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• The Unwound Podcast

  By Shaun on March 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Join watchsmith Seth Roberts and collector Dan Benjamin as they unwind watch culture and discuss the history, allure, community, and study of watches through the lens of their shared obsession, from inspecting movements to spotting fakes, from vintage Seiko to… Read More ›

• “Honey Is That You ?!”

  By Shaun on March 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  There’s a great sequence in the wonderful Back to the Future film, where a young Marty McFly picks up a guitar, sits in with a smooth dance band of the day, and rips into a Chuck Berry riff – morphing… Read More ›

• An adventure-ready watch concept

  By Shaun on March 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Concepts are technically nothing, but the concept watch above struck me for a number of reasons. The completely over the top bezel, the tiny face and the obscene proportions mark it out as a tool watch above all else. I… Read More ›

• 54 F-100

  By Shaun on March 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  1954 Ford F-100 Pickup Truck. Snapseed, MonetHD, Swipe, Repix, Procreate… Full-size here. I happened to notice this photo somewhere and it struck me just what clever creative people can do with a phone and a few apps.

• I’m kind of sick of some of the bullshit Apple spin…

  By Shaun on March 20, 2017 • ( 1 )

  Pardon the language that follows, I’ve been drinking, but just a little 😀 I can JUST see Apple’s point, they don’t want to support some of this stuff forever, but does it really hurt anything? I’m kind of sick of… Read More ›

• Do Smartwatches Create More Problems Than They Solve?

  By Shaun on March 20, 2017 • ( 4 )

  While connectivity is undoubtedly the future, do smartwatches in their current state actually solve a problem? Or do they offer solutions to problems that don’t exist? You would be hard-pressed to find a function on any smartwatch that a smartphone… Read More ›

• Can You Work Out When You’re Starting to Feel Sick?

  By Shaun on March 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Some gym rats have ignored the conventional wisdom that exercising too much, too hard can have a detrimental effect on the immune system. (At least, the gym rats who concede that too-much-too-hard even exists.) The idea is that a tough… Read More ›

• Is a handful of real photos better than thousands of digital snaps?

  By Shaun on March 20, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  I realised two day’s ago that my Father died 6 months to the day. For some reason his impending death made me start up Lost In Mobile again and I’m glad I did because it gave me an outlet that I… Read More ›

• Kosho Tsuboi’s Tangible Paper Calendar Syncs With Your Smartphone

  By Shaun on March 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  There’s something about the tangibility of paper that—despite an ever-growing availablity of smartphones and kindles—stops us from throwing out our traditional notebooks and pens. Yet with ‘magic calendar,’ by Kosho Tsuboi—combines the tactility of a physical wall calender with the… Read More ›

• 50 Apple Watch Face and App Concepts

  By Shaun on March 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The good news is that tons of talented designers on Dribbble are trying their hand at designing either a custom Watch face or full-blown app. Here are some of our favorites so far… More at Creative Market. This is an… Read More ›