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Apple’s leather iPhone cases were great, but problematic. I’m not convinced FineWoven is a great successor yet

20 Sep 2023 - 1 min read

Apple’s leather iPhone cases were great, but problematic. I’m not convinced FineWoven is a great successor yet

Allison Johnson: Apple’s New FineWoven iPhone Cases Are Very Bad - The Verge But FineWoven is very much not the premium material that leather is. When I popped the MagSafe wallet out of its box, I could clearly see some places where it was already showing wear along the

The iPhone USB-C “controversies” have already begun, but this one isn’t what you expected

13 Sep 2023 - 1 min read

The iPhone USB-C “controversies” have already begun, but this one isn’t what you expected

Jeremy Laird: Apple Finally Put USB-C in the New iPhone, and Now We Know Why It's Limited to 23-Year-Old USB 2.0 Speeds But the really bad news here is that the USB-C port on the iPhone 15 is still limited to USB 2.0, meaning it tops out at

Remember Facebook Mail? I don’t either

8 Sep 2023 - 1 min read

Remember Facebook Mail? I don’t either

From 2010: Jesus Diaz: Why You'll Give Up Gmail for Facebook Mail According to Techcrunch's sources, a full webmail client integrated with The One and Only Social Network will debut next Monday. This is why it may become your favorite webmail service. And: If I were Google, Yahoo or Hotmail,

From 2012: “it’s all downhill from here” for Apple

8 Sep 2023 - 1 min read

From 2012: “it’s all downhill from here” for Apple

From 2012: Dan Crow: We've Passed Peak Apple: It's All Downhill From Here Before we get into the quotes, you know from this headline alone that this is going to be a banger. I think in hindsight, we will see that Apple's peak of creativity, innovation and leadership was early

Want a better life? Just say hello to your neighbors 🙃

7 Sep 2023 - 1 min read

Want a better life? Just say hello to your neighbors 🙃

Dan Witters: Saying Hello Linked to Higher Wellbeing, but With Limits Americans’ wellbeing score increases steadily by the number of neighbors greeted, from 51.5 among those saying hello to zero neighbors to 64.1 for those greeting six neighbors. No meaningful increase in wellbeing is seen for additional neighbors

Alto’s Task Manager

4 Sep 2023 - 1 min read

Alto’s Task Manager

From 2012: Sarah Perez: Checkmark Brings Better Geofenced Reminders to iPhone, Mac Version in the Works Checkmark is yet another one of those buzzy iPhone apps which people were talking about, blogging about and raving about, even before it officially launched. And today, it launched. I used Checkmark back when

A few words about the Talk Show from 11 years ago

3 Sep 2023 - 1 min read

A few words about the Talk Show from 11 years ago

As I alluded to earlier, I’ve been going through some old links I saved years ago. You’ll be seeing some links here over the next few days commenting on things people wrote in yesteryear. From 2012: John Gruber: A Few Words About the Talk Show A few administrative

I unexpectedly find myself defending color

31 Aug 2023 - 1 min read

I unexpectedly find myself defending color

Ben Lovejoy: Unpopular Opinion: iPhone Colors Don’t Matter to Most People But in all honesty, I could buy any of the colors and it wouldn’t really make any difference. The total time my iPhone remains caseless, with its color visible, is about two minutes per year – between removing

I love the pieces, hate the whole

31 Aug 2023 - 1 min read

I love the pieces, hate the whole

Heatmap News: Is There Really a Working Class Backlash to Biden’s Climate Law? when voters are asked about the individual provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, including EV subsidies, tax incentives to install solar panels and industry subsidies for wind and solar power generation, they support them by double-digit

Disney would prefer I see ads

30 Aug 2023 - 1 min read

Disney would prefer I see ads

Ben Thompson: Disney Earnings, A Split Disney?, ESPN’s Advertising Advertising takes away the trade-offs: more customers mean more money, both in terms of increased inventory and also increased leverage on your advertising infrastructure; meanwhile, the lower prices made possible by ads lead to decreased churn. At the same time,

The same conversation for a decade

30 Aug 2023 - 1 min read

The same conversation for a decade

Harry McCracken: Why the iPad Remains a Beautiful Disappointment All along, we’ve known that Apple wants the iPad to be capable but distinctly different from the Mac. Yet, as the iPad gets more powerful and the Mac gets more modern, it isn’t clear that even Apple has a

Mac gaming should catch up with Linux (yes, Linux)

29 Aug 2023 - 1 min read

Mac gaming should catch up with Linux (yes, Linux)

Liam Dawe: 5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming Gamers using Linux (be it desktop or Steam Deck) in 2023 are now in a place where they can get excited alongside friends who use Windows or traditional consoles, because they know there's a good probable chance at

Facebook removed news from Canadian's news feeds. It changed nothing

29 Aug 2023 - 1 min read

Facebook removed news from Canadian's news feeds. It changed nothing

Steve Scherer: Exclusive: Meta's Canada News Ban Fails to Dent Facebook Usage Daily active users of Facebook and time spent on the app in Canada have stayed roughly unchanged since parent company Meta started blocking news there at the start of August These "pay to send traffic to someone else"

Jason Snell, Travel, and the iPad

25 Aug 2023 - 3 min read

Jason Snell, Travel, and the iPad

Jason Snell: Giving Up the iPad-only Travel Dream My productivity needs are clearly unlike those of most people, but the truth is that everyone’s got different productivity needs. The problem with the iPad continues to be that as it builds functionality, it has failed to build in flexibility—or

I hope this isn’t the “controversy” with this year’s iPhones

25 Aug 2023 - 1 min read

I hope this isn’t the “controversy” with this year’s iPhones

Yesterday: Another rumor today suggests that Apple's standard iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models are unlikely to enjoy any increase in data transfer speeds following the transition. Followed by this report today: Apple may offer a USB-C data transfer accessory cable for iPhone 15 Pro models that is capable