This isn't going to be a full tutorial, but yesterday I started a paid tier for Birchtree (sign up here) and in the interest of transparency as well as setting expectations for people who are thinking about doing something similar, here's the broads strokes of what&
Andy Nicolaides: If VR Is the Future, I’m Screwed Using a Quest 3, for me, is liking shipping in a Face Hugger from Alien and treating it to a candlelit meal before inviting it home to latch onto your face for some intrusive chest impregnatation. This was too vivid
This inaugural More Birchtree post delves into what we want to get out of video game representation, a shout out to my favorite current writer, one of my all-time favorite apps, and a few cool goodies like the Wii Shop music on Amazon.
More details below, but brass tacks, More Birchtree is a way to get more Birchtree writing, ad-free browsing, and the fuzzy feeling of supporting indie writing. Member posts will be more personal pieces, as well as more raw feelings about the tech news of the day before I’m ready
At the end of 2023 I wrote this about what I expected to see from Apple before they announced the Vision Pro's release date: I also hope we get some videos deep diving into some of the interactions and common tasks you’ll be able to do on
Above is a deranged version of the innovation curve that is often brought out when thinking about products (often tech products specifically). Here’s a better one: A very few people are “innovators” who are there on day one for new stuff and are willing to look past flaws or
Robin Rendle: Be Loud About the Things You Love A writing tip for myself in the future, if I may (and I do): delete every use of “…for me…,” “in my opinion,” “some might disagree,” “I think,” etc. etc. These snippets are a bad habit and make your writing fragile,
You should read Chance Miller’s whole article on 9to5Mac, but I wanted to share my immediate thoughts after seeing this. Apple is updating its App Store guidelines to allow developers to link to alternative payment methods, provided that the app also offer purchases through Apple’s own In-App Purchase
Kevin Systrom: Shutting Down Artifact We have built something that a core group of users love, but we have concluded that the market opportunity isn’t big enough to warrant continued investment in this way. It’s a shame this app didn’t make it. I liked it in theory,
Casey Newton: Why Platformer Is Leaving Substack After much consideration, we have decided to move Platformer off of Substack. Over the next few days, the publication will migrate to a new website powered by the nonprofit, open-source publishing platform Ghost. If you already subscribe to Platformer and wish to continue
It felt really good to post 2 videos this week on A Better Computer. The first was a planned video about Up Ahead, an app I love, and the second was a surprise one about BBEdit since they added an interesting new feature. I'm proud of both videos,
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors: iPhone Was Missing These 10 Essential Features When Unveiled in 2007 Today marks the 17th anniversary of the late Steve Jobs unveiling the original iPhone at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. While the device was significantly more advanced than any other smartphone on the market
David Pierce for The Verge: Walmart’s AI Search Makes Shopping Faster, and Its AI Delivery Makes It Invisible The future of grocery shopping is no grocery shopping at all. It’s your fridge just being full, always, automatically. A couple things on this one… First, for many people, you
Casey Newton: Substack Says It Will Remove Nazi Publications From the Platform over the past couple years Substack has come to more closely resemble the social networks it often criticizes. Each week, Substack sends users a personalized, algorithmically ranked digest of posts from writers they don’t yet follow — a
Tim Hardwick: OLED iPad Pro Prices to Start From $1,500, Rising to as Much as $2,000 Apple's upcoming OLED iPad Pro will start at $1,500, rising to between $1,800 and $2,000 depending on size and configuration, representing a major increase in prices compared