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Hey’s App Store Drama
Apple rejects Hey.com App Store updates, mandating in-app subscription - The Verge
Hey.com launched yesterday. The new email service offers an alternative to Gmail for $99 per year. To continue using the app on iOS, you have to sign up through the company’s website. Apple initially approved the app on Friday, according
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Making Operator
This is a really great video from Hoefler & Co. on the making of Operator, their newest font, available in
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Our Current, Perpetual Catastrophe
Opinion | Donald Trump Is Our National Catastrophe - The New York Times
What’s unprecedented is that never before have we been led by a man who so completely inverts the spirit of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.
With malice toward all; with charity for none: eight words that encapsulate everything this president is, does and
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Like Dust in the Air
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reflects on George Floyd protests - Los Angeles Times
Racism in America is like dust in the air. It seems invisible — even if you’re choking on it — until you let the sun in. Then you see it’s everywhere. As long as we keep shining that light, we have a chance of
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Appearance: Home Screens
I was pleased to join my friend Lee Peterson on his new show, Home Screens, this week to talk about,
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The Value of an Open Podcast
Daring Fireball: ‘Joe Rogan Got Ripped Off’
Even if you put money aside, Rogan’s deal with Spotify will almost certainly shrink his audience to some degree, and it gives Spotify complete control over Rogan’s relationship with his audience. I don’t think Rogan is a fool — quite the opposite. But I still think
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How Open Podcasts Can Compete
The open podcast ecosystem is dying — here’s how to save it. - Divinations
If the open podcast ecosystem wants to compete, they have to figure out a way to implement ideas like these. They cannot stay stuck in the status quo. This currently feels impossible, but fortunately, they have a good example to look up
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It’s Just Politics
Opinion | When the Mask You’re Wearing ‘Tastes Like Socialism’ - The New York Times
From the perspective of moral foundations theory, conservatives’ greater concern for purity and fear of contamination would suggest that they would respond more vigorously to a virus than would liberals. This was indeed the case with the Ebola crisis during the
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Pushing AirPods Too Hard
Kuo: Apple may not include EarPods headphones in iPhone 12 box to boost AirPods sales - 9to5Mac
According to the latest report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple may not include the wired EarPods headphones in the box of the iPhone 12. This would naturally drive sales of Apple’s second-generation AirPods, as customers would
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What Getting Back to Normal Looks Like
Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Finding Normalcy in the Abnormal - The New York Times
Hong Kong has recorded just three locally transmitted cases in the last 30 days. Only four people are reported to have died of Covid-19. The government has loosened social-distancing restrictions, allowing civil servants to go back to work and restaurants to
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A Key Under Your Door Mat
Department of Justice Reopens Spat With Apple Over iPhone Encryption - John Gruber
This framing is entirely wrong. This suggests that Apple has the ability to “just unlock” an iPhone encrypted with a passcode or passphrase. They don’t. The difference between 2014 and today isn’t that Apple previously was cooperative with law enforcement requests
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Don’t Celebrate Too Early
How Virus Data Can Mislead - The New York Times
With more parts of the U.S. starting to reopen, many people will be tempted to look at the data this week and start proclaiming victory over the virus. But this week’s data won’t tell us much. It will instead reflect the reality from
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More on Stock Apps
The Value of Using Stock Apps – Chris Hannah
I’ve actually slowly using more stock apps/services recently, such as Reminders, Notes, and Mail. In the past, I’ve used third-party options for all three of these, but I seem to always come back to Apple’s built-in apps.
Chris’s response to
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The RSS Numbers
It's Time to Get Back Into RSS | Daniel Miessler
It’s unclear what exactly destroyed RSS, but Google closing Google Reader definitely didn’t help. Another factor was the rise of aggregation sites like Slashdot, Digg, and Reddit, which seductively took on the burden of surfacing the best content.
A couple things on
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David Hayter on PAL Keys (and Feeling Genuine Joy for Your Friends’ Success)
My friend Daryl Baxter has a podcast about videos games called PAL Keys. It's a really fun show,
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VR Should be Having a Moment…It’s Not
VR misses its pandemic moment - Axios
Virtual reality can bring faraway people together and take us places we can't physically go. That should make it the perfect breakout technology for both personal and professional life in the stay-at-home era — yet it remains a niche product.
There is a lot of talk
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Too Restrictive?
A class war over social distancing? New data suggests otherwise. - The Washington Post
The new Post poll probes public attitudes toward restrictions and the coronavirus. I got a detailed breakdown of the numbers from the Post polling team, and here are some basic findings:
1. By 78 percent to 22 percent, Americans believe it is
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Renewable Energy to Pass Coal in the US this Year
In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.
The United States is on track to
