A Fandom That Doesn’t Want Me
This post is a day late, but all the Star Wars talk yesterday and the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer
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Why Discord Isn't a Viable Twitter Alternative (for me)
I'm not really convinced when people say that things like Discord or Slack are a good replacement for
Just Like the 5th Most Popular Bar in Town, Twitter Isn’t the Town Square
Some people like to call Twitter, “the modern town square,” and that this distinction means that everyone should be able
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God This is Late! (Newsletter #111)
Happy Friday and man, it's been a bit! The combination of work, moving into a house, YouTube, and
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Android Apps on Windows are a Match Made in Hell
Will Sattelberg: Android apps on Windows 11 review: Not like this
You can fill all of these absences elsewhere on
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How to Not Lose Your Mind These Days
Noah Smith: How to stay optimistic in these dark times
I’d like to think about what it means to
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The iPad is for Everyone
Numeric Citizen: Where Should The iPad Go From Here?
The iPad form factor dictates the rest of the story: the
Apple
The Opposite of Small Business Saturday
On a pretty regular basis I’ll see someone write a thread or blog post about why they’re switching
I’ve Had It With This Guy
Alexander Burns: ‘I’ve Had It With This Guy’: G.O.P. Leaders Privately Blasted Trump After Jan. 6
In
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iPad Needs to Go Better When Bigger
Mark Gurman:
And, most importantly, a new “pro” mode that kicks in when the iPad is connected to a keyboard
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1Password, KeePass, and Humanity
Josh Centers: Moving from 1Password to KeePass
If all this sounds like I left a smooth and perfectly functional app
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Why Pebble Failed
Eric Migicovsky, the founder of Pebble, on why Pebble failed:
The underlying problem was that we shifted from making something
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The Land Grab
Peter Kafka: This is as good as movies are going to get
This glut of great streaming stuff is literally
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Apple's Hide My Email Kinda Rocks
Mike Lapidakis: An Ode to Apple's Hide My Email
Last summer, Apple announced that as part of their
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The Surprising Legacy of the HomePod
The original HomePod in 2018 was not a successful product, but over the last couple years I've noticed
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Apple's Merchant Processing Aspirations
Back in January I suggested that Apple's Tap-to-pay solution would be something third party payment providers
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Deliveries Gets Kneecapped
The Future of Deliveries on the Deliveries blog:
It’s likely that over time, more services in Deliveries will no
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🏃🏻♂️ Another Zippy One (Newsletter #110)
Another short one since I simply don't have time right now, but I had to get a few
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