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Performance on the iPhone 7 is Insane
Mark Spoonauer ran some tests and it looks like the iPhone 7 destroys the top of the line Android phones in all benchmarks. The biggest variance in his test is in JavaScript performance, which lines up with my subjective experience of browsing the web.
That's the Geekbench score comparison from Mark's
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Quick Take on the new Apple Watches
My buddy Michael Rockwell wrote up a great recap of yesterday's Apple event:
Apple doesn’t need to convince every existing Apple Watch owner to upgrade, they just need to continue iterating and expand the Apple Watch’s appeal. I think the water proofing improvements and GPS will do that. They’re clearly
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I Love That Game Developers Even Think to Do This
Polygon reporting on NBA 2K17:
Visual Concepts traveled to every NBA team’s arena to "record and analyze the different sounds exclusive to each arena,"
The authentic audio in NBA 2K17 includes the way the ball sounds when it bounces on the floor, hits the rim and backboard, and goes through the net;
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T-Mobile's Slow Descent to the Net Neutrality Nightmare
I am a T-Mobile customer, and I'm generally happy with my service. They get the basics right and they make it incredibly easy for me to keep up to date with the latest phones without breaking the bank. That said, their new plan rolling out next week, T-Mobile 1, is a
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Mike Birbiglia on Achieving Creative Success
Comedian Mike Birbiglia wrote this great little piece for The New York Times yesterday:
Sometimes people say, “One thing you have to offer in your work is yourself.” I disagree. I think it’s the only thing.
It's a simple list of 6 things he believes in that help lead to success, and
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CBS All Access Goes Commercial Free (for a Price)
CBS announced that they are adding a new tier to their All Access service today. For $9.99 per month, you can stream all your CBS shows totally commercial free.
My wife an I are cord cutters for over a year now and we're still going strong. We use Netflix, Hulu, and HBO
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Why Target Was Down 20% in Apple Sales
I love when my Target experience comes into play. Here's a short piece I saw linked to today over on 17orbits.
They have a picture of an iPad case that is totally empty, save for a couple Apple Watch straps. It's a dire situation to be sure, and the ex-Target
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iPad Pro Changing Hearts and Minds
Todd Haselton on his no-so first impressions of the iPad Pro:
I’m quick to criticize new products, our readers know that all too well, but I was wrong about the iPad Pro.
The iPad family always proves to be more appealing when you approach it on its own terms, and not based on
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Rocket Gives You Slack-style Emoji on Your Mac
Rocket is a new tiny app from Matthew Palmer that makes it as easy to enter emoji anywhere on your Mac. macOS has a decent emoji selector (hit Ctrl + Cmd + Space in any text box), but the method allowed by Rocket is just a little nicer. I'll try to keep this blog as
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10k Apart - Building a website in less than 10kb
From a-k-apart.com:
With so much of an emphasis on front-end frameworks and JavaScript runtimes, it’s time to get back to basics—back to optimizing every little byte like your life depends on it and ensuring your site can work, no matter what. The Challenge? Build a compelling web experience that
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Twitter Going All Out with Moments for the Olympics
From the official Twitter blog:
You’ll see the option to follow country specific Moments, which will last throughout the Games, so the best of what’s happening with your team will appear in your timeline for the entirety of the Olympics. You can also just opt to follow your favorite sports and events to
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PlayStation 4 Sales Continue to Rise
Sony announced another quarter of impressive sales revenue numbers for their PlayStation brand:
The company reported the results of its fiscal first quarter today, and it revealed that it generated $3.2 billion in revenues from its game and network services division during the three-month period ending June 30. That is up 14.5
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The Seemingly Invincible (and naive) Idea Apple Should Open Up Their Software
I saw this bizarre piece today and have just a few comments. The overall theme: Apple should license iOS and start raking in the cash.
In June 1985, Bill Gates sent a letter to Apple CEO John Sculley and Mac development head Jean Louis Gassée, urging them license Apple’s operating system to other companies.
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Intentionally Slowing Down the User Experience
The UX Secret That Will Ruin Apps For You - Fast Company
Facebook actually slows down its interface to make users feel safe, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed in an email. "While our systems perform these checks at a much faster speed than people can actually see, it's important that they understand what we
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Pinboard Turns 7
Pibboard just tuned 7:
I did almost nothing on the site this year except keep it running. Mainly I spent the year fomenting and profiting from online drama. But lately a kind of coding mood has descended on me, and I hope I can spend some time later in the summer figuring out how on
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Dreamweaver Tries to Buck its Reputation
Adobe showed off some new features in Dreamweaver lat week:
Dreamweaver is undergoing its biggest transformation ever to become faster, leaner and completely modernized for anyone who works with code.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEsABVpiB1E
In a world were us web designers have moved our workflows to dedicated text editors like Sublime Text
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How Someone Deaf and Nearly Blind Uses the Apple Watch
This piece over on Molly Watt Trust is a delightful read:
Learning to live with sight loss, when you are already deaf, can be pretty inconvenient. The world just isn’t designed with deafblind people in mind. It’s the little things that are most stressful. The things that most people wouldn’t think of.