranged, anything missing, anything being new or removed. They know immediately.

Right. Exactly. So anyway, so about a day into this, I'm like, there is no way I'm getting away with this. And then eventually, you know, somehow a conversation, somebody's asking something and Tiff is like, oh, is that what that new thing on the wall is doing? I'm like, oh, you saw that? Yeah, yeah, I like it. It's fine. Whoa. Look at that.

Right. Exactly. So anyway, so about a day into this, I'm like, there is no way I'm getting away with this. And then eventually, you know, somehow a conversation, somebody's asking something and Tiff is like, oh, is that what that new thing on the wall is doing? I'm like, oh, you saw that? Yeah, yeah, I like it. It's fine. Whoa. Look at that.

Yeah, like, so what I like about this thing, so I just love e-ink. I've always loved e-ink. I hardly ever read books. And so I don't really have a chance to use e-ink. I also like, you know, when you look at stuff like the Remarkable tablets, those are great. I also never take notes like with pencils or pens.

Yeah, like, so what I like about this thing, so I just love e-ink. I've always loved e-ink. I hardly ever read books. And so I don't really have a chance to use e-ink. I also like, you know, when you look at stuff like the Remarkable tablets, those are great. I also never take notes like with pencils or pens.

So I don't have much of a reason to use e-ink in most of my day-to-day life, even though I just love it as a display technology. And it's I mean, it's very limited. It's very weird, but it's really cool. And so I'm like, all right, for this kind of purpose of like an ambient display, it's actually perfect. I think let's try it.

So I don't have much of a reason to use e-ink in most of my day-to-day life, even though I just love it as a display technology. And it's I mean, it's very limited. It's very weird, but it's really cool. And so I'm like, all right, for this kind of purpose of like an ambient display, it's actually perfect. I think let's try it.

And what I like about the terminal product is, you know, you've been able for years, you've been able to go buy like a basic ink screen that's like, you know,

And what I like about the terminal product is, you know, you've been able for years, you've been able to go buy like a basic ink screen that's like, you know,

two to eight inches wide for almost no money if if you get it in like a raw state that you can plug into a raspberry pie or something those are great a lot of people have done some fun stuff with those but that would never pass muster as a thing that looks nice enough to put in my house like that would like that would be the kind of thing that would be you know

two to eight inches wide for almost no money if if you get it in like a raw state that you can plug into a raspberry pie or something those are great a lot of people have done some fun stuff with those but that would never pass muster as a thing that looks nice enough to put in my house like that would like that would be the kind of thing that would be you know

constrained to my office and even then like i wouldn't even want to look at that in my own office but what i like about the terminal is that they've basically taken that type of hardware like inexpensive mid-sized e-ink screen uh it's not super high resolution it's like i think it's like 160 pixels so it's not super high res but for you know for viewing it at a distance which is what you're mostly doing it's totally fine for that

constrained to my office and even then like i wouldn't even want to look at that in my own office but what i like about the terminal is that they've basically taken that type of hardware like inexpensive mid-sized e-ink screen uh it's not super high resolution it's like i think it's like 160 pixels so it's not super high res but for you know for viewing it at a distance which is what you're mostly doing it's totally fine for that

And they've put it in a nice-looking, small, minimal, white enclosure. They have a battery in it that lasts like a couple of months. So it charges by USB-C. But I took some Velcro command strips and just stuck it on the wall. And I charged it up and stuck it on the wall and, you know, throttled back some other refresh settings so it lasts even longer.

And they've put it in a nice-looking, small, minimal, white enclosure. They have a battery in it that lasts like a couple of months. So it charges by USB-C. But I took some Velcro command strips and just stuck it on the wall. And I charged it up and stuck it on the wall and, you know, throttled back some other refresh settings so it lasts even longer.

And so, yeah, every three months I'll take it down with those Velcro things and charge it for a few minutes and put it back up. So far, this is great. This is not an ad, but I strongly suggest, I think people in our audience would enjoy playing with this thing. I do have an incentive for everyone in the audience to buy these.

And so, yeah, every three months I'll take it down with those Velcro things and charge it for a few minutes and put it back up. So far, this is great. This is not an ad, but I strongly suggest, I think people in our audience would enjoy playing with this thing. I do have an incentive for everyone in the audience to buy these.