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+ Just the best-o-masto
What if you could just get the best of your Mastodon feed without scrolling forever?
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Apple
In defense of the already-killed Tahoe beta 1 Finder icon
I’m old enough to remember when people in the Apple enthusiast crowd were disgusted by the new Finder icon.
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If you haven't played Monument Valley 3 on an iPad yet, do it now before it's gone
Ash Parrish: Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games | The Verge
Several titles like Braid, Katana
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+ The other perspective
Not everyone liked that Sarah McBride interview I linked to last week, so let's get into the other perspective.
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You are the bowling ball
Corridor Digital with another "we don't think anyone's ever gotten this shot before, so we're going to try and get it" video, and it's amazing.
The reason I want a touch screen Mac, in short
There are Windows users out there who prefer or need Windows to do what they do with a computer, but they really like the look of Mac hardware. They like the speed, the reliability, the design, the battery life…they just can't get what they need software-wise, so they find a Windows
Seriously, use the browser you like, don't worry about battery
Last year I compared the battery life using Safari and Chrome on a Mac. The critical thing that was different
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Dia killed Arc, but it's not clear why
Matt Alexander writing about his impressions of Dia, the new browser from The Browser Company (aka what they stopped working on Arc to pursue):
In all, I think they've built a decently attractive skin for Chrome. It's somewhat privacy-minded on the surface, but poses a tremendous amount of questions a
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Better stickies!
Chris won't stop talking about the iPad, I won't stop talking about the Switch 2, and
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Miniature Calendar is daily joy in your feed
Miniature Calendar is a great site I've been following for many years now, and they create miniature scenes everyday and post them with no commentary at all. Their recent Bullet Time is a good example, but I highly recommend giving them a follow if you want something delightful in your feeds everyday.
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Social media warps our sense of reality
Here's Delaware congresswoman Sarah McBride, the first openly trans member of Congress, talking with Ezra Klein about two topics near and dear to my heart: how we behave on social media and how the social media era has warped our perception of reality. These are longer quotes than normal, but that's
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+ Here we go again
I once again find myself writing code…
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Craig Federighi on the blurry line between the Mac and iPad
Federico Viticci: Interview: Craig Federighi Opens Up About iPadOS, Its Multitasking Journey, and the iPad’s Essence
In listening to Federighi’s analysis of iPad multitasking over the years, I get the sense that Apple has been trying to understand the iPad’s audience for over a decade. At some point, they realized that the
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So many $200 per month options!
Cursor CEO Michael Truell writing on the company blog: Introducing the Ultra Plan
We're excited to roll out an option to purchase Ultra, a $200 / mo plan with 20x more usage than Pro.
It's really amazing how pricing works in software markets where everything magically has the same pricing for everything.
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Just like the Mac!
Jesus Diaz writing for Fast Company: RIP to the Almost Future of Computing: Apple Just Turned the iPad Into a
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Liquid Glass isn’t Vista 2.0, it’s iOS 7 2.0
Like many others, I found myself thinking about iOS 7 during this week's WWDC where Apple showed us
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Comfort Zone live from WWDC!
This week's Comfort Zone is special for two reasons. Obviously, WWDC is a fun week for nerds like