I was pleased to join my friend Lee Peterson on his new show, Home Screens, this week to talk about, what else, my Phone's home screen.
The episode is embedded below, and I think the most interesting bits were discussing:
Inspired by the book, Start With Why, and The Verge’s review of the Mac Pro.
Is iOS just adware as an article this week suggested? I don’t think so, but I also see where they’re coming from, and Apple needs to be careful with how they balance a great software experience with getting people to pay for their ever-growing library of premium services.
Samsung announced their Galaxy S20 lineup yesterday and these are my impressions after having a day to process what they announced.
I recently gave a big presentation and the best advice I got going into that talk was a boxing metaphor, and it reminded me of a few things about not only public speaking, but also how we talk to each other everyday.
COTS is a way for merchants to take card-present credit card payments with their phone only; no separate credit card reader required. It’s pretty cool and Samsung just announced the first phone that will support this out of the box. But of course, it’s a little more complicated than that…
We’re getting close to New Year’s resolution time and I thought it only fitting to talk about how making changes can bring about a new level of excitement and turbo-charge something I want to change or get better at. But that excitement fades and you need to have some core that keeps you going.
Why Rotating Task Managers Regularly Can Make You More Productive
The Samsung Galaxy S10e is my favorite Android phone of the year, and it took spending significant time with the Pixel 4 to really appreciate how much I actually enjoy this “low end” phone from Samsung.
Listen to this episode at 1x speed (and be aware of some strong language in the lyrics)!
These are my top 10 favorite songs of the year. Grab the playlist on Apple Music if you want to add these to your collection today.
There is a power in being able to say “I don’t know” or “I need to think about that first” instead of having hot takes on everything. This is true in life in general, and it’s something that is sometimes hard to square with the reward systems in place on social media.