design
The Rejection of Design, and a Reversion to Checkbox Comparisons
One of the things I see often from people who don’t like the look of Hey is “I can do all of this in Gmail with labels and blocking senders.”
My response would be, “sure, you could probably do a lot of this in Gmail as well, but that’s not the point.”
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The Point of Superhuman
Speaking of email apps…
Superhuman’s email app is overhyped and overpriced - The Verge
Part of the point of Superhuman is the exclusivity. It’s the email app for the 1 percent of people who use email in a very particular way for very particular business purposes. It’s built for the founders and CEOs
My Detailed Overview of Hey Email
I made this last week, but didn't get around to posting it here until now. Oops!
Quick update since I made this video: I have paid for my first year of the app. I was a little weary in this video, but I've enjoyed it more and more each day, so
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The Battle for Privacy Continues
Dave Mark writing for The Loop:
The way I read it, this would require device manufacturers (like Apple) to build in some mechanism to allow them to (as the result of a warrant) break encryption. This is no small thing. This would break Apple’s privacy foundation.
I think framing this around Apple kind of
ios
“Android had it First.” “Well iOS had This First!” And Around and Around we Go
I was going to write a long article about each new thing in iOS 14 and whether each feature has been in Android already, but then I trashed the doc. I was getting bored writing it myself, so I can’t imagine how bored you would have been reading it.
Features like home screen widgets,
Hey: Feature Requests and Improvements I’d Love to See
I’m also sending a version of this to their support team directly, but I'd love to hear if this lines up with what other people are thinking about the hot new controversial email service, Hey.
1. The iPad app needs to get keyboard shortcuts to gain parity with the web app (ironically,
Apple
The Costs and Benefits of Taking Payments Outside the App Store
I don’t talk about this too much on the site (separation of work and hobby), but I happen to work in the payments industry and the has proven to be both helpful and a cause of madness this past week.
It’s been helpful because I not only know a lot about payments, subscription
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Can My Headline Just be 🤦♂️
Matthew Panzarino talking to Phil Schiller
“You download the app and it doesn’t work, that’s not what we want on the store,” says Schiller. This, he says, is why Apple requires in-app purchases to offer the same purchasing functionality as they would have elsewhere.
I feel like this is recursive logic. The
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Apple
You Can’t Set Up a Bodega in Walmart
I've seen some defenses of Apple's now-modified-enforcement of App Store guidelines that go a little something like this:
If you think apps should be able to freeload on Apple's App Store distribution, but then not give Apple a cut of their revenue, then you must also think
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Hey’s App Store Drama
Apple rejects Hey.com App Store updates, mandating in-app subscription - The Verge
Hey.com launched yesterday. The new email service offers an alternative to Gmail for $99 per year. To continue using the app on iOS, you have to sign up through the company’s website. Apple initially approved the app on Friday, according
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Making Operator
This is a really great video from Hoefler & Co. on the making of Operator, their newest font, available in
Game
Horizon Forbidden West Trailer in 4K
I feel like the PS5 announcement event failed to do the games they showed justice in terms of just how
Android
Tweaking Android 11's New Media Controls
Update: As pointed out by Twitter user @monogon, Google shared some screenshots of what this may look like in the
review
Sony’s 1000XM3 Noise Cancelling Headphones, One Year Review
I can’t believe I’ve never written about this before, I had to take a few minutes and write
I’m Still Mad, but I’m Hopeful
A few weeks have passed and things in the tech world are getting more back to normal (Android 11 beta yesterday, PS5 unveiling today), but I’m still mad about where we are as a country. The recent protests have given this country, and the world, a jolt that we’ve needed for a long
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Our Current, Perpetual Catastrophe
Opinion | Donald Trump Is Our National Catastrophe - The New York Times
What’s unprecedented is that never before have we been led by a man who so completely inverts the spirit of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.
With malice toward all; with charity for none: eight words that encapsulate everything this president is, does and
