Auxo 3 is Here, and it Makes Me Want to Jailbreak Again
Jeff Benjamin at iDownloadBlog:
The Multi-Center is a merging of the App Switcher and Control Center. The nice thing about the Multi-Center is that it uses the same slide up gesture that Control Center normally uses. This means that you can access both the App Switcher and Control Center controls without needing to
Xiaomi Actually Didn't Clone the MacBook Air
Xiaomi didn't copy the MacBook Air, yet | The Verge
The problem here isn’t whether or not Xiaomi copies Apple’s design (it definitely does — we wrote about this exact issue yesterday). The problem is that, in the eyes of the Western media, Xiaomi's copying has become the company’s defining
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My Best Photos of the Year
A little over a year ago, I bought my first really nice camera. I got the Nikon J1, mostly because it's a good camera and I got it for a crazy low price. In that time, I've become more comfortable being "the guy with the camera" at events, which
Choose the Mobile Platform Right For You
James Kendrick on why he abandoned Android for iOS this year - ZDNet:
For me, that's iOS. This year Apple's releases in both hardware and the OS made that obvious to me. While I didn't set out to do so, I have totally dropped Android from my tool kit. Not
BirchTree Year in Review
2014 was the biggest year I've ever had for BirchTree. Here's some raw numbers:
* 349 blog posts since January 1
* ~27,000 unique visitors, and over 50,000 total hits
* December was my best month, representing almost 15x growth over January's traffic
* Germany is the biggest non-English speaking
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Birch Bark 19: Did Somebody Say Squarespace?
I think I'm going to move my website over to Squarespace after spending a lot of time with Statamic. I might be crazy, but I'm looking at their site and feel really good about what I would get from them.
Music this week is once again Germany Germany.
Links discussed:
* Statamic
Testing the Waters
This is a test post. I want to see how things are posting from my phone to my site.
Here's a list
* Good
* Better
* Best
Misfit Flash Review: Don't Put This on Your Wrist
The Misfit Flash is the worst fitness tracker for your wrist I have tried all year. The Flash does some things well, even better than the industry leaders, but it has some damning downsides that make this a fitness tracker that I simply cannot recommend to anyone.
I don't often do this, but
Blackberry is Officially Running Out the Clock
A few years ago, my wife was in college and was doing some research on Harley Davidson. I forget how she got stuck researching them instead of a company she might actually be interested in, but she did discover some interesting things about them. The most interesting, and distressing, thing she found was that the
Yup, You Can Make Money on Android
Russell Ivanovic (of Pocket Casts fame) on the viability of Android as a platform for developers to make money:
We could argue all day about growth rates, profitability and which platform is ‘winning’ right now. The real thing I pay attention to as a developer is this: can you be profitable on Android? To me
Modest Mouse Announce Their First New Album in 8 Years
Modest Mouse announced their first new album since 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. It's called Strangers to Ourselves and it comes out on March 3, 2015. I actually thought these guys had broken up, but I guess they're still at it and simply hadn'
Birch Bark 18: Talking About the App Store Again
This week's episode is all about what Apple is doing to developers on the App Store lately and how they are needlessly creating uncertainty in a community that simply can't work like that.
Links:
* Launcher is removed from the App Store after being featured
* Panic must remove iCloud Drive funtionality from
Bouncing Back
Oh man, has it been a week! It started normally enough, but it quickly turned into something else. First off, work was hectic. The holiday season is always crazy for me, and this is the week it really picked up. There were new team members to train, visits from higher-ups, and a bunch of
Nintendo Pays Homage to the Past in New Zelda Gameplay Demo
via jarjar4evr on Reddit
That's so obvious once you see it, but I didn't think of it at all while I was watching the new gameplay trailer. I don't know what it will take for me to get a Wii U, but this game could be it.
Java Factory Roasters Coffee
I picked up some Java Factory Roasters coffee this week and it's been quite good (you know, as far as Kureg coffee can be). What caught my eye on the shelf was obviously their nice design, done by Miller Design Media. Much like how smaller beer makers have used fun, stand-out names
15 Minutes of Uncharted 4 Gameplay
Watch the 15 minute gameplay demo of the next Uncharted game on YouTube. If you have the time, watch the glorious 1080p version at Gamersyde. It's a 1.7GB download, but it looks gooooood.
The first few minutes of this demo didn't blow me away. It looked very much the same
Addicted to Selling Your Stuff
Chris Ziegler on The Verge
I've found that my favorite parts of ownership are the lead-up to the purchase and the wad of cash that lands in your lap when you sell. The part where you actually own something, well, that's a distant third.
As someone who has also been
The Best Video Games of 2014
I think most of us can agree that 2014 was only an "okay" year for gaming. We have 2 new gaming consoles, but neither has that killer app that makes everyone and their mother run out and buy a new console. But that doesn't mean that there weren't any