This week, the aging hosts of Connected remember their first reactions to the iPhone and talk about the value of independent blogging.

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Links and Show Notes:

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Size of Apple's New 'High End' iPad Pro Model Said to be Between 10 and 10.5-Inches - Mac Rumors

Amazon’s Alexa Is Everywhere at CES 2017 – MacStories

Apple’s HomeKit is still working on the basics - The Verge

On HomeKit vs. Alexa – 512 Pixels

Phil Schiller on iPhone’s Launch, How It Changed Apple, and Why It Will Keep Going for 50 Years - Backchannel

Apple Allegedly Partnering With Carl Zeiss for Augmented Reality Glasses - Mac Rumors

elago Watch Stand - Vintage Apple Monitor - Amazon

A Look at That ADORABLE TINY MACINTOSH Apple Watch Stand – 512 Pixels

Material Dock | Studio Neat

Valet™ Charge Dock for Apple Watch + iPhone - Belkin

iPhone: A Decade’s Worth of Impact – 512 Pixels

10 Years Ago, the iPhone Redefined Mobile Computing – MacStories

Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at Macworld SF (2007) - YouTube

The Prompt #30: The Internet in Your Pocket - Relay FM

The Original iPhone Product Page

iOS jailbreaking - Wikipedia

Renewing Medium’s focus - Medium

Medium’s “Renewed Focus” Left Some Publishers In The Dark - BuzzFeed News

Google Helping Mobile Publishing? Some Publishers Are Not So Sure - The New York Times

Indie Microblogging: owning your short-form writing by Manton Reece — Kickstarter