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I normally release new BirchTree Podcast episodes on Mondays, but I really wanted to talk about my new AirPods for a few minutes.
Your browser does not support the audio tag. Just a quick audio update on the state of the blog. Yes, I'm trying out some different things on the site this year :)
If you celebrate, Christmas is a time for spending time with family and friends. I'm spending the weekend with my family and am thrilled to be able to see people who I only ever get a chance to see this time of year. Sometimes it's easy
Some people think that New Year's resolutions are stupid, but I really like them. It's good to take stock of what you're doing once in a while, and assess if you're doing the right things. I've gotten off to a
App Bottle Rocket is a new website built to make searching the iOS App Store easier, faster, and more readily available. I originally made the site as a tool I could use personally when writing about different apps for this blog. I was frustrated by having to use iTunes on
Today marks the sixth anniversary of BirchTree 🎉. I'm frankly shocked this little hobby has lasted as long as it has, as the web is littered with old blogs I started and wrote 1-3 posts before giving up. I started this site when I was 24 years old, was
When I launched Today Weather back in August, I did so with the intention of using the web app as a proof of concept and understand 2 things: 1. Could I create a product people liked? 2. Was there interest out there for another weather app? The answer to both
I released my first major non-blog website on August 1 this year. It's called Today Weather and it's had a fairly good first 60 days. It got linked to by a few big tech sites and had a truly insane first couple of days. Usage has
People always make predictions for what they think will be coming at these Apple events, and they rarely go back and give grades on how they did. I made some predictions last week, and I took a look at the results form yesterday's announcements. Out of the 10
The new iPhone will be announced tomorrow, which means many millions of us will be going online in the coming days to pre-order a new phone. Many of us bought a phone last year, just as we did the year before that and the year before that. I personally have
I’ve been producing less content for the site over the last few weeks, and I thought that deserved a quick explanation. I’m still working on creating the best content I can, but that work has shifted recently from generating daily articles about tech towards more long-term projects that
Eagle-eyed observers may have noticed a new link in this site's navigation in the past couple days as "The Good Stuff" showed up out of nowhere. I thought I'd take a second and explain what's going on. Only the Good Stuff Today