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Pixel Brand Loyalty is Dropping
According to a new report from SellCell (via 9to5Google), Pixel owners are becoming less loyal, starting back in 2019. This makes total sense, though.
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Google makes their first Pixel device, which is not cutting edge in every way, but it has a good camera and has a major focus on Google Assistant. It feels
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Do You Need Email Tracking in Your Newsletter?
Stop Tracking Random Emails – Greg Morris
Why on earth do you need to track your newsletter? Yes I see you, attempting to see when I open and on what device for absolutely no reason other than your ego. Stop joining in with the attention economy to satisfy your own need for validation. I’ve subscribed,
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Text Case and Mac App Store Impressions vs Sales
Chris Hannah makes a great app called Text Case for iOS and macOS. I use it, it’s great.
The app was recently featured in the “Apps and Games We Love Right Now” section of the Mac App Store (it’s still there as of this writing), which is for the app, and of course
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Articles of the Year so Far
I wanted to bring attention to my two favorite articles I’ve read this year.
First up, Clubhouse Cured My Imposter Syndrome by C. Brandon Ogbunu:
After just two months on Clubhouse, I finally understand how Theranos happened.
And:
After surfing hundreds of rooms on the popular new social media app, I’ve been exposed
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The Story You Want to Read, and the Actual Story
This article has been making the rounds the past week or so:
I bet you have more than 2 tabs open right now, I sure have more. So here's a stress test where I open 54 tabs while measuring the impact on my Mac's RAM and CPU.
The article goes on
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Take a Second to Breath
Take a breath before you post - LJPUK
I’ve ranted a lot less lately I like to think and whilst there’s nothing wrong with having a moan sometimes it’s not the default I want.
Lee makes the simple, but good advice that you pause before you post something to social media. I’ve
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The Web is More Than a Document Viewer
The Web is for More Than Document Viewing | CSS-Tricks
A super-capable open web is excellent. It means we can build things on open standards on the open web rather than things on proprietary technologies in walled gardens. It’s the better place to build things. URLs alone are a reason to build on
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I Subscribe to Way Too Many Newsletters…These are my Favorites
I haven’t done a good List of Things I Like post in a while, so here goes! Here are some of the newsletters I subscribe to and enjoy basically every time they hit my inbox. And by doing this, I realized…wow, I subscribe to a lot!
Platformer by Casey Newton (daily, $10/month)
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The Best Explanation of RAW Photography I’ve Ever Seen
Understanding ProRAW. A journey into cameras, RAW, and a look… | by Ben Sandofsky | Dec, 2020 | Halide
To understand what makes it so special, the first half of this post explains how a digital camera develops a photo. Then we go on to explain the strengths and weaknesses of traditional RAWs. Finally, we dive into what’
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The “Force Closing Apps Makes Your iPhone Faster” of Macs
Is Google Chrome slowing down your Mac performance? - 9to5Mac
What piqued my interest was the technical side of this story, and some questions that I thought of while I was reading Loren’s report. Those questions were: Is it possible for a process to hide itself from Activity Monitor while it is running? When does
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Google Chrome F.U.D.
Chrome Is Bad | Hacker News
It's a single anecdote that deleting Chrome on two computers sped them up. It provides zero evidence (even anecdotal) that it has anything to do with "Keystone" specifically. It provides zero evidence for the idea that "Keystone" is able to "nefariously hide itself
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The Portrayal of OCD in Black Swan
The Portrayal of OCD in Darren Aronofsky's 'Black Swan'
Nina is a fascinating and nuanced portrayal of living with OCD in times of massive stress. It is not just about perfection, but about punishment and constant anxiety. While her mental health is sensationalized for shocking and dazzling visuals, the quieter moments
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Providing “Balance” to the M1 Optimism
Daring Fireball: M1 Macs: Truth and Truthiness
Patrick Moorhead’s M1 Mac review can be paraphrased as “Intel and AMD have learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make decent PC chips. Apple hasn’t just magically figured this out. They’re not going to just walk in.”
The difference
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The Little Guys
Ben Thompson (emphasis mine):
Amazon, meanwhile, is increasingly where shopping searches start, particularly for Prime customers, and the company’s ad business is exploding. Needless to say, Amazon doesn’t need to request special permission for IDFAs or to share emails with 3rd parties to finely target its ads: everything is self-contained, and to
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Instagram is Changing the Direction of Watch Fashion
Instagram has totally changed how watches are designed | WIRED UK
[I]t should be little surprise that the watch world has witnessed a colour explosion in the past two years, alongside a profound loosening of once-rigid codes around style. Not long ago, the appearance of a blue watch dial was considered newsworthy […] now dials
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Lord of the Rings in 4K HDR is Here
Lord of the Rings, The: The Motion Picture Trilogy (4K UHD Review)
Does this new 4K remaster really make that big of a difference? Is the image and sound really improved over the previous Blu-ray release? The answer to that is: HELL yes. However, if you don’t already have them, you’ll need
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When the Mac Gets Touch
Apple: No Mac-In-Touch. by Jean-Louis Gassée | by Jean-Louis Gassée | Nov, 2020 | Monday Note
Let’s rewind the clock. For years, Apple dismissed wishes of making the iPad more like a laptop as an abomination before Steve Jobs, as wanting to make the simple tablet into a complicated contraption, a toaster-fridge.
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You’re Up, iPad
Your Move, iPad | Becky Hansmeyer
Ruthlessly purge the App Store Guidelines of anything that prevents the iPad from serving as a development machine. Every kind of development from web to games should be possible on an iPad. And speaking of games—emulators should be allowed, too.
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