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Thinking Big and Small About the Apple Watch
We're closing in on the 1 year anniversary of the Apple Watch (2 weeks from today, actually) and
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The Best Apple Watch App of 2016 is an iPhone App
Activity++ was released this past week and is my favorite Apple Watch app I have downloaded in a long time.
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Retro Mountainscape (phone wallpaper)
There are 2 variants of this week's 80s-style wallpaper. As always, both versions are 4K (2160x3840). Downloads
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What Even is the Apple Watch?
Long time readers will be more than a little familiar with my affinity for the Apple Watch. I love my
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On the Challenges of Marketing Virtual Reality (sponsor)
My thanks once again to NSShadowcat for sponsoring this month of BirchTree! Like I said last time, this site is
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Introducing Quick BIN Lookup
Today I am happy to release Quick BIN Lookup, simple one-use website that lets you easily find some basic
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PlayStation 4 Remote Play Comes to Mac and PC
This is more of a public service annoucement than anything else, but Sony just released their version 3.5 update
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Abandoning Old Biases (or How I Kind of Like Microsoft Now)
You might have been able to tell that I'm an Apple guy. I loved my Performa in 1994
A harsh Reminder to Shut Up and Listen
When I saw this headline pop up in my Twitter timeline this weekend, I thought it was just a lazy
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watchOS 3 Proposal: Fixing the Side Button
The Apple Watch is great, but it has some major flaws that Apple needs to address to make it even
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I Tried Google Play Music, but Apple Music Still has my Heart
It seems I am rather unique in my love for Apple Music. While I am surrounded by people in my
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Jonathan Adler-inspired Phone Wallpapers
My wife just bought a new phone case and I made her these companion wallpapers to go with it. Because
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NSShadowcat: A New Apple Blog You Want on Your Radar (sponsor)
NSShadowcat is relatively new tech blog created by Mayur Dhaka and it's off to a strong start. At
My One and Only Productivity "Hack"
Write it down.
That's my one and only tip for being more productive. Yes, I know this pales
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Wax & Wick: Awesome Hand Crafted Soy Candles (sponsor)
My thanks to Wax & Wick, an upstart candle company based out of Chicago, IL, for sponsoring BirchTree for the
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A Love Letter to My Apple Watch
There is no shortage of blog posts and podcast episodes with people discussing at length why they stopped wearing their
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Uncharted 2's Stellar Storytelling
"That movie looks like a video game" is one of the harshest criticisms you can level against a
Losing Our Minds Over a Little Camera Bump
As people are want to do, they freaked out about the camera bump on the back of the new 9.