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My "Here Comes the Sun" Wallpaper Pack
If you like what you see, you can buy the whole package for $5.
So I'm trying something
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Goodbye, HomePod
Apple announced they are discontinuing the original HomePod, and I’m sad to see it go. I thought it was a good time to look back on the last 3 years of writing about the HomePod and see how things held up. After all, it’s not often I get to look back on my
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Do You Need Email Tracking in Your Newsletter?
Stop Tracking Random Emails – Greg Morris
Why on earth do you need to track your newsletter? Yes I see you, attempting to see when I open and on what device for absolutely no reason other than your ego. Stop joining in with the attention economy to satisfy your own need for validation. I’ve subscribed,
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I Don’t Expect a 4K Nintendo Switch
It’s been talked about for years, and the latest rumors are that an upgraded Switch console is coming soon, this time really just adding that this new Switch will have a slightly bigger display and will upgrade from LCD to OLED. This has sparked my interest in thinking about what this mythical device is
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The iPad YouTuber Collab You've Totally Been Waiting For
This was a particularly fun one, in no small part because I got to relax and let someone else do
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Text Case and Mac App Store Impressions vs Sales
Chris Hannah makes a great app called Text Case for iOS and macOS. I use it, it’s great.
The app was recently featured in the “Apps and Games We Love Right Now” section of the Mac App Store (it’s still there as of this writing), which is for the app, and of course
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Articles of the Year so Far
I wanted to bring attention to my two favorite articles I’ve read this year.
First up, Clubhouse Cured My Imposter Syndrome by C. Brandon Ogbunu:
After just two months on Clubhouse, I finally understand how Theranos happened.
And:
After surfing hundreds of rooms on the popular new social media app, I’ve been exposed
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My Forever Apps
While I explore new apps quite a bit, there are a few apps that are stuck in my workflow and
Paying for the Services You Love
I signed up for Pinboard a decade ago and at the time I was able to pay once for lifetime
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Yes, Chrome Uses More RAM than Safari, but How Much More?
This video is really asking for trouble. I did my own test to see how much RAM Safari and Chrome
The Problem is the People
If you got two strangers (a Democrat and a Republican, a Cubs fan and a Sox fan, a Christian and and atheist, whatever) to sit down and have lunch together, odds are they would have a relatively pleasant time. They would maybe approach some topics that they disagreed on, but if they sensed resistance they’
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The Story You Want to Read, and the Actual Story
This article has been making the rounds the past week or so:
I bet you have more than 2 tabs open right now, I sure have more. So here's a stress test where I open 54 tabs while measuring the impact on my Mac's RAM and CPU.
The article goes on
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iPads, MacBooks, Aspect Ratios, and Window Chrome
With my recent purchase of a MacBook Air, I now have two 13” computers in my life, the MacBook Air and iPad Pro (2018). What I find really interesting is that while my iPad Pro feels almost too expansive sometimes, the MacBook Air feels very cramped by comparison. Why is that? The Air technically has
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I Still Love Blogging on Ghost (or why one man’s BS is another man’s essential functionality)
In December 2019 I moved BirchTree over to Ghost (and away from WordPress), and a big part of my reasoning was:
While there was nothing really killer, [WordPress] was simply starting to feel like a giant train I was barely holding on the tracks. I don’t want this site to be very complicated, and
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Why Did I, an iPad Megafan, get a New MacBook Air?
Long story short, making YouTube videos is much easier for me on a Mac, and my old Mac Mini was
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Matt Goes Back to the Mac? Sorta.
Last month I made this video in which I showed how I make my YouTube videos, and sheepishly showed off
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My First Attempt at What an Always On Screen Could Look Like on the iPhone 13
Take this with a grain of salt, it was done pretty quickly, but I think Apple is going to do
You Can’t Do That Because of This!
A few weeks ago I retweeted this because it aligned with my feelings on a moment from The Last Jedi that I enjoyed.
TLJ Luke gives me more hope than any depiction. Hope doesn’t have to be an X-wing or a lightsaber swinging to the rescue. Luke puts both of those aside, chooses