Impractical, Inconvenient, and Ineffective
This line sticks out to my from Apple's new guidelines around streaming games on the App Store: Streaming
Apple
An Apple Watch Series 5 Retrospective
I've been using the Apple Watch Series 5 for almost a full year now, and wanted to look back on how that watch did in its first year.
PaymentKit: How Apple Lets Some Air Out of this Pressure Cooker
The theoretical Payments API could make it so that developers stop losing their minds with rage while keeping users safe and driving new innovation in mobile payments.
Flying Around the World, Recreating macOS Wallpapers
Above is my recreation of the macOS Catalina wallpaper taken in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. And here's a
Updating Your Apple Pundit Vernacular for 2020
We no longer say, “Macs are trucks and iPads are cars,” instead we say, “Macs a general purpose computers and
The Window of Conversation has Shifted
I saw this tweet yesterday and it really struck a chord with me. I genuinely do not understand why can&
Bean Counters
When Tim Cook took over for Apple way back in 2011, there was lots of concern around Apple turning the
Is the iPhone a PlayStation?
The above chart shows the debate at the top of everyone's mind right now in the Apple pundit
I Never Have to Accidentally Quit Safari Again (using Keyboard Maestro)
I know Mac die-hards hate the relatively new Chrome (and Edge) behavior where you have to hold down the
If Not 30%, What? 4 Ideas on How to Improve App Store Pricing
So I’ve spent a while explaining why I think the 30% cut Apple takes on every sale made on
On the App Store Turning a Profit
My days-long exploration of App Store pricing has not resulted in actual fisticuffs, but it’s certainly helped me
Why 30%?
I keep thinking about this 30% cut Apple gets on App Store purchases. The conversation usually has three general sides:
Apple Silicon Mac Will Have Touch Screens
Quinn Nelson put out a video yesterday about "Big Sur's Big Secret" I should have shared
Why Apple's New Sleep Tracking Doesn't Score Your Sleep
How the Apple Watch tracks sleep -- and why - CNET Unlike other wearables such as the Fitbit or Oura, which measure
The Costs and Benefits of Taking Payments Outside the App Store
I don’t talk about this too much on the site (separation of work and hobby), but I happen to
You Can’t Set Up a Bodega in Walmart
I've seen some defenses of Apple's now-modified-enforcement of App Store guidelines that go a
My Number 1 Complaint with Working on the iPad
Bar none, the biggest issue I run into on the iPad is dealing with local storage. Like, by a mile.
Apple’s Exceptional Product Messaging
I tweeted out a link to Joshua Vergara’s well-made review of the new Samsung Galaxy Book Flex, because