Why are Windows trackpads still so bad?
Above is a photo of my desk setup at home. It's a 13" 2015 MacBook Pro attached to a 1TB external hard drive. That's it! No external monitor, laptop stand, keyboard, or mouse. This is what my work space looks like basically all the time.
Meanwhile, at my office at
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RAW images and why smartphone camera comparisons are just plain complicated
The Samsung Galaxy S8 and LG G6 just came out, which of course means the camera comparisons are hitting the web faster than you can check them out. So why not jump on this train and do my own camera comparison?
Here's 2 photos I took today, and I want you to decide
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2 years with my favorite accessory: Apple Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2KeTJ0qsBE
Two years ago today, I was sitting at home, waiting for UPS to deliver the device I had spent years waiting for Apple to make. After years of using a Pebble and being very impressed with Apple's September 2014 demo of the Apple Watch, I was
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Overcast now lets you load podcasts directly onto your Apple Watch
Popular podcast app Overcast was updated yesterday and it was the most exciting update I've seen in a long time to a podcast app. This update added the ability for users to load podcast episodes directly onto the Apple Watch. This is a big deal, and is something I've been waiting
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Take care of your customers with Smallchat
Smallchat is a new product from Nicer Studio that is built to help you chat with customers on your website in real time. Unlike other tools I've seen like this, Smallchat is built on Slack.
This Slack backend means that your users get a nice chat interface on your website, but you get
How to fix a Mac that crashes in the middle of an update
I've been a Mac user since 1995, and I have never once had a software update go wrong. I do them as soon as they're released, and all is well. My wife, on the other hand, has been a Mac user for less than a year (I finally converted her), and
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The most evolved representation of the iPhone
iPhone 7 is the most singular, most evolved representation of this design.
Jony Ive said this in the design video for the iPhone 7 last September, and the line struck me at the time as an indication that this was the ultimate form of the original iPhone design. Like any truly great design, they'
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"Matt Walks Around with AirPods" is a thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8zbYzTofAk
These are too fun to make, so I'm feeling pretty confident is saying that the Matt Walks Around with AirPods" is a thing I'm going to do for a little while longer than I expected last week. I hope you're enjoying
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Custom Slack themes for every single MLB team
This may have been a silly idea, but I made a complete set of Slack themes for all 30 MLB teams. Hopefully you find one that makes you happy not matter who your favorite team is!
If you need to know how to apply these themes, follow this link to Slack's guide, and
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Is this the first iPhone 8 leak?
We've made it all the way to April without so much as a peep from the supply chain on any leaked parts from this fall's new iPhone. That may have changed this morning as a someone posted what could be the schematics for the new phone to Weibo.
There has been
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Apple's new Clips app can do more than you think
A lot of the talk I've seen online about Clips, the new video app Apple released last week, has been far more surface-level than I'm used to from Apple fans. People seem to think this is an app for taking quick single clips, adding a filter or sticker and posting
Android O's new autofill APIs finally catch up to iOS
https://youtu.be/37PSHab1OuE
If you don't use a password manager like 1Password or LastPass on iOS, I'd highly recommend watching the above video. It walks you through how password managers make it easy to enter your username and password into websites and apps.
Android O was announced last month, and
It’s hard out there for a Mac lover
It’s hard being a Mac user these days, isn’t it? It seems like you’re getting hit on two fronts right now. On the one side, Apple is slowing down on iterating on Mac hardware, and Windows-based PCs are starting to get faster in not-insignificant ways. On the other side you
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Persona 5 Wallpaper
Persona 5 was released last week and it’s a truly marvelous game that’s oozing with style. As I tend to do, I made a wallpaper for my phone to bring a little of that Persona 5 love with me all day.
Enjoy!
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Skating to where the puck is going to…aw crap!
“Skate to where the puck is going to be.”
That’s a classic line Apple fans like to quote when talking about the company. I’m sure it induces epic eye rolls from Apple detractors, but I think it is an accurate representation of what the company aspires to achieve. Looking at the critical response
Never miss your favorite YouTube channels' videos with IFTTT and Todoist
I love YouTube. I subscribe to 205 channels, which means I get a whole lot of videos in my subscriptions list every day. Judge me all you want for this, but it's how I interact with YouTube, and it ensures I almost always have something good in there to watch. But because I
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Concept: iOS 11 Home Screen
Earlier this month I mocked up what a refined version of iOS 11's lock screen could look like, and that got my creative juices flowing, so I decided to tackle iOS's white whale: the home screen. The home screen is certainly more advanced than it was in 2007 in the first
Are fewer Android phones getting updated recently?
Android Nougat was released almost 6 months ago and it is currently running on 2.8% of active Android devices. Meanwhile, iOS 10 was released almost exactly 6 months ago and it was on 76% of devices in its first 3 months. This is not a huge surprise to anyone, but it's something