Apple
The Window of Conversation has Shifted
I saw this tweet yesterday and it really struck a chord with me.
I genuinely do not understand why can't Apple create its own phone, its own OS, and restrict what runs on the OS. That's Apple's choice, and consumers willingly accepts it, not like they have no other
A Few Months with Hey
I made this video soon after Hey launched because I enjoyed my first 2 weeks with it and wanted to see where they were going with this new service.
Nearly 2 months later, I have an update. Hey is one of, if not the best new service I've signed up for in the
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The Adjacent Possible
This is a really cool idea that I first read about in the book, Where Good Ideas Come From and
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4 Things About the Postal Service
Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms - The New York Times
For the most part, experts and employees say, the Postal Service is still capable of operating as usual. Yet the agency has warned states that it may not be able to meet their deadlines for delivering last-minute ballots. And this week, Mr.
Apple
Bean Counters
When Tim Cook took over for Apple way back in 2011, there was lots of concern around Apple turning the company over to the "bean counters". The concern was that Cook would turn the company into something that was unrecognizable from the Apple we knew and loved and turn it into a company
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Is the iPhone a PlayStation?
The above chart shows the debate at the top of everyone's mind right now in the Apple pundit
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How I Use ScreenFlow to Make Videos on YouTube
I have gotten a bunch of questions about how I record and edit my videos, so I took a few
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What Job is the Surface Duo Doing?
Surface Duo: Windowing Is The New Lapability – Tech.pinions
As I wrote back in October, it would be a real shame if we just measured Surface Duo against traditional smartphones and decided that it wasn’t worth the investment because of what might be perceived like hardware shortcomings such as the camera system, or the
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A Clean iPhone
The 4th developer beta (3rd public beta) has been rough on my iPhone the past week. I’ve had many
Politics
It’s About Reigning In Spending, Right?
The Revolt of the Republican Strategists - Ross Douthat
In which case the original sin of the strategist class wasn’t moral compromise or racial blindness but simple condescension: a belief that they didn’t need to take their own constituents seriously, that they could campaign on social issues and protecting the homeland and govern on
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So Much Left to Learn
Just for the fun of it – Shawn Blanc
Which means it’s been eight years since I began photography as a hobby. And to be honest, I still feel like a huge noob.
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I am constantly finding inspiration in other people’s work and learning from other photographers. And that is exactly what excites me…
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Fall Guys is Lots of Fun (and Runs Great on PC, of Course)
Fall Guys is a fun, new game that has you performing ridiculous tasks to make your way from round to
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The Most Substantial Changes to the Movie Theater Business in Decades is Happening Right Now
Judge Agrees to End Paramount Consent Decrees | Hollywood Reporter
The changes with surefire impact, though, will be a lifting of the ban on studios licensing their works on a packaged basis. Again, the judge looks to a shifting market as a justification for allowing this to happen two years hence when a sunset period expires.
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The iPhone SE Still Can’t be Beat
The Pixel 4a is coming out soon and it looks like a great phone. Much like last year's 3a, this is a lower powered phone, but with Google's clean version of Android and a killer camera. If you want a sub-$500 Android phone, I find it hard to think you
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My Horizon Zero Dawn PC Performance Review
This is my firs try at this sort of thing, but I did a few minutes of commentary on how
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Chrome Becoming a Password Manager on iOS
The beta version of Google Chrome for iOS recently gained the ability to act as a password manager. This is going to be huge.
For lots of people, Chrome is the place they store their passwords and payment details. While people like me (and probably you) like 1Password or LastPass for this, there are tons
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I Never Have to Accidentally Quit Safari Again (using Keyboard Maestro)
I know Mac die-hards hate the relatively new Chrome (and Edge) behavior where you have to hold down the
