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
In Review: Amazon Echo Studio smart speaker rocks (plus comparison to Sonos One)
As a long time Sonos enthusiast it pains me to say I've slowly migrated to an Amazon Echo multi-room setup.
I definitely miss the Sonos app, which I believe is still best-in-class. It's easy to find various stations across Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora and the like, and it's especially well...
Trendspotting: Tesla Model 3 buyers mostly live in North America, but chart shows sizable sales growth in Europe and Greater China
Tesla shared an interesting chart in its latest financial report (see below). The additional data gives us at least a bit more perspective on how Tesla is doing in foreign markets (hint: well).
Breaking down Model 3 sales by region, provides additional insight into how well the electric car manufacturer...
Coway AP-1512HH Air Purifier: A look inside the HEPA air filtering system
As a resident of Northern California, air quality is a constant concern. Wild fires have, for the first time in my life, heightened my awareness of the importance of clean air, and doing what I can to reduce smoke and other unhealthy particles circulating in our home. Unfortunately I...
Millennials not embracing wine notes Silicon Valley Bank industry report
Oversupply and low demand could result in discounting, leading to "the best wine values in 20 years."
Trendspotting CES: Appliances that talk to each other — LG washer/dryer are BFF
Big data, AI and machine learning in the laundry room.
Theater News: Berkeley Rep ‘Gatz’ is a 6 hour marathon production
And you thought The Godfather was long?
Berkeley Rep has announced that its production of Obie-winning Gatz will run 6 hours long when it hits the stage next month. Fortunately there'll be plenty of breathers for the audience, including a 2-hour break for dinner.
The production does take place in a...
Photo & Video: Top 10 Camera tips for new Canon EOS 80D & 90D owners
Congratulations. You are the proud new owner of a new Canon EOS camera. Oh boy then. What next?
We've taken some of the most popular articles I've written here on Stark Insider and created this list of top 10 tips.
ALSO SEE: Top 5: Best accessories for Canon cameras
These are just...
Will a Facebook OS succeed in a bifurcated world of Google Android, Apple iOS?
Call me skeptical. But we've seen this sort of thing before. Remember the Facebook Phone?
True, companies need to continually innovate. Or at least try. And Facebook is no different. They've had hits and they've had misses. Just like Amazon, Google, Apple and so many others.
But I just don't see...
Trendspotting: Death of the flagship phone?
A new report suggests that what we've all already been thinking all along may be true: the flagship smartphone is dying an unceremonious death.
NPD reports that fewer than 10% of buyers in the U.S. spend more than $1,000 for a new phone.
However, that number does rise for buyers based...
