Concept: Proper Widget Support on the iPad
Fun fact, did you know that depending on your iPad size, mode, and orientation, your icons will be either 38, 46, 58, 62, 64, 68, 76, 88, 96, 102, 118, or 137 points apart in the UI? It's true!
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watchOS 7: The BirchTree Review
I've been doing big reviews of watchOS since the beginning, and for the first time, I'm venturing into video! The full text of the review is below, but frankly, the video is the primary version of the review, so if you can I'd love
How I Use Things 3 To Organize My Life
Intro First things first, I am a strong believe in the idea of “offloading your brain” into a task management system. This means everything I need to do in the future, and I do mean everything, gets logged as a task in my task manager. I find this frees up
What is the iPad to You? Let Me Count the Ways (Magic Keyboard Review)
Not your average Magic keyboard review.
Logitech MX Keys Review
My review of the excellent Logitech MX Keys keyboard.
watchOS 7: A BirchTree Concept
My ambitious, but largely practical concept for what I’d like to see from the next generation of watchOS.
Seven, Eight, and Nine
This article includes spoilers for all 3 films in the latest Star Wars trilogy. Also maybe Episodes 1-6, so just read this if you have seen all 9 mainline Star Wars movies. Cool? Cool.
watchOS 6: The BirchTree Review
The Apple Watch has grown up quite a bit in the past 4 years, evolving from a piece of hardware that was woefully underpowered and software that was barely ready, to a very capable smart watch with very solid hardware and software. Even from its humble beginnings, watchOS has been
Google Pixel 3a Review: The MacBook Air of Smartphones
Most phones are judged on 4 things: 1. Build Quality 2. Performance 3. Camera 4. Software If you buy an $800+ phone then you can usually get all of those but spend any less and you’re going to have to compromise. The $400-$700 phone market is interesting because
Samsung Galaxy S10e: An iPhone Fan’s Review
A little over a year ago I said this about the Pixel 2: If you’re looking for a change and want to see what Android is like, I don’t think there’s a better phone out there than the Pixel 2 to get the best that Android has
watchOS 6: The BirchTree Concept
We're very likely 3 short months from seeing what Apple has in store for the next major version of watchOS, and as has become tradition for me, I wanted to take this chance to go through some of the things I hope to see in this next update
Apple Watch Series 4 Review: Bigger is Better
Every year since 2015 Apple has released a collection of Apple Watches, each with a standout hardware feature. The Series 2 brought GPS, Series 3 had LTE, and this year’s Series 4 has a vastly improved screen. The question on everyone’s mind this year is whether that screen
watchOS 5: The BirchTree Review
Every September since Apple released the Apple Watch, we’ve seen a brand new version of watchOS come out that improves the experience. Here’s a brief recap: * watchOS 1 (Apr 2015): way more functionality than needed, and super slow * watchOS 2 (Sep 2015): slightly faster, and better APIs for
Android Pie Review: All the Little Things
Android Pie Review: All the Little Things
This was originally going to be a longer review with more than 2 short parts, but as I looked at what else had changed in Pie compared to Oreo, I found myself at a loss for how much could be said about each change. There’s a fair number of
HomePod: The BirchTree Review
Introduction The HomePod is an interesting product from Apple. It’s a smart speaker that Apple is going out of its way to make you think is not like other smart speakers, which is a classic Apple maneuver1. Apple is partially right to do this because it leans into what