Hey, if you have a Poem/1 then can I ask you to do a manual firmware update?
It’ll take just a few minutes and I built a special firmware update tool to make it easy.
(That is an actual AI clock on my actual bookshelf in my actual house.)
Why? Three reasons…
No more stopped clocks. These clocks are way better at recovering from intermittent network faults like the Wi-Fi dropping or the back-end server changing – including one nasty, rare bug that would affect people for a week at a time then go away. That was not straightforward to track down.
Automatic updates from now on. This firmware adds automatic OTA updates, so if I have to push bug fixes again, you’ll get the new code without having to do anything.
A third font, Shantell. As a thank you for people who update their clocks… You can already choose between Inter and Playfair from the Dashboard (you’ll need to claim it first using the code on the “Composing…†screen). When you get the new firmware, you’ll be able to pick this cute new font too.
I’ve shipped out over 700 clocks and it has been a joy to see them connect from all over the world – I have a map on my private stats page.
I can also see that only 26% of active clocks are on the latest firmware…
I mean, that’s not bad given that updating is a manual process!
But goodness me it’s a reminder that Apple does an incredible job keeping people current, and you can see why they hold back emoji for major releases of iOS to nudge people over the line.
On the other hand, I have some way to go. Hence this post.
Also on my stats page is a list of poems that people have liked recently (all anonymous).
I collect these because I’m working on revising the poetry machine, and it’s good to know what good looks like.
Here are a few:
The wise owl glides, silent, spry, / It’s one oh one, in the sky.
Saut’eed garlic in a pan, / It’s one fifty-eight, let’s eat, man!
Moments drift like grains of sand, / It’s two fifteen, so take my hand.
An octopus in space, what a mix, / It juggles stars at six forty-six.
Such joy to see, / it’s seven forty-three.
The taste of when, / at eight ten.
Joyful giggles fill the air, / At eight twenty-five, love’s everywhere.
Will I sell more clocks? Yes.
My AI clock has gone on this weird journey from cutting edge (the proto was in the NY Times) to, today, being retro. AI from a more innocent time. And I still love it, it still speaks to me.
Now that the Kickstarter backers all have their clocks (mostly) I can see how many clocks are still in the Hong Kong warehouse. A few!
And there are a few more on the way in case people want a Poem/1 for Christmas…
I still need to set up the Shopify etc etc, there’s a bunch to do.
So if you’d like to know when the shop is open then join the AI Clock substack – it’s a dormant mailing list right now. I’ll use it to announce availability.
Hey, if you have a Poem/1 then can I ask you to do a manual firmware update?
It’ll take just a few minutes and I built a special firmware update tool to make it easy.
(That is an actual AI clock on my actual bookshelf in my actual house.)
Why? Three reasons…
No more stopped clocks. These clocks are way better at recovering from intermittent network faults like the Wi-Fi dropping or the back-end server changing – including one nasty, rare bug that would affect people for a week at a time then go away. That was not straightforward to track down.
Automatic updates from now on. This firmware adds automatic OTA updates, so if I have to push bug fixes again, you’ll get the new code without having to do anything.
A third font, Shantell. As a thank you for people who update their clocks… You can already choose between Inter and Playfair from the Dashboard (you’ll need to claim it first using the code on the “Composing…†screen). When you get the new firmware, you’ll be able to pick this cute new font too.
I’ve shipped out over 700 clocks and it has been a joy to see them connect from all over the world – I have a map on my private stats page.
I can also see that only 26% of active clocks are on the latest firmware…
I mean, that’s not bad given that updating is a manual process!
But goodness me it’s a reminder that Apple does an incredible job keeping people current, and you can see why they hold back emoji for major releases of iOS to nudge people over the line.
On the other hand, I have some way to go. Hence this post.
Also on my stats page is a list of poems that people have liked recently (all anonymous).
I collect these because I’m working on revising the poetry machine, and it’s good to know what good looks like.
Here are a few:
Will I sell more clocks? Yes.
My AI clock has gone on this weird journey from cutting edge (the proto was in the NY Times) to, today, being retro. AI from a more innocent time. And I still love it, it still speaks to me.
Now that the Kickstarter backers all have their clocks (mostly) I can see how many clocks are still in the Hong Kong warehouse. A few!
And there are a few more on the way in case people want a Poem/1 for Christmas…
I still need to set up the Shopify etc etc, there’s a bunch to do.
So if you’d like to know when the shop is open then join the AI Clock substack – it’s a dormant mailing list right now. I’ll use it to announce availability.