Birch Bark Public Issue #2
Birch Bark has been going strong for 7 issues now, and I wanted to share another issue here to give everyone a better idea of what it entails since it's changed style a bit since launching in February. Head on over here if you'd like to see this in your inbox
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The Keychron K4 is Not for Me
I got this keyboard from work, and fully expected to love it. After all, tons of YouTubers and tech bloggers
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Save Today’s New York Times Front Page with Shortcuts
Okay, so this one requires some credits before anything else.
1. I modified Brian Renshaw’s shortcut which saves the
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watchOS 7/iOS 14 Wish: Better Notification Behavior
Ok, so this is a kinda vague request, but it’s something that’s bothered me more since I’ve adjusted my watch notifications while going through this COVID-19 mess. Let me try to explain…
Default Notification Behavior
All notifications are mirrored to your watch. This means that everything that buzzes your phone will
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My Apple Watch is Making Social Distancing and Work-from-Home Easier
I’ve been home more in the past 2 weeks than any point in my adult life, and in that
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8 Hours of Animal Cross New Horizons for Your Daily Grind
Ok, so let’s all agree not to make this post reach too far and wide and let the powers
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PS5's Disappointing Backwards Compatibility
From the official PlayStation blog
A quick update on backward compatibility – With all of the amazing games in PS4’s catalog, we’ve devoted significant efforts to enable our fans to play their favorites on PS5. We believe that the overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 titles will be playable on PS5.
The fact
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The iPad Gets Serious (insert eye roll emoji here)
Apple's iPad Pro becomes more like a Surface, and that's a problem for Microsoft | Windows Central
I'd argue – and many of you would too – that Windows 10 is still a more "serious" OS built for doing "real" work.
It bothers me more than it probably
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First Impressions of Mouse Support in iPadOS 13.4
Apple made a lot of iPad users very happy yesterday where they unveiled mouse and trackpad support in iPadOS 13.4. A someone who has been asking for more full featured mouse support for a while, this got me really excited and I immediately installed the update and tried it out.
Pairing Process
Pairing your
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Xbox Series X was Not Convincingly Revealed
The Xbox Series X specs look impressive, but that’s not enough - The Verge
This all sounds great, but it also sounds not all that differentiated from what Sony has promised for the PlayStation 5 — notably when it comes to load times. So as with a lot of consumer tech these days, the real answer
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My Short 2020 iPad Pro Wishlist
I am currently using a 12.9” 2018 iPad Pro and I truly love it. We are a few weeks (maybe) away from a new model coming out, and I thought this was a good time to get a few ideas out there about what I would want in an upgrade.
As far as I
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps 4K Wallpapers
The artwork in the new Ori and the Will of the Wisps is absolutely beautiful, and I've seen more than a few reviews comment on how any freeze frame from this game could be a desktop wallpaper. Well, let's give that a shot! Below are a bunch of wallpapers straight from
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2020 Apple Watch-Themed Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
Ok, the title is a bit of a mouthful, but I think there are a good number of people who
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PC Gaming is Kinda Magical
So I’m a console gamer at heart, and I’m greatly looking forward to the PS5 release later this year, but I recently got my first gaming-capable PC and have been giving it a workout over the past month. Here’s a few things I’ve come to appreciate.
Old Games Just Work
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Pixel 4a Wallpaper in Stupid High Resolution
I saw that someone made versions of the leaked Pixel 4a wallpapers, and while I love the start, I thought
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Buying a Coffee
I wouldn’t say BirchTree has a business model. I run ads on this site through Carbon, which is pretty nice, especially for the slippery world of online ads, but my podcast, newsletter, and YouTube channels are all completely ad-free: I do these because I enjoy them, not because they’re financially lucrative.
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