My Favorite Books of 2020
These are the 10 best books I read this year! Not all of these came out this year, but they were what I personally got the most value from in 2020. It wasn't meant to be a top 10 list, but it just so happened that I had
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Make Time App First Look
This is my first look at the new, free app from the writers of the book by the same name. It’s pretty simple, but worth looking at if you are someone who struggles with feeling busy, but never feeling like they actually get anything important done. Download the app
Don’t be Dogmatic About Native or Web Apps
Something really hit home with me this week when I was playing around with Sketch. I was working on a file that I was going to edit on other machines, so I made it a Sketch Cloud document. This theoretically makes Sketch more like Figma, which is great since I&
A Microsoft Flight Simulator WFH Screensaver
A Microsoft Flight Simulator WFH Screensaver
I don't know if this is going to be something I do regularly, but I have been enjoying having Microsoft Flight Simulator open and running interesting flights around the world while I work from home this year, and I wanted to share one flight that I quite enjoy
Pixelmator Photo’s Super Resolution Mode Can Revive Your Old iPhone Wallpapers
This feature is amazing! Seriously, if you want to boost the resolution of your favorite wallpapers or photos of old, try out Super Resolution in Pixelmator Photo.
HomePod Mini: The Review I’ve Wanted to Write for 3 Years
The HomePod mini is something I’ve been campaigning for since November 2017, 3 months before the original HomePod was even released. It just seemed obvious to me that if Apple wanted to get a foothold in the smart speaker market, they needed something lower cost to even get people
Back to the Mac?
First off, no, but also…maybe sorta.
How I Use Airtable to Quantify My Life
I like to track how certain things are going in my life, from how I spend money to what games I play, to how often I work out, and Airtable has proven in 2020 to be a great tool for tracking this easily, and with the most easy to work
First Look at ProRAW Night Mode Photography on the iPhone 12 Pro
ProRAW is quite amazing in general, but it really struts its stuff when the sun goes down.
Let’s All Hold Our Horses on Reviewing the M1 Before it’s Even Out
Good or bad, people seem to be eager to review Apple’s new M1 chip based on either: * Geekbench scores * Bezos charts from the unveiling * Random speed tests This video hopes to remind everyone that there is granularity in what a “fast” computer looks like, and why many of these
My 7 Favorite Things After a Summer with Big Sur
I've been using Big Sur for a couple months now and today I wanted to share a collection of features that have gotten the most use from me so far. Enjoy!
How I get all my work done on an iPad Pro
If you were ever curious what I use on my iPad to get all of my work done, this video takes you through basically everything. Feel free to skip to the chapters that interest you most!
How I keep track of my most important work (The Three Things)
I follow GTD pretty religiously, but one of its side effects for me is that I find it easy to lose focus of the bigger things I should be getting done in favor of the mass of small things that are not as important. The Three Things is far from
Would you pay $30 for a camera app? Halide Mark 2 makes a strong argument
Read Lux's blog post with even more details on this massive release. Halide on the App Store. * Ailbhe Flynn * JESHOOTS.COM * Jayson Hinrichsen * Portuguese Gravity
11 Reasons Vivaldi is the Best Browser You’re Not Using
I love Vivaldi, but I feel like I'm always the only one using it. To help fix this, I made what some might consider a "hyper screencast" explaining some of the things that make Vivaldi special to me. Oh yeah, and a few things I didn&