Amazon Prime Users Now Get Unlimited Cloud Photo Storage
Amazon Prime is like an ever-expanding swiss army knife. With today's announcement of unlimited photo storage for all Prime subscribers, the list of things you get with one $99/year subscription has grown again. Here;s what you get for your $99:
* Free upgrade to 2 day shipping on all purchases shipped
Google's iOS Apps
John Gruber - Google’s App Aesthetic
To me, they look and feel like Android apps running on iOS. Android users might disagree with that assessment, as much of what makes a good Android app Android-y is not how the software looks but the way it interacts with the system. But these Google apps certainly
Dbrand iPhone 6 Skin Review
I don't like to use cases on my phones. Never have and I didn't think I ever would. Knock on wood, but I've never dropped a smartphone I've owned. That's quite an accomplishment when you consider that I had the iPhone 4, which was a
Birch Bark Episode 13: A Little Late, So Let's Do More News!
This week's show is late (first time ever), so I'm making up for it by doing a rapid-fire attack on the news. Tim Cook, Android Lollipop, Christian Bale, and Call of Duty are on deck this week.
* Tim Cook is proud of be gay
* Android 5.0 Lollipop
* Christian Bale
Fundamental UI Problems with Android TV
Android TV is here and tech sites are putting up their impressions of Google's latest foray into the TV space. While it does look like a better platform than Google TV ever was, and is more ambitious than Chromecast (which does one thing and is great at it), I can already see some
My Home Screen: November 2014
Well this is quite a change from last month!
Everything has changed, including the phone. I got an iPhone 6 a few weeks ago, and I am extremely happy to be back on iOS. I like my phone more than I ever liked my HTC One, and I'm more productive than ever.
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Tim Cook
In case you missed it, Tim Cook came out in a spectacular piece for Bloomberg. I would have written something about it earlier than this, but honestly, the last few days have been insanely busy, and I presume you've heard the news. The closing paragraph is getting the most attention:
When I arrive
On the Current Boom in Podcasting (and Some of My Favorite Podcasts)
What’s Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance? -- NYMag
But as I talked to podcasters, they told me that the biggest reason for the podcast renaissance has nothing to do with the podcasts themselves, or the advertisers funding them.
It's actually about cars.
I can definitely get behind this position. I listen to 90%
Suspend/Resume Functionality Still Coming to PS4
When Sony announced the PlayStation 4 last year, they described a gaming console that was built around multitasking. There were 2 types of multitasking shown:
1. You could exit a game, go to another app (like Netflix or the PSN), and switch back and forth seamlessly between them.
2. You could pause a game, put
Sony's PSN Goes Down Again
PSN down following PS4 firmware update, Sony investigating (emphasis mine)
@AskPlayStation suggests: "Disconnect your router and console from the power source for 3 minutes, reconnect them and try to access again." Why should we have to even do this?
As I said a couple weeks ago, I'm not even surprised when
A Practical Use for Transmit on iOS
I made this video to show how I use Transmit for iOS to edit this site while I'm on the go. I know there are other FTP apps out there, but none of them have worked as well for me or looked as good.
Transmit is $9.99 on the App Store.
Creating a Body of Work
Woody Allen famously said that he doesn't think he's an amazing filmmaker, but if he makes enough movies, the law of averages inlies that at least some of them will be good. I think he's underselling himself, but he does have a point and it's an important
Birch Bark Episode 12: Apple Pay
This week I talked about my experiences using Apple Pay in the first week since its launch and what I think its prospects are going forward. I suspect it may be like the iTunes Store which popularized digital media and dominated the industry for a while, but left room for other players to come in
It's Women, Not Games Journalists Who are Taking the Brunt of GamerGaters' Attacks
Is GamerGate About Media Ethics or Harassing Women? Harassment, the Data Shows
But that number pales in comparison to the tweets received by Brianna Wu, another female game developer who has spoken out against GamerGate, and Anita Sarkeesian, who has been a vocal critic of sexism in gaming. Sarkeesian has been bombarded with 35,188
450 North Brewing Co: Beer I Would Buy Based on Its Cover Alone
450 North Brewing Co. is a new brewery based in Indiana that just cropped up in 2012. I hope that their beer tastes as good as it looks, but I think I'd take the chance based entirely on this design.
New Germany Germany Album is Out
The new album from Germany Germany is out on their BandCamp page, and it's a really fine record. Those who are fans of his earlier work will find some of these songs familiar. Some of the songs were previously recorded and have been reimagined.
10 songs I originally wrote and recorded on my
The Decemberists Announce New Album for 2015
Colin Meloy took to the streets of Brooklyn to announce his band's nexat album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World. Meloy performed a new song and said the new album will be coming out sometime in 2015.
I was a huge, huge fan of everything The Decemberists have done since their
Female Agency in Video Games
Bound Women: Why games are better without a damsel to save | Polygon
By "kidnapping" the character, you remove her from the story, and by making her helpless, you remove her effect on events, even from afar. Without agency, the damseled character can’t show what she thinks or express herself through her behaviour