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Pushing AirPods Too Hard
Kuo: Apple may not include EarPods headphones in iPhone 12 box to boost AirPods sales - 9to5Mac
According to the
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What Getting Back to Normal Looks Like
Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Finding Normalcy in the Abnormal - The New York Times
Hong Kong has recorded just three locally
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World Environment Day iPhone Wallpapers
Another day, another piece of Apple marketing to turn into a wallpaper! Apple is having an activity challenge next month,
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A Key Under Your Door Mat
Department of Justice Reopens Spat With Apple Over iPhone Encryption - John Gruber
This framing is entirely wrong. This suggests
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Making Control Center and Notifications More Discoverable with a Cursor on the iPad
So this is a little janky, but I mocked up a quick idea to make the options to access notifications
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Chicago iPhone Wallpapers
I'm kind of on a wallpaper tear right now, and after seeing the city of Chicago was using
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Don’t Celebrate Too Early
How Virus Data Can Mislead - The New York Times
With more parts of the U.S. starting to reopen,
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More on Stock Apps
The Value of Using Stock Apps – Chris Hannah
I’ve actually slowly using more stock apps/services recently, such as
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The RSS Numbers
It's Time to Get Back Into RSS | Daniel Miessler
It’s unclear what exactly destroyed RSS, but Google
The Case for Using Third Party Apps
This pairs well with the companion piece, The Value of Using Stock Apps.
Your iPhone comes with a collection of
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The Value of Using Stock Apps
This is part 1 of a two part series. Read the followup on the value of third party apps here.
Birch Bark Public Post (2020-05-15)
I like to share these every once in a while, so here's this past week's issue
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Falling to the Level of Your Systems
I just read James Clear’s Atomic Habits, and I found it to be one of the best productivity books
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Pride Wallpapers 2020
Apple included some new versions of their Pride watch face in watchOS 6.2.5, and I had to take
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David Hayter on PAL Keys (and Feeling Genuine Joy for Your Friends’ Success)
My friend Daryl Baxter has a podcast about videos games called PAL Keys. It's a really fun show,
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VR Should be Having a Moment…It’s Not
VR misses its pandemic moment - Axios
Virtual reality can bring faraway people together and take us places we can&
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Too Restrictive?
A class war over social distancing? New data suggests otherwise. - The Washington Post
The new Post poll probes public