How my Mac mini turned into infrastructure for Quick Reads
On today's podcast, I discussed the new Mac minis and why I want one, but won't be buying one, as well as how I'm using my Mac mini to do something on Quick Reads that would have cost me potentially tons of money to do other ways. I'
Jason Snell's productivity picks
Jason Snell was featured on the Mac App Store today sharing a few app picks, which was very cool to
Introducing Birchfeed, the best RSS app that works in your favorite RSS app already
I've joked here and there that I should make an RSS app. I genuinely didn't really
Face computers just aren't going to be a thing, right?
Maybe I'll regret writing this one day, but it just kind of seems like face computers aren't something that are really going to happen, right? This blog is 16 years old, and for almost all 16 years there have been stories about how VR is "about to take off"
The unbearable weight of Metal Gear Solid 4's cutscenes
I posted this weekend about how cutscene heavy Metal Gear Solid 4 is, and a few people went, "yup,
Fancy new crazy new mockup generators
There are a few interesting tools for making mockups and videos that have come across my radar recently. The first is mckp.live, which is from the fine folks at ls.graphics which I use for a lot of mock ups that I do. It's got a video export option as well as
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Panic rocks
Ian Carlos Campbell: Panic is refunding tariff fees paid by Playdate owners
Panic, software publisher and creator of the Playdate, is refunding customers for any US tariff fees they paid to purchase its console, Game Developer reports. The Trump administration's tariff regime was confirmed to be illegal following a Supreme Court decision in
Trashcan
Trashcan is a fun little site.
This phone folds. It folds!
If you haven't listened to the A Better Computer podcast, today would be a great day to give
Comfort Zone will return
We did 113 episodes of Comfort Zone, and it's been incredibly rewarding to work on and a joy to record with Chris and Niléane. It must also be said, I greatly appreciate Federico and John investing in our show, giving us a platform, and handling some of the back-end bits that we
Quick Reads for iOS just got a ton of updates
Guys, I love the web. I love using the web. I love developing for the web. I just think the web is awesome. As such, new features for Quick Reads tend to release on the web first, with the iOS features following later. I'm happy to say that a new update is out
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+ Comfortable and uncomfortable truths
I understand being mad, I understand not tolerating it, but I think there's an uncomfortable truth, representing the world being a messy place where few things are completely black and white.
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Walmart is the last major US company to add Tap to Pay
Walmart: More Ways to Pay: Tap to Pay Is Coming to Walmart and Sam’s Club
beginning Aug. 24, we will be adding Tap to Pay to our payment options at select Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations, with plans to roll it out to all U.S. stores and clubs by the end
Apple's obviously going to make a second folding phone
I've been using Samsung's new Galaxy Fold8 for the last week (More Birchtree members can read
Quick Subtitles 3
Quick Subtitles 3 is out now for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. While this is not the biggest update ever, there&
Subscriber rot
I joined Mastodon way back in 2016, but I dropped off and didn't come back until late 2022.
What is a perversion to writing?
Simon Wilson has the best description of LLMs that I’ve seen so far. He called them a calculator for words, and I think it’s a great way to put it.
A traditional calculator takes numbers and operators as input, does some math, and outputs an answer. LLMs are essentially the same thing, except
