What I Learned From Taking Some Time to Learn
It's 12:58am and I just got my first iPhone app running on my actual phone!
— Matt Birchler (@mattbirchler) February 5, 2015
Every year around this time, I take some time off of work to relax. I need time after the crazy holiday season to decompress, and just have some fun. We usually
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Yup, You can Set Your Desktop Background from Photos for Mac
Not a huge deal, but it took me a bit to find where it was in the app.
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You Probably Want to Skip MLB The Show 15
I'm still not sold on this year's MLB The Show, which sounds like the laziest update to a sports game I've seen in a while. Here's what they're advertising:
* Licensed Equipment - Yup, this is the first listed feature everywhere you look at the game. What
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More Great Zelda Artwork
Video Game Art continues to be a great Twitter account that all video game fans should be following.
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Nerdy First Impressions of Photos for Mac
After reading a some great overviews from Serenity Caldwell for iMore, Casey Newton for The Verge, and David Pogue for Yahoo (that still feels weird to say), I thought I'd give a more nerdy first look at what Photos is and how stable it is at the moment.
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Photos for Mac
Apple unveiled the new Photos app for Mac today. It's built into the next point release of OS X, and is the replacement for iPhoto and Aperture.
There seems to be some trepidation about this, but I am bullish on the prospects of the app. To my eyes, the previews I've
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App Review: Mail Pilot 2 for iOS
I guess this is email season, because this is the second email app review I'm writing this week. Mail Pilot 2 is a major update to Mindsense's innovative email app for iOS. Back in January 2012, the concept of triage get your emails by swiping them was a new concept (and
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Subscribe to Good Music on Bandcamp
<a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="http://grmnygrmny.bandcamp.com/album/star-system">Star System by Germany Germany</a>
Bandcamp is one of my favorite places to discover new music. SoundCloud and The Hype Machine are great as well, but discovering a new artist on Bandcamp
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Apple is Building an Android App
9to5Mac reports that Apple is working on Beats Music, and intends to keep up Android comparability. And this isn't just keeping the old app around, they're building their own Android app in-house.
Apple engineers are currently working on an Android app for the new Apple-branded service. Contrasting with former
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Speed Testing an iPad vs a Mac
You don't often see speed tests between a Mac and an iPad, so I thought I would put together a little video. There's also some commentary on the state of mobile hardware.
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I'm Playing Grim Fandango for Some Reason
I don't generally like old games unless they were made by Nintendo. I try to play games like Baulder's Gate and I just can't get into them. I don't have a problem watching old movies or old books, but I just don't think that most
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The PonoPlayer Just Sucks
I try to keep this site pretty positive. I want to believe in a world that embraces enthusiasm and joy over knee-jerk pessimism and Twitter one-liners, but it has to be said that the PonoPlayer looks like a crappy device.
David Pogue has my favorite review yet. In his review, he says this
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Goodies: February 3
Jonathan Mann writes a new song everyday and each one is good. I don't know how he does it.
Kanye West is an astounding artist. His work is varied, thoughtful, and equal parts accessible and stand-offish. He once again defied expectations with his new single, Only One, which is about as big
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Inside Gaming Has Left Machinima
That's the last video Adam, Justin, Bruce, and Lawrence did for Machinima last week, and it's a bittersweet goodbye. I'm sad to see them leave the channel, but I'm super excited to see what they do together next. Good luck to all of them, and I hope
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This is Why I Love Sports
As usual, Jason Kottke wrote a great post about why he loves sports (within a post on why he hates the NFL).
Life is full of many greater, more fulfilling, and more genuine moments, but there's no feeling quite like the one when you realize your team has won, especially when that victory
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App Review: Outlook for iOS
Microsoft released Outlook for iOS today, and it's a really good app. Wow, I can't believe I'm saying this! But it's true, Microsoft Outlook is an email app that scales well from basic email users to those who live in their inbox. Microsoft introduced the app on
My Home Screen: February 2015
I used to think that I needed to really prep my phone for these features. I used to think that I needed to have a cool background, and a nice theme to write about, but I really don't. All that does is give a misguided impression of how put together my tech life