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Podcast #197: Just Here for the AirDrop Memes
It’s hard to keep up with iOS and Android, and today I dive into why I think it’s important for people like me to provide the context normal people simply can’t be expected to figure out themselves.
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Some Gradient Wallpapers
I haven’t made any wallpapers in a long time, but I wanted some new gradients and no one had seemed to make any that totally made me happy, so I made my own. I hope you enjoy! Update 2019-08-26: I've added 4k desktop/iPad versions at the bottom of this
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Podcast #196: The September Preview
We’re only a few weeks away from Apple’s annual September event and I’ve not really taken any time to talk about what I’m looking forward to there. Today, that is rectified.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 Retrospective: Part 1
https://youtu.be/3afksjswDZw
I'm almost halfway through the 2008 Metal Gear game, Guns of the Patriots. Check out the video above to see how it’s going so far.
Hey Siri, How Does One Regain Trust?
John Gruber on the fact Apple has human listening to a random assortment of Siri requests:
Apple literally advertises on the basis of its user-focused privacy policies — but apparently the billboards should have read “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone, except for some of your Siri recordings, which we listen to.
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Other Uses for Night Sight Photos
I'm a big fan of Night Sight mode on the Pixel line of phones. Qualms about it being a separate mode or making scenes look different from how they look to the naked eye are fine, but as an additive mode to all the normal photo modes on Pixels, I'm still
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My OmniFocus Setup
After years of bouncing between task managers, I always end up coming back to OmniFocus. In 2019, after finally reading Getting Things Done and having it really click with me, I don't see how I could use anything else in the near future; OmniFocus is just so damn amazing.
Today I want to
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Podcast #195: Micro.blog, the Open Web, and Good Vibes
I can only really say nice things about Micro.blog and it felt like it was time to have an episode about only good stuff. Here's Manton's post that got me thinking about Micro.blog again this morning.
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What’s Great about Micro.blog
Manton Reece - Tumblr and… App.net
Micro.blog is also designed around blogs because it gives immediate value to the platform, insulating it against the network effect that drives the success or failure of most other social networks: not all your friends are there yet. Unlike ad-supported platforms, Micro.blog aligns its business model
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A Download Folder That Syncs
How I’m Using iPadOS - Part One. - Daryl Baxter - Blog
To test the download manager, I thought I’d try a random site I used to go to for…certain files once upon a time, and I came in with low expectations. But as expected, it downloaded the file as I would have with my
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Only Two Types of People in the World
Safwan AhmedMia (aka SuperSaf) on Twitter
There are 2 types of people in this world. Those who absolutely have to have a headphone jack and those who don't care.
I'm in the latter group, but I think this is largely because I also own AirPods. I'd be curious to
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Podcast #194: Did the iPhone Kill Phone Design?
Turn on voice boost in your podcast app for this episode. I apparently drifted away from the mic around the middle of the episode and I couldn’t get the audio to be totally level throughout…sorry :(
The iPhone undeniably shifted our thinking as a society about what a phone is, but did it “kill
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Can People Actually Notice the Difference between 60 and 90Hz Displays? (Yes)
From Reddit, this guy got my dad a OnePlus 7 Pro, which runs at 90Hz. His dad used it for a month and the son flipped the phone down to 60Hz (aka what basically every phone on the market runs at) to see if he would notice. Long story short, he did and asked why
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Podcast #193: Falling in and Out of Love with Companies
Just because you love a company one day does not mean you are going to love them another day. Even of those changes make logical sense for them to make and even if the writing is on the wall that the change was going to happen, none of that means everyone is going to be
A More Positive Take on Apple Card
Apple’s Strategy with Apple Card – Tech.pinions
Casual observers of Apple will remark that releasing a credit card is out of character from Apple. I disagree as forming an opinion on this matter depends entirely on what you believe Apple is as a company. Is Apple a computer company? Services company? Product company? Technology
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Apple Card and a "New" Apple Inc.
Apple Card is the product that finally killed the Apple fan in me - TNW
Well, it’s happened. Apple is no longer a creator of attractive goods and services you want in your life, now it’s officially a financial institution following profit at all costs, wooo!
Join me in giving a round of applause
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How to Start Blogging (the answer is not “figure out your SEO”)
Focussing on the Wrong Things When Starting a Blog – Chris Hannah
I think that, especially when you are starting to write a blog, nearly everything that I see being suggested is detrimental.
Everyone’s telling you to start worrying about SEO, prioritise getting your website linked to from popular websites, working out monetisation, creating a