It’s hard to be excited and blindly optimistic about anything these days. But then came along the world’s greatest startup idea.

This week: airline status, dimmer switches, and throwing LeBron and the Lakers under the Buss. 🚌.

Links:

• Meet Doggy Style: An up to $1,500-a-month members-only club for SF dog lovers - SFGate
• Apple’s Ex-Retail Chief Angela Ahrendts Brushes Off Criticism - Bloomberg
• Next Star Wars Movies Confirmed to Be from Game of Thrones Creators
• John Gruber on Twitter: "… "
• Playdate on Twitter: "Playdate in 24 Hours: • 70,000+ people on the wait list • Thousands of interested devs • Some skeptics (we understand) • 23k Twitter followers (hi!) • Most importantly… an overwhelming flood of positivity + excitement from people who also want this weird thing we want (!!!)"
• Lutron announces new Aurora dimmer for Hue lights - 9to5Mac
• RØDE PODMIC
• Announcing Vignette — Liss is More
• Amazon.com - iRobot Authentic Parts Dual Mode Virtual Wall Barrier Compatible with Roomba 600/700/800/900 Series -
• Dropbox increases Plus plan to 2TB for $12 per month, adds Rewind and Smart Sync | VentureBeat
• App Store - Principles and Practices - Apple
• Bourbon Tea Party – Spindrift
• Sparkling Lime Margarita – Spindrift
• The Weekly | Episodes | FX Networks
• I miss blind, dumb enthusiasm for new tech
• Exclusive screenshots reveal iOS 13 Dark Mode and more - 9to5Mac
• Exclusive screenshots reveal new Music and TV apps for Mac - 9to5Mac
• Inside Apple’s top secret testing facilities where iPhone defences are forged in temperatures of -40C | The Independent
• Apple promises privacy, but iPhone apps share your data with trackers, ad companies and research firms - The Washington Post
• Lakers 2.0 - The failed reboot of the NBA's crown jewel
• List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches - Wikipedia