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Adobe Adds Smart Select to Photoshop for iPad
From the Adobe blog:
I am thrilled to announce that today we are releasing the Select Subject feature in Photoshop
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Samsung Starts Releasing Android 10 (faster than ever)
Via 9to5Google:
Ahead of schedule, Samsung is now rolling out Android 10 in the United States. Some US carriers including T-Mobile and Sprint appear to be rolling out Android 10 to the Samsung Galaxy S10 for users.
This is about a month quicker than they did with Android Pie, which started rolling out in
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Podcast #219: The Reinvention Trap and the Reinvention High
We’re getting close to New Year’s resolution time and I thought it only fitting to talk about how making changes can bring about a new level of excitement and turbo-charge something I want to change or get better at. But that excitement fades and you need to have some core that keeps
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AirPods Pro Mini Review (cold weather and travel)
I know, I know, you’ve already seen enough AirPods Pro reviews to know the deal, but I wanted to
My Favorite Books of 2019
I made a personal goal in 2019 to read 20 books. Considering I read like 5 in 2018, that was
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Discoverability on Social Media Platforms
Bye Micro.blog - Greg Morris
There is also a real echo chamber on the platform; it is predominantly US-centric. I am not sure of the location of registered accounts, but the feeds and noise always appear very skewed towards American issues. However, this could be linked to discoverability, as it’s impossible to find
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How I Use Things 3 to Keep Track of Christmas Shopping
One of the things I struggle with year after year is keeping track of Christmas gift lists. I never know
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The Expectation of Free Shipping
Free Shipping Isn’t Really Free - The Atlantic
In a 2018 survey by Internet Retailer, shipping charges were cited as the most common reason shoppers abandon their carts, topping the pet-peeve list for nearly a third of respondents, ahead of things like not wanting to create an account and being unsure of the store’
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On The Wirecutter
Relying on Wirecutter Reviews ➝ Initial Charge
Although, I don’t advocate that you just always buy Wirecutter’s recommendation because you might value some attributes higher than their reviewers do. But when I’m looking to make a purchase, I typically start by looking at Wirecutter. I then weigh the different options — they typically have
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The Impact of Affiliate Links on Reviews
Affiliate Links Are Ruining Gadget Reviews - Alex Rowe
When a critic posts an affiliate link for a product they’re reviewing, they’re now earning money directly from the sales of the thing you’re supposed to trust them to evaluate.
That’s a big, obvious ethical issue. And it’s created a snowball effect
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The Biggest Change to BirchTree in 5 Years
In 2015 I moved BirchTree to WordPress. I had danced with Squarespace and some static site generators before that, but WordPress was tried and true, worked with everything, and was hard to totally screw up. It was also very expandable, so I could add functionality however I saw fit.
I was happy, for the most
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Safari's Tracking Prevention is Working
Apple’s Safari privacy features are driving down prices for advertisers at the cost of accuracy
Executives in the online publishing industry speaking with The Information say that Apple has been “stunningly effective” with its goal of Intelligent Tracking Prevention stopping websites from knowing what users are doing on the web. One of the results
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Doing the Scary Thing
Doing the Scary Thing » Bonney.io
I’ve never really been the type to put myself out there. I’m squarely an introvert, and not a risk-taker… but I think that hesitation is ruining me. It’s now or never to shoot for the moon.
This is me going for it.
This is me
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How to Avoid AMP
How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer – Marko Saric
Other than people sharing links with me, I rarely encounter AMP in the wild. It is possible to restrict Google AMP from your life both as a web user and as a web developer. Here’s how you
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Low Light Christmas Trees on 2019’s Best Phones (and an iPhone SE)
We have a little tree my wife and I put up every year and it’s a thing that is kinda hard to take good pictures of. There is quite a bit of dynamic range which typically means photos look overly darkened to compensate for the bright lights.
2019 has been a very good year
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The Very Heart of What Makes This a Republic to Which We Pledge Allegiance
From Pamela Karlan's opening statement today:
So I'm insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor I don't care about the facts. But everything I read on those occasions tells me that when President Trump invited, indeed demanded, foreign involvement in our upcoming election, he struck at the
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An Accessibility Takedown
Good design was always accessible - Sharlene King
As designers, we should embrace constraints and requirements. It’s strange that designers view the WCAG’s AA guidelines as an obstacle. Some designers ask if accessible design is necessary as if their work exists in a vacuum. You’re unhireable if your work is meant for an
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Accessibility and Aesthetics Need Not Conflict
Accessibility drives aesthetics - UX Collective
Normal is a lazy word. When people say someone is normal, they usually mean able-bodied. Or white. Or cisgender. Or male. Or heterosexual. Normal is an othering tool because it implies marginalized people are abnormal.
In an age where technology is constantly straining our eyes, breaking our posture, and