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New Year New Apps? Not so Fast.
Welcome to 2021!
2020 was a terrible year for so many reasons, and I know all of us are anxious
Blog
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My Side Hustle Plans for 2021 (The State of BirchTree)
We’re almost to the new year, and I wanted to do a quick overview of how my numerous side
video
The Theme System, the Theme Journal and why 80% of people don't achieve their New Year's resolutions
The Theme System is a cool idea from Myke Hurley and CGP Gray (co-hosts of the excellent Cortex podcast) and
video
Why ScreenFlow's Animations Rock
I've talked about this before in numerous videos, so I wanted to make a single, focused video on
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Birch Bark has Moved to Substack
Check out the first issue over there (#46 total) and you can subscribe there if you have not already.
As
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My Quantified Life: 2020
Every other year I set up a quike survey for myself to take every night to track a few things
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My 10 Favorite Free Apps and Services of 2020
As a companion to my 10 favorite paid apps and sevices of the year, here are 10 apps and services
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My 10 Favorite Paid Apps and Services of 2020
Note: This video is *not* sponsored in any way. Everything I list if something I truly enjoy, not something I
Game
CD Projekt Red Wrecked their Reputation in One Fell Swoop
I don’t write about gaming a ton on this site, but the circumstances around CD Projekt Red and Cyberpunk
Birch Bark Issue 45 Preview
Below is the 45th issue of my Birch Bark newsletter, which I started back in February of this year. I
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And the Award goes To…
When I worked at Target, there was a list of 16 or so “personal leadership qualities” we worked from whenever
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Fitness Totals: A Simple App For Tracking Your…Fitness
Fitness Totals is out today and is a pretty cool app for seeing how you're doing in your
covid-19
The COVID Vaccines are Engineering Triumphs
One of the Greatest Feats in Human History - Synapse
The reason this vaccine didn’t take as long isn’
Apple
An 800ppi iPhone Display (or, why AirPods Max look lovely, but aren’t for me)
The original iPhone had a 3.5” display at 480x320px resolution, or 163 points per inch (ppi). The iPhone 12
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Having a Product or Support Mindset About Software
One of my favorite things to post are concepts for how Apple could improve their platforms in the future. Sometimes
Links
The Best Explanation of RAW Photography I’ve Ever Seen
Understanding ProRAW. A journey into cameras, RAW, and a look… | by Ben Sandofsky | Dec, 2020 | Halide
To understand what makes
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A New Feature I'd Like to See, Enabled by ProRAW
ProRAW enables a lot of power in users, but it also allows Apple to get a little more creative in
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The “Force Closing Apps Makes Your iPhone Faster” of Macs
Is Google Chrome slowing down your Mac performance? - 9to5Mac
What piqued my interest was the technical side of this