“I had a Nest camera so I could monitor it. I would come up here 7 a.m. every morning to just, did I break this phone?”

The Talk Show With John Gruber · 456: ‘Lubricate the Inside of the Hinge’, With Joanna Stern

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used a Nest camera to monitor the hinge-testing rig overnight and check the phone each morning

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